Ok, so i'm considering switching carriers and giving up my samsung captive for a droid x... whatcha think? Pros? Cons? How do you like it, in comparison to other phones? How customisable is the droid x? Any input would be greatly appreciated lol, I like my captivate, but the droid x seems pretty superior.
I came from a HTC Touch (xv6900) that I had 2.2 running on a while ago... I must say the X is overall a perfect 10.
Why? Heres why:
The android operating system is basically the same on every phone... and if it is too buggy or full of bloat, there are DEVs our there making it possible for us noobs to keep up with how the Android system should be running(I am referring to Motorola's Blur BS that lags this phone down so much it is unbelievable).
So, knowing that the OS of the phone is pretty much just as good as it was meant to be for ya(and yes, the X is getting themes to make yours YOU), that only leaves the Hardware differences really....
So, all in all, if you think you are going to like the X, you will probably love it. If you are weary because it doesn't have a physical keyboard, then go get a Droid 2.
It is the best phone that Verizon currently offers BTW. Some can say the Droid 2 is better because it has a keyboard, well.... So does the X, it is just one on the screen. And, I have better components inside of this phone that make it.. well, BETTER.
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Ok, so i'm considering switching carriers and giving up my samsung captive for a droid x... whatcha think? Pros? Cons? How do you like it, in comparison to other phones? How customisable is the droid x? Any input would be greatly appreciated lol, I like my captivate, but the droid x seems pretty superior.
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I just did this exact switch about a month ago now. Haven't looped back one. The only thing I will say that I miss from the captivate is the AMOLED screen. Other than that, the DX wins hands down in speed and performance.
While the kernal is locked down, this hasn't stopped the first few custom roms from showing up. Also, I think there is a lot more devs and peers in the DX community which will make developing faster and support better IMO.
Do it!
Haha wow, you guys pretty much put to rest any doubts i had about the X, ill start making the necessary arrangements...i guess ill start seein ya around the X forums lol, thanks
and if all else fails... verizon will have the fascinate in a week, which IMO looks a whole lot better than the captivate and has flash! =)
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and if all else fails... verizon will have the fascinate in a week, which IMO looks a whole lot better than the captivate and has flash! =)
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I would advise anyone who is thinking about the Samsung to go check it out in stores when possible.... I hear it feels cheap.
The X does not
i have the vibrant and the droid x and will say that the vibrant doesn't quite have the solid feel of the Dx, though for me it fits my hand better than the Dx. the vibrant is a bit plasticky feeling and it has developed a minor squeak, not as bad as my old G1 though.
yes, the super amoled is a really nice screen but it's not all that 'super' on a sunny day....it's not quite as easy to read as the Dx when it's really bright outside.
they are both really nice phones and as is often the case, it comes down to choice of carrier.....which won't be a problem once they release the fascinate!
I hadn't really heard much about the fascinate except that its a slider, and I'd rather have a bar phone, which is why I was leaning toward droid x...didnt you say the kernel was locked on the droid x though? whats up with that? And I can still use wireless tether on X right?
Yes the kernal is locked, but this is just showing down custom roms (which we are starting to see...like flyx). I use wireless tether with no problems though! Can't wait to welcome another happy dx user!
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the fascinate isn't a slider, sprint's version is.
Oh ok...one more question, even though im already halfway through switching lol, i heard that the samsung galaxy s series is faster than the droid x...is it super noticable? Or is that false lol...this is mostly aimed at anyone who had a samsung captivate or other phone in the galaxy series
Is the performance super noticable? No. Are the graphical capabilities? Yes.
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the only place i've noticed a difference is in 'benchmarks'.....in real world use, they both perform equally well, or poorly, depending on what you've got on your home screen.....if you start loading up widgets, live wallpaper, etc....they both become laggy. those damned widgets, however useful, can really bog the phone down.
i've put the same games on both phones and really seen no difference, other than the vibrant screen looking more colorful.......maybe someone else had a different experience.
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My sister is looking at a new phone. She wanted the iphone 4 but with the data plan change she is not sure if she wants to deal with it.
She was talking about switching companies with me, and as long as i can get my unlimited data plan then i'm switching to verizon.
She wants something good, doesn't know which phone though.
both have 1ghz processors and android.
Can't find ram specs on the droid x but i know it's 512mb on the htc.
Anyone have a good comparison and what do you guys thing. I just haven't been in the cell phone scene for almost a year. I am getting ready for a new phone in oct/nov so i am getting into it now.
If you're not doing it for a few months yet, then just wait for a better phone. The Samsung Galaxy S (instantly rootable, and fully open bootloader) is the best phone that is about to come out if you like to have root. The Droid X won't have root for 4+ months according to Birdman, and the bootloader may never be cracked. A real **** move by Motorola.
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I was all set on the moto Droid x, but now...
The Samsung Fascinate is looking really freaking good.
In the side by side reviews that i have seen, the samsung has the best screen that i have ever seen. Plus its rootable, plus it has a faster humming bird 1ghz processor, the same clock speed but in test it shows to be much faster overall.
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I was all set on the moto Droid x, but now...
The Samsung Fascinate is looking really freaking good.
In the side by side reviews that i have seen, the samsung has the best screen that i have ever seen. Plus its rootable, plus it has a faster humming bird 1ghz processor, the same clock speed but in test it shows to be much faster overall.
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I don't know about that? Where are these tests? I was under the impression they are very comparable in speed. I personally like Moto's build quality... even if I can't reflash it. The Fascinate looks like the case is plastic, which just isn't as good as a full metal case.
Between the Droid X and the Droid Incredible, I must say the Droid X, its a powerhouse...
This is for my sister. if it was me, the samsung coming out looks amazing but I am not getting android. Sorry.
She will never do anything for the bootloading or rootable options. She is not into the phone stuff like i am, and wouldn't be able to do it from her technical knowlege. And she is looking right now, can't wait at all, so samsung is out of the question at the moment.
Any other advice would be great. thanks to all that have posted already.
For a girl, the Droid Incredible or wait for the Samsung Fascinate.
Yep. See how she likes the Droid X in the hand first... just drive to a Verizon store and compare the two phones. There's also the problem of the Incredible's availability, but Sense wi definitely be more friendly than Ninjablur for the average user.
I have both and the droid x if far. Better. The incredible battery life sucks. I been using droid x for 11 hours and it still at 23% on the battery. That is with heavy use.
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I have the incredible, droid and the droid x. My opinion is the x even thou the incredible is rooted the x is a whole lot better then both of them combined.
Now with root it will happen with the X and it will be amazing
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This is for my sister. if it was me, the samsung coming out looks amazing but I am not getting android. Sorry.
She will never do anything for the bootloading or rootable options. She is not into the phone stuff like i am, and wouldn't be able to do it from her technical knowlege. And she is looking right now, can't wait at all, so samsung is out of the question at the moment.
Any other advice would be great. thanks to all that have posted already.
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If she needs one asap then go with the x. Htc incredible is on back order till august and i'm sure it will continue to get pushed back.
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Motorola chargers, I wish we could get a universal charging synching option from the industry. Why is it that the USB cord that works perfectly for every other device I have owned will charge and sync but not with Droid X. I just hate the length of the stock cord.
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Are u sure that u had a DI prior to this phone? When i went into adb yesterday to gain root on my X (thanks Birdman!), I used the usb cord that came with my DI. In fact, that DI cord is the only cord I've used to charge and transfer files with on my X.
I have found the X's battery to be a solid improvement over the DI; however, it is still rather easy to drain a full battery over the course of the day. I think it's important to remember that people tend to go through signifcantly higher amounts of data when they get a new toy to play with. Even then, I would say that the X's battery life is slightly better than the HTC 2150 mah extended battery that I bought for my DI.
One area that I've found that the X shines is graphics processing. For example, Need for Speed Shift on the X is by far the the most complete, satisfying gaming experience that I've had on a mobile phone (I dont know what Apple is going to do when even games are superior on the android platform).
While not everyone digs the size of the X, I absolutely adore the large screen. The keyboard on the X is the best I've used on a smartphone, and having the ability to switch to Swype is sweet. And for a movie buff like myself, it is sooo nice to be able to transfer movies from my laptop to my X without first having to convert them
Basically, I am really digging the X. However, the DI is a damn nice phone as well. I personally prefer Sense to Blur, and the DI is extremely polished. Being able to DL custom Roms is invaluable. And although it's completely Motorola's prerogative to design their phone as they wish, there's something about efuse and the encrypted bootloader that chaps my hide.
I had pretty much decided to return my X and go back to my DI, until Birdman gained root access to the x yesterday. Having wireless tether, Titanium, shell access, etc. are hugely important to me. However, i am still not sure if this is enough to compensate for the inability to flash ROMs. Damn, why does the X have to have that damn bootloader?
inc is better. ive played with the x numerous times, but i never wanted to switch. its just not the same. the dinc is one of a kind.
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inc is better. ive played with the x numerous times, but i never wanted to switch. its just not the same. the dinc is one of a kind.
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Eh, my Dad has the Dinc and I have the X..... we BOTH like the X better.
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Eh, my Dad has the Dinc and I have the X..... we BOTH like the X better.
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i guess it is all preference. in my opinion, the dinc is durable when it comes to modding. ive only tried the x for a couple of minutes, so i wouldnt know how the x is. i do have to say, the x is more of a multimedia and social networking phone, and the inc is more business like.
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I don't know about that? Where are these tests? I was under the impression they are very comparable in speed. I personally like Moto's build quality... even if I can't reflash it. The Fascinate looks like the case is plastic, which just isn't as good as a full metal case.
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actually, just for the record. the droid x doesn't have a full metal case.. just the battery door is metal.. much like the Samsung captivate on at&t. but as far as i know you are correct about the Samsung fascinate being "all" plastic. but to put in my two cents. switching from the Dinc to the DX. i am very unsatisfied with the DX slow and laggy UI and the screen looks good and big and clear.. but the colors suck and the contrast ratio is terrible. one of my biggest issues with screens, that of tv, phone, monitor, etc., is being able to see the back light shining through..of which my DX does. So i will be switching to the Galaxy S for that S-AMOLED. but thats just my opinion.
P.S. The Droid X is a really great phone. Just not for me.
The incredible over saturates the colors by over 30 percent. The Droid X is only off by like 6%.
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I will have a droid x tomorrow as it was a replacement. In the mean time I bought a vibrant. I love the V but I also love the X!
I know this is V forum but I will also post this in the X forums to see if anyone there had to make a choice like mine!
If you had to choose, which one and why? WHY did you choose the V?
I assume that by being on XDA you'll want to play around with the phone and custom roms, the Droid X's locked bootloader will dampen the fun. Who knows when people will crack it, might be a month, might be a year.
Agreed with what tissimo said. In addition to that, Vibrant offers Super AMOLED Screen (colors are amazing), and 1GHz Hummingbird Processor. Which are pretty much the best specifications for an Android phone at the moment. Not to mention but its rumored that Verizon will be killing "unlimited data" in the future, so T-Mobile has the upper hand if Verizon goes on with that plan of going on capped data plans.
The screen of the Vibrant is perfect. I think 4.3'' is too big. It feels bad in my pocket. The screen of the X is very close to the edge of the phone (scares me). the semi-blur UI sucks compared to TouchWiz. Having the ability to change settings on the notification bar on the Vibrant rocks (and music controls).
But like everyone has, and will say.... Motorola pissed off the android world when they locked their bootloader like it was the holy grail. I would never buy a phone that I could not flash a custom ROM... and you saw how long it took them to get eclair on the droid, laughable. THANK GOD those with a droid could flash a custom rom (yeah Motorola, that helped you a lot, all of these wonderful developers doing your job).
Well I think the Vibrant is just about the perfect screen size. The Droid X just seems too big. Also, the Vibrant will almost assuredly have CM6 before the Droid X, if the X even gets it at all!
^ sadly, it will not.
after 5 failed cliqs i will never buy another motorola phone.. so no droid x for me.
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after 5 failed cliqs i will never buy another motorola phone.. so no droid x for me.
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Haha yeah I was never really impressed with any of Motorolas more fairly recent (last 3-5 years) build quality. RAZR anyone?
Motorola can suck it. I had the Cliq and had nothing but issues with it, not to mention it was so hard to hack. Motoblur is a horrid piece of software and burns through your battery. The vibrant is 100x better IMO.
Short answer, the Vibrant is the current heavyweight champion of the world. Nothing is better.
I went with Vibrant because I felt it was the best phone at the time, and because I hate Verizon. I love the Vibrant despite some initial bugs.
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I own a Vibrant and my co-worker just got a Droid X.
The screen alone on the V blows the X away, to top it off a unit with a 4" display just feels right, whereas 4.3" is overkill, the Droid X looks like a brick, but at the same token I am getting comments that my V is an iPhone rip-off.
As far as the performance is concerned, I felt the Vibrant was snappier especially with Launcher Pro instead of TouchWiz.
cons of X are: probably better support (maybe it will see Gingerbread), 2 noise canceling mics (although i dont know if they work good, Vibrant has 0), camera with dual flash.
Everything else goes to Vibrant......battery life (although i read X is also good), screen quality, size, speed, bluetooth 3.0 (whatever that does)...
X is already seeing updates with fixes, and will see 2.2 very soon........while 2.2 is also coming to Vibrant, nobody knows if its this month or maybe as late as November
I heard the camera is better on dx too. I think it comes down to what provider you can deal with. Verizon is pretty expensive.
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Droid X doesn't have an ARM processor (fail)
What you should really be asking yourself is incredible vs vibrant. Droid x is cute, but its hardware is lacking compared to either of these other phones. Not to mention Motorola phones have been difficult to mod even before the bootloader was locked.
I have to give it to Motorola that they made android way more popular in the USA than it used to be, but for anyone interested in custom ROMs or developing, they just don't compare.
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Short answer, the Vibrant is the current heavyweight champion of the world. Nothing is better.
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Vibrant is the heavyweight champ and literally weighs like nothing in your hand! All around such a great device!
I went into verizon the other day and played with the droid x for sum time and i have to say i didnt like it all that much. I have the vibrant and its perfect it gets a lil laggy sumtimes but what fones dont and if u root it and get setcpu runnin on it, it will be flawless trust me. and the Vibrant is Super AMOLED scratch resistant screen meanin u dont got to buy a screen protector
I'm down with both phones but once you play with the Vibrant's Amoled screen for a couple days it's difficult going back to LCD screens. It's that good.
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I heard the camera is better on dx too. I think it comes down to what provider you can deal with. Verizon is pretty expensive.
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Its about the same quality. More mps doesnt make it better. Vibrant has ton of in camera features, dont know about X
EDIT. iPhone, Sony, and Nokia cameras are the best on the market, the rest all have glitches here and there and all about the same quality....Vibrant camera is not sharp enough, maybe its a software glitch with auto focus or something...X camera pictures I believe come out noisy due to 8MP, Nexus One pictures lack color....
I'm hoping to get some help in making this decision by asking the expert community here at xda. I have a Fascinate now & while it's been fine in most aspects it seems to have connectivity issues with the stock email app. I live & work in a rural area & need this to work reliably. I'm coming from a Droid Eris that had no problem in this area. My 30 days isn't up yet so I can switch to something else if that will solve my problem. All Big Red has done so far is push new prls to the phone. Is the X better with 3g reception?
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IMO the Motorola Droid X has the best antenna ever created under Big Red, has one of the best 3G reception, little to no drop calls with my DX, compared to the other android devices out there.
I'm glad you've had that experience with it so far, but can I ask what kind of area are you in? Is it metro or rural or a mix of both? How's email perform?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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I live in a small town (2500) and I am 60 miles away from a large town. I have always had issues with my reception from verizon with my last 2 smart phones. Had the Imagio and dropped calls all day long. Now I have the DX and drop calls all day long.
My wife has a palm pre and never drops calls. Not that I would suggest a pre. I am just saying- unless you can talk to another X user in your area - the answers here aren't going to be a great help.
I haven't had any problems receiving emails though. But the 3G signal on the X where I live is very sporadic. I have a strong signal, I have a weak signal, I have no signal, back to strong, all within 5 minutes seated at the same desk.
And you can forget wifi tether on the X (at least my experience and many others I have read). USB tether works fine- but wifi tether is a lost cause. Constant disconnections.
I will also add this- if you want to do modifications to your phone or any sort of customizations- stick with the fascinate. Motorola has locked the boot loader on the X. We have root. But it doesn't look good for "TRULY" custom roms.
Just my input.
Are there any ex-Fascinate owners that have gone to the X? Anyone with an X in Northern Michigan?
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I'm glad you've had that experience with it so far, but can I ask what kind of area are you in? Is it metro or rural or a mix of both? How's email perform?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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I live in a metro area and sometimes travel to the rural areas, but mainly metro area. Emails are good, except i hate the push option on the DX native email client TBH, sometimes it doesn't always work properly. Thats my only issue. If your in a rural area and your option is the DX or Fascinate, the better option is the DX, it has a better antenna design which the Fascinate lacks in signal strength.
I carry a DX while my wife carries a fascinate, and from what I can tell you about the two phones is this...
first off we both first had the Drois Eris...
I recieved my DX @ launch... and my wife recieved her Fascinate @ launch... so we've had some time to mess with these devices
The fascinate is a beautiful phone, the screen is amazing and it extremely snappy. The signal is equal to the DX in Surprise, AZ and the 3g speed is just about the same... as for the "GPS Issues" with the Fascinate, I have yet to see any problems with the gps on the phone.... I'd say that the phones are very equal in speed and signal... I'd reccomend the fascinate to anyone looking for a new android handset on vzw.
I love my X.. there's no way I would go to the fascinate... but this is my opinion... I'd suggest playin with both first before taking my opinion to heart
The DX feels like it was made to last... I pick up the fascinate and I wonder if i hold it to tight will it snap in half... I'm also not a fan of the Super-amoled screen, yes the colors are better, the contast is amazing, and generaly is just plan 'ol better than TFT... but no thx, I like the DX screen... I hate the fact on the amoled that I can make out each individual led... it drives me crazy.... and the weight of the fascinate isnt impressive... Yea it's light... but i want to feel like I have something when I pick it up... I want a little weight to it...
So here's my opinion
if you don't have a DX yet... get a fascinate
if you have a DX allready.. stick with the DX...
if you came from the Eris... get the Facinate ( better for people used to Sence UI )
if you came from the Droid... get the X ( or the D2 )
that's my $0.02
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I will also add this- if you want to do modifications to your phone or any sort of customizations- stick with the fascinate. Motorola has locked the boot loader on the X. We have root. But it doesn't look good for "TRULY" custom roms.
Just my input.
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I thought there were already a couple custom ROMs out there?
I know the bootloader is locked (still) but I have confidence it will get hacked eventually. It is my understanding that the ROMs that are there are pretty well customized.
My problem with the Fascinate is the lockdown that was put on it by Verizon. I can't wait until it's rooted and someone releases a ROM so I can de-crapify it.
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I thought there were already a couple custom ROMs out there?
I know the bootloader is locked (still) but I have confidence it will get hacked eventually. It is my understanding that the ROMs that are there are pretty well customized.
My problem with the Fascinate is the lockdown that was put on it by Verizon. I can't wait until it's rooted and someone releases a ROM so I can de-crapify it.
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no custom roms yet, just deodex themes, not the same thing...
still being worked on, yes...
fascinate is already rooted... roms in the making...
Just to clarify, I've got the Fascinate now & am just trying to find out if moving to the X would be any better for me performance-wise right now. I have no doubt that the devs and modders here at xda will do everything possible to get both phones to their full potential. Thanks for all the input, btw.
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no custom roms yet, just deodex themes, not the same thing...
still being worked on, yes...
fascinate is already rooted... roms in the making...
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Wrong...there are custom roms, just not custom kernels. Tranquility, FlyX, and rubiX are not deodex themes...
The DX will provide you with better signal where reception is typically poor. If that is your main priority, then the DX is for you.
At this point, the bootloader being cracked is bordering a lost cause. If you're fine with debloating your phone of crap, using themes, and maybe a ROM or two during your time with the phone.. the DX is fine. If you really want to do things like overclock the phone or the like, the Fascinate will be your best choice.
Anything beyond those 2 aspects are merely subjective opinion between any 2 people you pick to ask.
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The DX will provide you with better signal where reception is typically poor. If that is your main priority, then the DX is for you.
At this point, the bootloader being cracked is bordering a lost cause. If you're fine with debloating your phone of crap, using themes, and maybe a ROM or two during your time with the phone.. the DX is fine. If you really want to do things like overclock the phone or the like, the Fascinate will be your best choice.
Anything beyond those 2 aspects are merely subjective opinion between any 2 people you pick to ask.
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Well put. I agree with this man right here. This should be how you decide.
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Just to clarify, I've got the Fascinate now & am just trying to find out if moving to the X would be any better for me performance-wise right now. I have no doubt that the devs and modders here at xda will do everything possible to get both phones to their full potential. Thanks for all the input, btw.
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well if u have the fascinate now, apply lag-fix and enjoy ur device.
TBH, the fascinate has better specs then the DX does, its just the carrier downsized both devices for consumer's.
1Ghz Hummingbird processor, 512MB ram, 512KB L2 cache, dedicated GPU (PowerVP SGX 540), SAMOLED display.
I can say after playing around with the fascinate a little more that the camera on the samsung is alot better than the one on the X
I have the Incredible, my wife has the X...and I just got done setting up a Fascinate on my account for my mother. I LOVE my Incredible. That said, if I could have convinced my mom that she wanted my Incredible more, I'd have kept the Fascinate. Holy crap, that phone is gorgeous. Slim, AMAZING screen...
I'm not a fan of TouchWiz, but it was SUPER easy to root. Using titanium, I "froze" the bloatware so it won't load/run/appear in the app tray. It can be "unfrozen" in order to un-root and upgrade to 2.2. It's far snappier than both my Incredible and my wife's stock 2.2 X. The screen can't be touched.
The ONE complaint: WiFi signal strength seems to be weak. Also, 3g signal appeared lower than my Incredible in the same location, however, speed tests were almost identical every time.
google project voodoo it wont say its out for the Fascinate officially until version 5
check the post out under Samsung Fascinate---> Development---->[RELEASE] Voodoo (v0.2) ext4 lagfix for Fascinate!
Im sorry I tried to post links but it wont let me yet
I have a Fascinate my wife has the Droid X. I held off on the Droid X to check the Fascinate out. I use both phones Daily and I can honestly say I didnt think the Fascinate would compare oooh i was so wrong. performance wise if its better and after you visit the links I posted alot better. Someone said that the Fascinate feels frail feels sturdy to me just thin I have this gel case for it that makes it feal very sturdy like the X I havnt had a dropped call on the Fascinate or Droid X (unless I talk to family that have tmobile lol). take it from someone who was had bias at first and looked down on the Fascinate untill I got to try it out Keep the Fascinate. My 30 days arrent up but I definately wont go back for the DX. I almost forgot the Fascinate doesnt have a locked bootloader anything can happen but I highly doubt that it will be cracked.
droid x all the waay, but the Incredible is a good choice to just throwing that out there
I switched to a droid x from a fascinate. Gave the fascinate to my wife.
Fascinate screen is way more vibrant. Deeper blacks, brighter colors. The droid x screen is bright, but the colors don't pop out like the fascinate, and the black levels are nowhere near as deep.
I like the larger feel and the rubberized accents of the droid x, the fascinate was too small and slippery feeling.
The droid x camera doesn't do low light pictures as well as the fascinate in my opinion. The fascinate seemed to take pretty decent indoor pictures, most of the ones I've taken with the X are slighty blurry.
The X seems more polished to me. I had significantly more hangs and freezes with the fascinate. I don't think I've had a single hang or freeze with the X to date. Maybe that will get better on the fascinate with time and Froyo updates.
I felt like I could swype better on the X than the fascinate. Maybe the slight screen size difference helps out in typing.
I think the call quality on the X is better than the fascinate as well.
I think the fascinate has the potential to be an excellent phone with some updates, but the X is an excellent phone today.
The only thing that has me really "worried" about the X is the lack of true custom roms and if/when they will ever be available.
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Droid X Pros:Gorilla Glass, Default App is Google, Google Maps instead of VZ Navigator, HDMI Port, Original Android Feeling with a little of blurr, built good so it don't feel cheap, Larger screen, Physical Camera button
Droid X Cons:Large, no Super AMOLED ( so not as vibrant as samsung), Lagged a few times on me on the lock screen.
Samsung Pros: Super AMOLED Screen, Large screen but very accessible, have not seen too much lag
Samsung Cons:No physical camera button, Samsung's UI (personally do not like it), Made of flexible Plastic and you don't feel like you have anything in your hand
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I got the Samsung Fascinate when it was buy one get one free. Brother picked up one and I picked up one.
I dislike samsungs UI compared to the original android on HTC's like the G1, as I got that when it came out a while back. This would be his first Android phone so I knew he wouldn't really know the difference so he would be fine. But I saw the droid x in the store and it was in back order I just picked up the Samsung but not even more than a week I traded somebody for a droid x brand new in the box and I am happy to say I am loving the droid x.
Also Droid X has Gorilla Glass so it isn't as vulnerable as the Samsung
I use the HDMI port a lot so thats a big factor. & also take a lot of pictures and the camera is a little bit better on the X.
BIGGEST PRO: You can use Google Maps as the default app on the car dock where-as the Fascinate you have to use VZ Navigator. And Bing isn't set to the default search engine. ( I have heard the 2.2 update will fix this but I am impatient lol )
I currently have a Samsung Fascinate, and while I love its superior screen and hardware, I'm not too confident in Samsung's commitment to this phone. I am toying with the idea of exchanging my phone for a Droid X, but I have a couple of questions. I am aware that the X has a locked down bootloader, and playing around with it is a highwire act. Is the original sbf I think it's called available so if something goes wrong you can restore it to stock? I recall Motorola forcing sites to remove this file. Also, if that is no longer available, what safeguards are generally used when modding? Thanks for your time and consideration.
The file is available here...
http://rootzwiki.com/
...if you are even considering an X- I would grab it.
Without this file- there aren't many safeguards. You can create a nandroid backup- but in certain cases you can't even get into recovery to load your back up. In that situation if you do not have the SBF file all is lost.
If you really like doing mods to your phone- I would not buy the X. I have one and I am sorry that I did not wait for a phone that can run "real" custom roms - as in custom kernels and all.
The phone is pretty awesome as is. But I like to do stuff to my phone.
The x has custom roms and kernels I am running simply stunning x and 1.2ghz overclock so what do you mean no customization. I had the fascinate and the rims half the time messed the phone up and the kernels were no good. The Droid x is the most popular phone everybody is working on it. So I think it is the best phone.
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I have been using smartphones since 2003 and this is my 3rd android phone. First I used the Hero, then the droid 1. That phone really set the bar for me in terms what a phone can do with mods working on it. To the previous poster, I'm afraid that the setup of the droid x keeps it from truly having a custom kerna, and the kernals on the fascinate now are pretty good. I guess I will have to sit on this phone and deal with Samsung. Hopefully they do right by the millions who have purchased this phone, but they may already be preparing the replacement for this phone in a couple of months. I appreciate your input, but it looks like the droid x just may not be the phone for me. Thanks and take care.
Kamar234 said:
I currently have a Samsung Fascinate, and while I love its superior screen and hardware, I'm not too confident in Samsung's commitment to this phone. I am toying with the idea of exchanging my phone for a Droid X, but I have a couple of questions. I am aware that the X has a locked down bootloader, and playing around with it is a highwire act. Is the original sbf I think it's called available so if something goes wrong you can restore it to stock? I recall Motorola forcing sites to remove this file. Also, if that is no longer available, what safeguards are generally used when modding? Thanks for your time and consideration.
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Please understand that the Fascinate's screen and hardware is NOT superior to the DX. I was in the store comparing them. Whereas the SF's screen is super amoled, the colors being more vibrant, the screen is kind of dark especially in sunlight. Me? I need bright. Dx does it. Also, the DX is metal and therefore more durable, imo.
Me? I'm running it overclocked consistently at 1.35 ghz and have a custom rom/theme. I love it. It's a great. Don't hesitate to get it.
I was faced with the choice for my daughter's new smartphone. The SF was never in the running. I didn't like the plasticky feel and the dim screen. So, I got the Incredible for her, kinda a compromise. Good luck. Feel free to ask more questions!
I am not flaming or trying to start a thread fight. Having said that... As an ex incredible owner, now facinate with reception issues, I too have looked at the X to fulfill my needs. The X's screen being the deal breaker. I have and did again today mess with my friends X and the post above about the facinate having a dim screen is hogwash. If the X came anywhere close to having as nice, crisp and non washed out looking display I would buy it in a heart beat but it doesn't. Everything else is great on the X but after owning the best display made I can't go backwards. Infact, the inc display is better (imo) And to the gentlemen above, you couldn't have bought a better phone for your daughter... (imo)
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I'm going with the X due to reception issues with my facinate...
Steven58 said:
Please understand that the Fascinate's screen and hardware is NOT superior to the DX. I was in the store comparing them. Whereas the SF's screen is super amoled, the colors being more vibrant, the screen is kind of dark especially in sunlight. Me? I need bright. Dx does it. Also, the DX is metal and therefore more durable, imo.
Me? I'm running it overclocked consistently at 1.35 ghz and have a custom rom/theme. I love it. It's a great. Don't hesitate to get it.
I was faced with the choice for my daughter's new smartphone. The SF was never in the running. I didn't like the plasticky feel and the dim screen. So, I got the Incredible for her, kinda a compromise. Good luck. Feel free to ask more questions!
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I have read the point of view of other Fascinate users, but now I want to get opinions from this side.
I like my Fascinate. Physically, I think it is much more appealing than the X. The screen is beautiful, I can live without the notification light.
I have a 32 gig SD Card that I will be transferring with me so that is not a factor.
What I don't like is that I have to root and tweak (which I have) to fix the GPS issue (and its much better but still not always fast). I have to go out of my way to de-Bing it which is annoying. It seems that there is a slight lag with it. Only occasionally though.
Why should I go to the Droid X? I really am happy with the 4" Fascinate screen (after having the Droid 1 for a year). Now I want to go bigger to the 4.3"! Part of this is just an experiment because I still have an upgrade and wouldn't stick with the Fasc or the X very long. I kind of just want to see the negative/positives of TouchWiz to Motoblur (and how easy it is to get rid of or ignore both!)... I really dislike the hard buttons on the X. They seem difficult to use and unattractive. I want to see 4" vs 4.3". I want to see the difference between the Texas Instruments 1 GHz vs the Hummingbird. The Fasc is filled with MUCH bloatware. How about the X?
Ideally I would like to root the X, but ROMing isn't as important. The less I have to Root or theme a phone, the better in my opinion. I just bought ADW Deluxe so that will be used for sure.
Any thing else I should consider on why I would want the X?
(I am using the X and the Samsung both kind of as tests to decide what 2011 phone I want...)
i havent had the fascinate, but i had the captivate. to me there has been a night and day difference between the two phones. yes the screen on the galaxy s phones is nice, but thats about all i give them. the speed difference to me is negligible. i dont know how you can stand the gps issues! those were the final straw for me. i dont use motoblur, and never used touchwiz either. i use launcher pro and have never looked back. way to easy to customize it to what i want. plus i really like the look of sense (i know i know) and i'm always trying to mimic it. i actually enjoy having the hard buttons instead of capacitive as well, but that may just be preference. dx has much bloatware, but honestly what phone doesnt. use launcher pro and you can hide whatever you dont wanna see or get rid of by rooting. battery life on the x is sooo much better as well. i'm not sure why really, but it blows my captivate out of the water! now one negative that i dont like is not being able to access the internal memory for what i want. but besides that i've not looked back at all.
I will say the X is an amazing device. I haven't had the pleasure of trying the fascinate, but I do understand it is a great device as well. Motoblur straight up sucks. I hate it with a passion. As of now, custom ROMs are the way to go pretty much with any device. The tweaks are usually 95% of the time better than stock anything. I am running the Tranquility 3.6.0 ROM,and the X is amazing! Its fast,smooth,and battery life is great.
As for bloatware,yes there's a ton,but again, the devs are pretty good at ridding their ROMs of the crap. If there's anything you don't want, root explorer is perfect for removal of it.
Not sure if that was any help to you,but just a little insight I guess. I'm curious about the Fascinate myself, and not sure what your thoughts on trading are, but if you're looking to trade, I would take you up on it. My X has been in an otterbox defender case from the day I received it. It is in brand new condition. I would rate it a 9.9 out of 10. If you're interested, let me know!
Been there
I started off with a DX. I thought I would like the unlocked bootloader of the fascinate. I traded my DX for a fascinate. Within a week, i was missing my DX. It has just been a month and I traded the fascinate for another DX. I am SO much happier with the DX. While the fascinate is snappier, the DX makes up for it in a working GPS (DJ05 "fix" wasn't great) and a much better camera. Flash a ROM and get adw or launcher pro and you won't notice blur.
Summing it up: GET THE DX!
Like the other guy i had the Captivate and it was a hard choice for me to switch but i must say i havent looked back. First thing i really like the camera its very good especially with flash i mean come on samsung ****ty flip phones have a flash. Next Sure its not amoled but you know what the droid x still looks amazing. The batterlife on droid is ALOT better then captivate. Ummm I feel like its a little less buggy. Oh the GPS was a HUGEEEE factor for me. Just the fact that i couldnt connect was making me angry. IN the end you wont regret the switch and if you have any more direct questions ask away.
Eddog4DROID said:
I can live without the notification light.
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The X HAS a notification light, but no charging indicator light. However, there is an app you can get from the market that will enable the charging light.
zwade01 said:
The X HAS a notification light, but no charging indicator light. However, there is an app you can get from the market that will enable the charging light.
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I love how it flashes when i get a text or something lol and i dont need a light to tell me its charging.
Eddog4DROID said:
I have read the point of view of other Fascinate users, but now I want to get opinions from this side.
I like my Fascinate. Physically, I think it is much more appealing than the X. The screen is beautiful, I can live without the notification light.
I have a 32 gig SD Card that I will be transferring with me so that is not a factor.
What I don't like is that I have to root and tweak (which I have) to fix the GPS issue (and its much better but still not always fast). I have to go out of my way to de-Bing it which is annoying. It seems that there is a slight lag with it. Only occasionally though.
Why should I go to the Droid X? I really am happy with the 4" Fascinate screen (after having the Droid 1 for a year). Now I want to go bigger to the 4.3"! Part of this is just an experiment because I still have an upgrade and wouldn't stick with the Fasc or the X very long. I kind of just want to see the negative/positives of TouchWiz to Motoblur (and how easy it is to get rid of or ignore both!)... I really dislike the hard buttons on the X. They seem difficult to use and unattractive. I want to see 4" vs 4.3". I want to see the difference between the Texas Instruments 1 GHz vs the Hummingbird. The Fasc is filled with MUCH bloatware. How about the X?
Ideally I would like to root the X, but ROMing isn't as important. The less I have to Root or theme a phone, the better in my opinion. I just bought ADW Deluxe so that will be used for sure.
Any thing else I should consider on why I would want the X?
(I am using the X and the Samsung both kind of as tests to decide what 2011 phone I want...)
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I just traded my fascinate for the droid x....and can i say... "BEST THING IVE EVER DONE". Its a great phone...people talk about screen quality differences...but the extra real estate that the droid x has...totally makes up for it...and with Rubix loaded on this phone... it flies...
Just a quick update, the trade fell thru...
Then ces happened, and I think I will just ride out the sammy.
They are working on a 2.2 rom here and I have it set up just how I want.... I was looking forward to the X but I think that ship has sailed....
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If I may weigh in. I as well had a captivate, then switched over to the DX. These are the main points I see:
1) I haven't found the locked bootloader to be much of an issue, I installed GummyJar, then Liberty and both work great.
2) AMOLED screen was amazing, but frankly I had forgotten about it and acclimated to the new one within a week.
3) Motoblur is terrible. Touchwiz is OK. Touchwiz lags more as you use it more because of the rfs file system. I was lucky that the Captivate devs figured out how to write new kernels based on Ext2 and Ext4 which was a marked difference. My DX doesn't seem to suffer from this at all.
4) GPS was a frustration point for me. If you advertise it, make sure it works. I shouldn't have to spend half my time on the phone fiddling with settings (suppresses a nightmare of LBSTestMode). My DX GPS is flawless so far.
5) DX will get updates faster than the Samsung phones. frustration point (and eventually breaking point) #2 was the absolute disregard by Samsung for the consumers begging for Froyo.
In short, Samsung strikes me as a company that doesn't care about their customers once they buy the product. If the rumors are true, then the issues surrounding the Vibrant 4G will attest to this. And on another note, my DX running Liberty ROM is far superior than any tweak I have EVER applied to my Captivate.
P.S. I know you said your trade fell through but I'm giving the opinion for any others that may be looking here to help decide. Plus, I think you should find a new person to trade with.