Well, it's the 14th and no word from Dell. Screw them, I'm going with the Samsung Galaxy S / Captivate. I've had enough of Dell's BS. Let the flaming begin!
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Well, it's the 14th and no word from Dell. Screw them, I'm going with the Samsung Galaxy S / Captivate. I've had enough of Dell's BS. Let the flaming begin!
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chill dude , what are you like 6 yrs
the only thing i would buy from samsung is a fridge
dont hold yer breath waiting for software updates for your Galaxy
Samsungs TV's are pretty good too, but not as good as my kick ass dell streak over here in the UK
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chill dude , what are you like 6 yrs
the only thing i would buy from samsung is a fridge
dont hold yer breath waiting for software updates for your Galaxy
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I am in the same boat. Dell and AT&T are taking too long to give me any info on release a release date, and AT&T has yet to acknowledge the phone even exist by the way. So I am going with the Captivate as well. It also looks more promising as it will have a giant community to back it up. Plus Samsung is going to release the phone's source code something Dell has yet to do.
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chill dude , what are you like 6 yrs
the only thing i would buy from samsung is a fridge
dont hold yer breath waiting for software updates for your Galaxy
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Riiggghhhhttt.... I've been following the Streak since it was first seen in December 2009. They've totally blown any PR for this device.
As for Samsung updates - the Captivate has already been rooted and it hasn't even been released! Are you daft? You're a "senior member" on this board and you're going to try to use "software updates" as a detterent? That's what this whole damned site is for! I've loaded so many custom ROMs on my phones from this site it's crazy! Your statements are just plain stupid.
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chill dude , what are you like 6 yrs
the only thing i would buy from samsung is a fridge
dont hold yer breath waiting for software updates for your Galaxy
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Another thing stupid about the software updates comment - the Streak is shipping with 1.6! At least the Captivate ships with 2.1!
Now tell me, who's going to be waiting on software updates? Maybe you were one of the people that got burned on the Behold 2? By a piece of sh*t, no matter who you buy it from, and you get what you pay for.
eh......i must of come to the wrong site by mistake, i was after xda not 4chan...
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Well, it's the 14th and no word from Dell. Screw them, I'm going with the Samsung Galaxy S / Captivate.
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Thank god your going with the Galaxy S!
1 less impatient person on the streak forum (every little bit helps)
YEA
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Riiggghhhhttt.... I've been ftollowing the Streak since it was first seen in December 2009. They've totally blown any PR for this device.
As for Samsung updates - the Captivate has already been rooted and it hasn't even been released! Are you daft? You're a "senior member" on this board and you're going to try to use "software updates" as a detterent? That's what this whole damned site is for! I've loaded so many custom ROMs on my phones from this site it's crazy! Your statements are just plain stupid.
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While your crying like a baby with your iphone wannabe I'm enjoying 5 inches of tablet fone gorgeousness. YEAH. BABY
only 3 days after I ordered it
July 19
Looks like these sites are saying July 19th on AT&T:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/07/att_to_release_the_dell_streak_on_july_19th.html
http://www.devicemag.com/2010/07/15/dell-streak-rumored-to-launch-on-att%E2%80%99s-network-on-july-19/
Just another rumor?
meatrocket said:
Well, it's the 14th and no word from Dell. Screw them, I'm going with the Samsung Galaxy S / Captivate. I've had enough of Dell's BS. Let the flaming begin!
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Dude shut up, you sound like a b***h you are making us look bad infront of our brothers and sisters across the pond . ATT is not going to over lap two major phone releases. The Galaxy S phone is coming sunday (I think). Dell Streak is the next big release phone on ATT or TMO or both. The release date and more info could be coming out probably next week. ATT is not going to cut the head off of Galaxy S sales either so you are probably looking at a mid Aug release its just common sense if you think about it. Stop whinning and talk about how badarse Lock Stock and two smoking barrels is.
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Dude shut up, you sound like a b***h you are making us look bad infront of our brothers and sisters across the pond . ATT is not going to over lap two major phone releases. The Galaxy S phone is coming sunday (I think). Dell Streak is the next big release phone on ATT or TMO or both. The release date and more info could be coming out probably next week. ATT is not going to cut the head off of Galaxy S sales either so you are probably looking at a mid Aug release its just common sense if you think about it. Stop whinning and talk about how badarse Lock Stock and two smoking barrels is.
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well spoken, some genuine common sense.
Good things come to those who wait, i saw the streak promos months ago and thought that was exactly what i was waiting for.. but being an adult i could wait.
so we Brits got it a few weeks quicker big wow, normally you guys get everything earlier and CHEAPER! such is life
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eh......i must of come to the wrong site by mistake, i was after xda not 4chan...
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Anyway, the only reason it was released over here first was so they could Iron out the bugs with us early adopters so you guys won't have to put up with any!
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Anyway, the only reason it was released over here first was so they could Iron out the bugs with us early adopters so you guys won't have to put up with any!
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Not sure if its better to be an early tester with all the bugs or have to wait with nothing but a more polished product.
I am QUITE jealous though of O2's deal where the streak is FREE with a 2 yr contact at $25/mo?! Nothing nearly good when it comes to the states
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Not sure if its better to be an early tester with all the bugs or have to wait with nothing but a more polished product.
I am QUITE jealous though of O2's deal where the streak is FREE with a 2 yr contact at $25/mo?! Nothing nearly good when it comes to the states
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well, it's 25 pounds, actually -- and that is data only. For a data and voice contract, it's £35 -- which is over $50 per month!
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well, it's 25 pounds, actually -- and that is data only. For a data and voice contract, it's £35 -- which is over $50 per month!
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Sorry dumb American forgetting to convert currency =P
Still even at $50/mo for a FREE Streak thats an amazing deal compared to anything in America. We will have to either buy it subsidized for $199 and pay $70/mo for 2 yrs or buy it unlocked for $500 and pay $50/mo anyways
America cell phone carriers suck
spacecat said:
the only thing i would buy from samsung is a fridge
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Samsung phones do absolutely nothing for me.
BUT their computer monitors/televisions are phenomenal.
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Haha +1 for this comment!
There have been some Dell tweets informing us to keep our eyes open for some kind of info this week.
http://www.streaksmart.com/2010/07/dell-confirms-big-news-about-streak-coming-next-week.html
and
http://www.streaksmart.com/2010/07/...with-final-hardware-and-different-colors.html
Hopefully they come through!
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i want to upgrade to the N1 when it hits sprint, i hope soon?
anyways im hearing the phone itself won't be in sprint stores and you cannot get it serviced at sprint either. you have to buy it online from google and send it in for repairs, is this true? if soo i smell a BIG fail coming. will the phone even be branded with a sprint logo at all?
Why is this posted in the HERO forum?
That sounds consistent with how the N1 has been sold so far, as far as I know.
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i want to upgrade to the N1 when it hits sprint, i hope soon?
anyways im hearing the phone itself won't be in sprint stores and you cannot get it serviced at sprint either. you have to buy it online from google and send it in for repairs, is this true? if soo i smell a BIG fail coming. will the phone even be branded with a sprint logo at all?
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Well that has been their trend so far with the other carriers, so it's very possible, but it's kind of to early to tell art this point
That's Google's new method--buy from google.com/phone and don't worry about anything else.
Who cares if it's Sprint branded? As long as it's considered an upgrade you'll get your nice price.
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i want to upgrade to the N1 when it hits sprint, i hope soon?
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That would be great if you got an N1.
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That's Google's new method--buy from google.com/phone and don't worry about anything else.
Who cares if it's Sprint branded? As long as it's considered an upgrade you'll get your nice price.
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Well, the problem is that since you bought it from google.com, when you have problems and call Sprint for help, they can say "You have to call Google."
Of course, Google doesn't seem to have any publicly available phone numbers for you to call, so you're stuck with their worthless message boards...
Plus, if the actual hardware craps out, you can't walk into a Sprint store and get it replaced the same afternoon, you have to deal with shipping in two directions and be without a phone for a week....
Or at least that seems to be the major complaint about the N1 currently on the market....
just wait for the evo 4g, its got better specs then the nexus and a bigger screen,
No, just wait even more, pre 2011, dual core Snapdragon 1.5ghz phones running android will be out. If you buy the Evo, you'll wish you had waited lol
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just wait for the evo 4g, its got better specs then the nexus and a bigger screen,
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i have no 4g here in michigan plus i don't like the design.
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That would be great if you got an N1.
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what does that mean? if it's about before please give it a rest already!
id like to keep this thread clean and on topic. i put this here because alot of users will be leaving the hero when the n1 & evo come out.
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That would be great if you got an N1.
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I LOLed in real life
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That's Google's new method--buy from google.com/phone and don't worry about anything else.
Who cares if it's Sprint branded? As long as it's considered an upgrade you'll get your nice price.
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i just think the idea of going without a phone while it's in for repairs is stupid when there are local sprint repair centers. i don't see this going over well with sprint customers if they follow past suit.
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No, just wait even more, pre 2011, dual core Snapdragon 1.5ghz phones running android will be out. If you buy the Evo, you'll wish you had waited lol
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if you pay 69.99+ with sprint, you can get the full upgrade every 365 days so by the time that all happens, you can get a DC snapdragon 1.5 right around the corner and still have an EVO
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i just think the idea of going without a phone while it's in for repairs is stupid when there are local sprint repair centers. i don't see this going over well with sprint customers if they follow past suit.
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Sprint customers whine too damn much anyway.
agentofboom said:
That would be great if you got an N1.
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Yes I would have to agree
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i just think the idea of going without a phone while it's in for repairs is stupid when there are local sprint repair centers. i don't see this going over well with sprint customers if they follow past suit.
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Hang on to your hero then. I still have every phone in my sig as a backup. I'm glad that google is doing SOMETHING to shake up the status quo a bit. Remember if you buy phones that are sold and supported by sprint, you'll have to wait on sprint for things like android 2.1, just like we're doing now. If google is able to get sprint (and other us carriers) to budge from their traditional phone-tied-to-carrier model, it'll just put us one step closer to breaking the wireless phone oligopoly.
Many years ago, you had to buy your land line telephones from your land line provider. They were sold and supported there, and they had very high costs. Then over time, that changed and people bought phones that weren't branded by their carrier. (or supported by them either, omg!). I'm sure it was a very scary time, but think about how ridiculous that sounds today.
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Yes I would have to agree
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yeah, yeah...well ill make sure when i get it i come back to bug you some more.
Fix, i have no idea what will happen when the N1 launches? Im torn between the N1 and the EVO.
My god people, let the past go. he has the right to start a thread. Just like children around here sometimes. It's getting old already.
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Hang on to your hero then. I still have every phone in my sig as a backup. I'm glad that google is doing SOMETHING to shake up the status quo a bit. Remember if you buy phones that are sold and supported by sprint, you'll have to wait on sprint for things like android 2.1, just like we're doing now. If google is able to get sprint (and other us carriers) to budge from their traditional phone-tied-to-carrier model, it'll just put us one step closer to breaking the wireless phone oligopoly.
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Ah, I am just flicking ya ****!
I am not real impressed with the way they have handled their phone either!
I do agree with this above, things like this tend to change the way company's think!
Roman
Look at that for speed, these admins are amazing!
'Tis good to be back on xda -dev
Woot! I'm guessing our previous threads in general/android weren't seen...kudos to you vinokirk.
Oh the fun we're going to have with our jumbo toy eheheheh
Woo hoo! Just got to wait a couple of months until my contract is up..
yay! I have a new home!
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yay! I have a new home!
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Just curious if you have any info on a release here in the states? I've been only casually following the Streak news since I picked up the N1 a month ago.
I'm still not 100% sold on the Streak. I'm a tad leary of Dell (in the smartphone arena), unsure of what crap AT&T will put on it...and a bit concerned about the goddamn massive screen.... But I really want to play with one of these bad boys and see if I can deal with it.
Anyway, I'll keep checking in to see if we get release dates and prices.
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Just curious if you have any info on a release here in the states?
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Unfortunately no I do not. One time when bugging the Dell sales chat someone said "check around the first or second week of July". More than likely Dell will just randomly place the Streak on their US online department like they just did for the unlocked version for the UK.
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I'm still not 100% sold on the Streak. I'm a tad leary of Dell (in the smartphone arena), unsure of what crap AT&T will put on it...
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I completely agree with you about being a bit leary of Dell in the smartphone arena. But the way I look at it, a good product is a good product. I really think Dell hit the nail on the head with this product. Of coarse if this is an AT&T launch the Streak will be loaded with AT&T crap and locked. Good thing Paul has already rooted this thing, but no ROMs as of yet. To this day I refuse to purchase cell phones from a service provider like AT&T. Due to their data charges because they know you have a smartphone and the bs branding of AT&T everywhere. Plus dealing with cell phone retail sales rep really blows here in the states.
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and a bit concerned about the goddamn massive screen....
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I am not, I am looking forward to dwarfing EVERYONE's phone, including the new crappy iphone.
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Rumor has it, the Dell Streak will be available for $500.00 dollars unlocked on their website. To me, that is an insanely good buy!
By the way, check this out: at least Dell is making some noise somewhere in the states about the Streak. To bad it is to crappy highschoolers!
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I'm a tad leary of Dell (in the smartphone arena)
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Same here, but it seems good so far (24 hrs of use )
Thanks, man. After just shelling out 529 plus tax for the N1... Eh, I still want to play with the Streak. Might end up getting one. And on the screen...I guess I have mixed emotions, ya know? 5" sounds great, don't get me wrong. Just worried about the pocketability (oh hell yeah) if it. But I'll always have the Sexy Nexy for the times when I need something a little slimmer.
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Same here, but it seems good so far (24 hrs of use )
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Good to hear! I'm a bit concerned about the issue of scratching around those touch keys (home, menu, etc). The good thing about phones getting released in Europe first is that we yanks get to spend a month or so reading lots of hands on reviews from real users.
Yeah and time for Dell to change the unit itself to be better! As we saw with the HD2!
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Nice Streak Home,Looks Like Soon we have a Lot of Fun
....where the **** is the US streak at?
I really would like to get my hands on this device. I know that with samsung releasing their Galaxy series this week going to be next week before the Streak announcment can be made. The only thing I can possibly thing of is they want to get the streak on 2.2 before releasing it in US? What do you guys think?
I dont think they will have 2.2 for the US release...i heard rumours that it would be sept/oct for 2.2
Question for you, do you know if any handsets are still being being sold with 1.6 in the US?
everything that ive read all headsets are being released with 1.6
If they release this week, it will be on Wednesday the 14th, or 19th so the rumor mill says.
Your in Texas, go to Dells Office and demand one.
My version is end of July
Ha I know right....
Although I am not the least bit interested in the Galaxy S, what an awesome promo site
Unlike Dell with a crappy blog starting to fill with complaints in the comments dell.com/streak
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Ha I know right....
Although I am not the least bit interested in the Galaxy S, what an awesome promo site
Unlike Dell with a crappy blog starting to fill with complaints in the comments dell.com/streak
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I just looked at the samsung site, it's quite good indeed.
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Your in Texas, go to Dells Office and demand one.
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It's in Austin which is about four hours away, I wish I could go demand one.
http://store.wirexgroup.com/default.aspx?page=item+detail&itemcode=SILGALAXYS2BK
For the "Samsung Galaxy S 2 Attain(at&t), Function(Verizon), and Within(Sprint)", but nothing about T-Mobile.
I suppose 1this could be 1 of many things, either T-mobile just hasn't come up with a name yet, that case is for some reason not allowed to mention the T-mobile version, the t-mobile version will be physically different, T-mobile isn't actually getting one, etc...
I wouldn't personally assume the last one, but it still makes it seem like anyone with T-mobile will be waiting the longest. It also goes to show we will probably not be getting one phone to rule them all and have to deal with different versions, then again maybe they will just each be individually branded but development can still span each one but I am not holding my breath.
I dunno, just didn't see this posted and was yelling "Noooooo!" at my laptop so I figured I would risk being an ass hat by posting this.
It's okay, I was thinking the same thing when I didn't see a post. Anyway, I think this and the postponement of the May 24th event in NYC was the last straw for me. It probably means that it'll be at least a month before any carrier gets the SGSII and I just can't wait that long. I'm probably going to get the Sensation and just find alternative apps to cover the crappy codec support if it actually has decent audio hardware.
it could just mean 3 to 6 more month before we get the Tmobile version
just like the Nexus S
Sprint took like 6 month after, before they got theirs, which was just released by the way
I'm on T-Mobile too, and I sure hope they release within the next month or so... I've been waiting since the MWC show and thought it would be sooner, but since this will be my first smart phone, so I guess patience is the word of the day.
Or maybe in anticipation of the merger, t-mobile just decided to let at&t release it
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nacron said:
Or maybe in anticipation of the merger, t-mobile just decided to let at&t release it
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No chance. That thing isn't happening for at least another year or so and hopefully, it might not even happen at all.
Maybe no S2 for now but TMO is releasing the Samsung "Hawk" on June 8.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/16/samsung-exhibit-4g-coming-to-t-mobile-on-june-8th/
This baby's rockin' a 1GHz Hummingbird, and 3MP camera on the back!
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it could just mean 3 to 6 more month before we get the Tmobile version
just like the Nexus S
Sprint took like 6 month after, before they got theirs, which was just released by the way
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I dont know if I want to wait that long.... Its an amazing phone but they are less amazing 4 months after original launch as better phones start coming out...
I might have to lend toward the nexus 3 if its around then
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I'm waiting until the Sensation launches and if there's no solid launch date by then, that's it. My contract was over in February, I don't know why I still haven't jumped at getting a new phone yet and we're already in May.
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it could just mean 3 to 6 more month before we get the Tmobile version
just like the Nexus S
Sprint took like 6 month after, before they got theirs, which was just released by the way
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by that time samsung will announce a new version of the phone. And then this same process starts again...!
If T-Mobile is delaying the release of the SGS2, they might as well skip it and be the first to release the SGS3.
Hopefully it just means the tmo version is slightly different and would require a different gel case. Samsung sold a **** tons of Vibrants so I hardly think tmo would skip out on this one. Does anyone know which carrier sold more sgs's? I tried searching for numbers but just keep coming up with overall sgs sales.
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No chance. That thing isn't happening for at least another year or so and hopefully, it might not even happen at all.
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Oh, it will happen. As a recent example, Google "Meredith Attwell Baker". :-( We get what we vote for
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Oh, it will happen. As a recent example, Google "Meredith Attwell Baker". :-( We get what we vote for
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Hold up, she doesn't just get to wave a finger and pass this merger based on her vote, does she?
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/05/t-mobiles-2011-roadmap-leaks-with-blackberry-tablets-and-android-galore/
No mention of a T-Mobile SGSII here. Does this mean that its really not happening? =(
http://androidandme.com/2011/05/new...to-t-mobile-carrying-a-1-2-ghz-dual-core-cpu/
Hercules anyone? 4.5 screen is sick, I'm kinda jealous.
maybe thats the alternative to the SGS2 for T-Mob.
Yeah but its coming out in September, much later than when the other SGSII variants are supposed to arrive on other carriers. I wish they just left it alone like what they did in the design of the Vibrant and released it during the summer.
They are gonna get it I read somewhere were this Guy was told by a Samsung Rep that they are getting it he also said that vibrant had best sales so there is no question that there getting it cuz there trying to make money duhh
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They are gonna get it I read somewhere were this Guy was told by a Samsung Rep that they are getting it he also said that vibrant had best sales so there is no question that there getting it cuz there trying to make money duhh
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I hope you're right. All these recent stories about the SGSII not showing hints of a T-Mobile variant are really starting to make me wonder if all the waiting I did was for nothing.
Oh well...guess we definitely aren't getting it this month
http://bgr.com/2013/03/22/htc-one-release-date-392552/
HTC has seen unprecedented demand for and interest in the new HTC One, and the care taken to design and build it is evidenced in early reviews. The new HTC One will roll out in the UK, Germany and Taiwan next week and across Europe, North America and most of Asia-Pacific before the end of April. We appreciate our customers’ patience, and believe that once they have the phone in their hands they will agree that it has been worth the wait.
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Figures. Oh well losing interest in this phone more and more as time goes by
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I'm actually quickly growing tired of the ever longer delays and push-backs. If this keeps up, I'll just get something else. Some of us don't have the luxury of waiting another month because we need a phone asap.
So it's gonna hit the US probably around the time the GS4 hits. Nice. <-Sarcasm.
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So it's gonna hit the US probably around the time the GS4 hits. Nice.
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Not nice for HTC, going toe to toe with the S4 is going to cost them a lot of sales.
NO!!!!
I need one before the 20th for a trip, I don't want to get something else for this. :crying:
Android manufacturers need to fire their planning teams. Every single Android product I have ever bought has been delayed.
bye
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So it's gonna hit the US probably around the time the GS4 hits. Nice.
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I hope they have fun trying to convince carriers to advertise their phone over the massively popular GS4.
I just confirmed May 6 as the launch date with three different AT&T stores in my area of Louisiana.
Bad move on htc's part. This isnt going to go well for them with the s4 launch.
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Figures. Oh well losing interest in this phone more and more as time goes by
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Kind of the same for me. I was gettin a hard on for the thing the first few times I saw it and read about it. now I'm kinda leanin towards a gs4
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I just confirmed May 6 as the launch date with three different AT&T stores in my area of Louisiana.
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LOL how did the end of April already become beginning of May!?
I called to ask about pre-ordering the phone and that's what I was told.
Side Note: I didn't even see this forum topic before I called.
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Not nice for HTC, going toe to toe with the S4 is going to cost them a lot of sales.
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Sarcasm fail.
Horrible.
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Oh well losing interest in this phone more and more as time goes by
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That's what happens when too much time goes by between announcement and launch; and not just to HTC. The goal should be to build up buzz and then get it in people's hands so word-of-mouth carries the momentum. At launch (or right prior to) is when the big ad spend should kick in to (re)gain and keep attention. Had the schedule stuck they would have been a month ahead of Samsung and not drowned out buy what I'm sure will be Samsung's expansive media spend.
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So it's gonna hit the US probably around the time the GS4 hits. Nice.
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HTC spent $40MM in advertising last year (a pittance). They're going to get lost against Samsung’s budget. The fact that VZW, the largest U.S. carrier, won't have the One (if they get it) until two months after everyone else won't help. The good news for HTC, at least in the U.S., is most people are using subsidized phones so they’re in the market for a new phone when their contract allows them to be. So it's a steady stream of potential customers and the launch euphoria for both the One and SGS4 won't really affect their purchase decision as much as word-of-mouth and how the two phones actually perform.
And HTC fans and Samsung haters are going to buy the One anyway. Just as Samsung fans and HTC haters are going to buy the SGS4; no matter when both are available. People open to both are most likely to be impacted by Samsung's advertising and larger media coverage and the 30 day head start would have helped HTC.
Pretty disappointing. I may be able to wait, but there is absolutely no chance the general population will choose the one over the sgs4 when they see them side by side. Especially after seeing 10000 commercials on tv for the next galaxy phone.
I feel sorry for htc, that was a horrible decision. They're just digging their own grave on this one.
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Dug their own grave you mean. It's over. Still a nice phone but they just lost their chance.
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What happened to "delay will not affect US launch"? smh