Not understanding why Sammy doesn't just EOL the Epic. We already have the next gen out in the wild. And I'm thinking more and more each day that we will never even see 'official' Gingerbread.
Tired of having to keep checking here to see if official 2.3.4 is here and it never is and I crawl back in my hole and cry myself to sleep.
Don't know why I even care, my next phone won't be until the Galaxy S III hits the US. Flame away I guess.
Maybe because the epic touch was released after the evo 3d?
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My theory is that this phone has a lot left in it. For a phone still running Froyo it can still hold its own against Gingerbread phones. This was one of the few Froyo phones to get skype video chat support (even though we can't use the ffc). This phone is. Damn good phone and now with LTE coming mid-2012 no one will want to give it up. Most people with an Evo have moved on to a new phone, Epic owners are still holding on. Plus compared to the Evo Shift this is the best andrid phone with a keyboard and no telling if there will be another. Just my thoughts
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R3537L1F3 said:
My theory is that this phone has a lot left in it. For a phone still running Froyo it can still hold its own against Gingerbread phones. This was one of the few Froyo phones to get skype video chat support (even though we can't use the ffc). This phone is. Damn good phone and now with LTE coming mid-2012 no one will want to give it up. Most people with an Evo have moved on to a new phone, Epic owners are still holding on. Plus compared to the Evo Shift this is the best andrid phone with a keyboard and no telling if there will be another. Just my thoughts
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EOL was supposed to be October but at the bottom of the EOL it said *these dates are subject to change
Obviously they changed for the epic.
Probably because there aren't a lot of high end Android phones with a physical keyboard on Sprint, while there are plenty of ones without. It fills a niche. The EVO doesn't.
I hope this mean they will keep the epic 4g as a mid-range phone and extend its life all throughout 2012.
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http://www.intomobile.com/2011/07/2...-and-more-going-way-old-yeller-coming-months/
right here the epic 4g is end of life this month,,,,
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That article is from July. It could still happen but they changed their plans already...
revol.epic said:
http://www.intomobile.com/2011/07/2...-and-more-going-way-old-yeller-coming-months/
right here the epic 4g is end of life this month,,,,
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With the top saying dates subject to chance. Apparently people don't read things in their entirety and just what they want to see.
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ok you read into it that the chance meant the epic what about the chance meaning one of the other phones like the evo 4g? bottom line is that sprint did announce the end of life epic 4g which is what i said and that they listed it as october which is true. so i did report it correctly and sprint has not said anything to the contrary about it either, so oct is it...
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Outdated list, sprint Has removed it from the list since then. Of course they announced it, but "subject to change" which it has. Here you go.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/09/sprint-end-of-life-listing-updated/
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ok but i still stand by the fact that it was announced. however just because it was not on the other list does not mean anything. It could be that since it was announced no need to state it again or that perhaps sprint is only giving it a month or so longer as verizon is getting the epic 4g 2 (now not apart of the galaxy s series) so we also know that sprint is getting a version as well also not a gs2 or gs.
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Actually they do need to restate them hence the EVO still being there. And the Stratosphere is going to be a galaxy s line phone, and sprint is not getting one.
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ok but i still stand by the fact that it was announced. however just because it was not on the other list does not mean anything. It could be that since it was announced no need to state it again or that perhaps sprint is only giving it a month or so longer as verizon is getting the epic 4g 2 (now not apart of the galaxy s series) so we also know that sprint is getting a version as well also not a gs2 or gs.
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Why would they list the EVO twice if that was the case? Back in July and recent. I understand where you're coming from but this absolutist end of the Epic mood you put into your posts is unneeded. There is no point in complaining, it's a phone, we're on Android. The OS and the phones move so fast that top of the line is end of the line in a matter of days to be figurative. It's not end of line at the moment. It will be but not now.
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I know some were hoping for EOL so they could time their insurance fraud properly to get an upgrade instead of a replacement Epic.
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Probably because there aren't a lot of high end Android phones with a physical keyboard on Sprint, while there are plenty of ones without. It fills a niche. The EVO doesn't.
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Exactly. There isn't a phone that has replaced it yet. I require a physical keyboard for my day to day use of my phone. I have tried to go virtual keyboard and just can't do it. Kind of hard to type shell commands in with virtual keyboard without the frustration of wanting to throw the phone out the window kicking in.
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I know some were hoping for EOL so they could time their insurance fraud properly to get an upgrade instead of a replacement Epic.
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Lol well played.
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The EVO is a piece of crap and the Epic is Epic.
I believe the Epic is Epic and the EVO is dull.
Even if it does get EOL'd...our development here will keep this phone on the map for a LONG time in my opinion!!
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If we ever get source
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if we ever get gingerbread. i think their maybe a newer secret built that we dont know about. i am flashed to revol with working internet and text but mms is no go... tried it with gingerbread and ec05.... but the reason i switched is because of end of life stigma. but lets face it many devs have switched to newer duel core phones and the dev community for epic was good considering we had nowhere near the evo 4g community but people are moving on.
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Yeah, I know some have moved on, but even without GB source right now, we still have some awesome folks out here STILL making improvements to EC05...when GB source gets here, I believe (hopefully) we will see the return of a few. I think this phone will be around for a long time! All my opinion of course ....
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I still think it's a great phone. It does everything I need and I even run my business from it. I remember when the only way to update your OS was to by a new phone or hack it. So I'm not really worried about GB. I can't miss what I never had. Just my $.02
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Not understanding why Sammy doesn't just EOL the Epic. We already have the next gen out in the wild. And I'm thinking more and more each day that we will never even see 'official' Gingerbread.
Tired of having to keep checking here to see if official 2.3.4 is here and it never is and I crawl back in my hole and cry myself to sleep.
Don't know why I even care, my next phone won't be until the Galaxy S III hits the US. Flame away I guess.
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Dude because not everyone goes and buys a new phone once they come out not everyone has money nor wants to do that. PLAIN IN SIMPLE.
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I didn't follow CES as much as I wanted to so I'm wondering in your opinions what is the most exciting phone coming in 2011? I just saw specs for the atrix and I'm impressed. I hate at&t but when it cones out on March I might have to go with it. I didn't see where sprint was getting anything. Anybody jumping on the attic in March? Thanks for the responses.
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sprint didnt really announce anything but there is a conference from Sprint at the begining of next month with another "industry first". so well see
Yea its a 1.2GHz triple core HTC Device running 2.4 and 2 1080 cameras that also works on sprints "industry first" 5 G network ......and YES u can F*ck iT.
Who cares about phones?
Sprint is getting David Blaine at this Febuary event... David Blaine !!! Lol
Maybe they got him cause only magic will get froyo on our phones.
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Yea its a 1.2GHz triple core HTC Device running 2.4 and 2 1080 cameras that also works on sprints "industry first" 5 G network ......and YES u can F*ck iT.
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5G, I'll expect a $50/mo data surcharge with a network that isn't available in my area.
Maybe sprint is gonna announce a fully functional froyo for the epic, a first for the galaxy s
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And yeah the atrix is pretty much what I expected the Nexus S to be. Gingerbread had no business being released on a rehashed galaxy s. They shoulda just pushed gingerbread to all n1 owners (which was the point of getting that phone in the first place.) And then got 2.4 out on the NS or whatever nexus it would've been if they would've waited. Perhaps a "Nexus Duo" or something since they didn't want a nexus 2
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Yea its a 1.2GHz triple core HTC Device running 2.4 and 2 1080 cameras that also works on sprints "industry first" 5 G network ......and YES u can F*ck iT.
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Lol
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And yeah the atrix is pretty much what I expected the Nexus S to be. Gingerbread had no business being released on a rehashed galaxy s. They shoulda just pushed gingerbread to all n1 owners (which was the point of getting that phone in the first place.) And then got 2.4 out on the NS or whatever nexus it would've been if they would've waited. Perhaps a "Nexus Duo" or something since they didn't want a nexus 2
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Yeah, the Nexus S is gonna be a complete and udderly waste of google's time with the outs of the dual core phones with HDMI and an actual SD card slot. Not sure what google was thinking with the Nexus S, but I'm thinking they didn't want developers ****ing with their hardware with those kind of restrictions.
Just read more.info on the atrix and I just told my wife we are going to at&t. I hate at&t.but damn I want that phone on March 1. Atone know what the price is for the.phone yet?
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I would never go to that crappy network, no matter how good the phone is. I think you'll regret it the first time you try to do a google search on it. Froyo or no froyo, ill take my way cheaper and more reliable network on sprint
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Just read more.info on the atrix and I just told my wife we are going to at&t. I hate at&t.but damn I want that phone on March 1. Atone know what the price is for the.phone yet?
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Most likely a lot lol. I dont think its worth a switch on march first though..i think you should hold off for a month or so while all the kinks get worked out, like a horribly locked bootloader.
Also, we be mad that the epic hasn't gotten official froyo yet....but according to a recent study, ATT has never updated ANY of its android phones...EVER lol
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Yeah, the Nexus S is gonna be a complete and udderly waste of google's time with the outs of the dual core phones with HDMI and an actual SD card slot. Not sure what google was thinking with the Nexus S, but I'm thinking they didn't want developers ****ing with their hardware with those kind of restrictions.
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Nah I think they just wanted to hop on the galaxy s train and sammy just felt like releasing the same thing with a few tradeoffs (no sd slot...but you get 2.3 lol)
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ATT has never updated ANY of its android phones...EVER lol
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ATT hasn't updated a single Android phone? At all?
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ATT hasn't updated a single Android phone? At all?
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Nope.
Sprint was next with 28% updated (which isn't really a lot considering we only have like 4 androidphones lol) and then verizon with like 31% and then tmo with something higher% lol
The article was on engadget
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Just read more.info on the atrix and I just told my wife we are going to at&t. I hate at&t.but damn I want that phone on March 1. Atone know what the price is for the.phone yet?
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Do you really want that 2GB data cap? I guess it's okay if you don't use much data, but if you ever do use more than 2GB, be prepared to pay for it.
Yeah I know at&t sucks bad and I will prolly hate it. I just couldn't believe the specs when I saw them. I do use alot of data. Way more than the.limit on at&t and I forgot about that so thanks for pointing that out. Wow I never knew they never updated an android phone. Well you guys ruined my dreams. Lol
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Yeah I know at&t sucks bad and I will prolly hate it. I just couldn't believe the specs when I saw them. I do use alot of data. Way more than the.limit on at&t and I forgot about that so thanks for pointing that out. Wow I never knew they never updated an android phone. Well you guys ruined my dreams. Lol
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Don't feel bad. AT&T has ruined a lot of dreams.
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Nope.
Sprint was next with 28% updated (which isn't really a lot considering we only have like 4 androidphones lol) and then verizon with like 31% and then tmo with something higher% lol
The article was on engadget
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I wasn't aware that the numbers were this low. I would think that this would be something that Google would be concerned with because eventually this could hurt the growth of Android. Marketing is a powerful thing and if Apple and Microsoft are in some way able to get into the heads of the masses. You know how powerful marketing can be even when it's just trying to spread FUD. The company that I work for has BB as the "corporate standard" but because we purchased several other companies in the past year that standard has been loosened a bit because of the high number of iPhone users at the other company. There are only two of us in the IT Department that have Android and with what I see going on I still don't feel comfortable pushing Android. The first time there was an issue I know that my CIO would use it as the reason why we shouldn't use Android and that would be the end of that.
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squshy 7 said:
Don't feel bad. AT&T has ruined a lot of dreams.
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Haha, so true. I remember when I was showing my friend my wireless tether feature. He was so impressed he did a jailbreak of his iphone4 to get it. Then he got a nice little bill the next month when he went over 2gb. Needless to say, his iphone is no longer jailbroken.
Will the mytouch 4g (mt4g) be getting Ice Cream Sandwich (2.4/4.0)?
What do you think?
highly doubt it
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highly doubt it
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Who knows....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1072717
ICS is supposed to be a type of "universal" update that brings all devices under one platform to unify android instead of being fragmented the way it is. I was doubtful that the sgs4g would get it but after reading up on it it does appear hopeful that devices like ours will get the update as well.
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Who knows....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1072717
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wow, this is good news!
HTC HD2 MAN said:
Will the mytouch 4g (mt4g) be getting Ice Cream Sandwich (2.4)?
What do you think?
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It's not 2.4 it is 4.0.
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It's not 2.4 it is 4.0.
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Where did you see that at? Most of the stuff I saw an read on : Android police an central along with phandroid, suspect 2.4 . I'm just curious on where you found it.
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It's not 2.4 it is 4.0.
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Well... at the moment... no one knows if it is 2.4 or 4.0.
So thanks for pointing that out. I cant fix the poll title so bare with me.
Officially? I'm almost certain that's a no. Took them 6 months to give us GB and this phone is about to hit it's end of life cycle.
But unofficially, most certainly. Kmobs and Zinx have this phone, the two prominent devs in the CM team. So I'm highly confident that through them, we'll be amongst the first batch of phones to get ICS via CM8.
Just my thought.
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I agree we will get it via cm8 not officially though
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Tmobile, from what I remember is part of the Android alliance. They promise upgrades, when a new Android OS comes out, it'll only end when the phone is 18 months old. I doing we'll see it right away, but i'm pretty sure we will officially see it at some point.
From my fist to your face, enjoy.
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Tmobile, from what I remember is part of the Android alliance. They promise upgrades, when a new Android OS comes out, it'll only end when the phone is 18 months old. I doing we'll see it right away, but i'm pretty sure we will officially see it at some point.
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Not sure about that because to me, T-Mobile has the worst track record of phones getting updates.
The myTouch Slide 3G was promised Froyo last summer but didn't get it till earlier this year. And you can pretty much throw GB out of the equation for that phone.
The Vibrant has yet to even have a GB leak while the Vibrant 4G gets GB leaks every month or so. Which is sad.
The G2 was supposed to get GB very early but are now just getting it. And its life cycle already ended a month or two ago so that getting ICS is doubtful.
And that's just to name a few.
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Not sure about that because to me, T-Mobile has the worst track record of phones getting updates.
The myTouch Slide 3G was promised Froyo last summer but didn't get it till earlier this year. And you can pretty much throw GB out of the equation for that phone.
The Vibrant has yet to even have a GB leak while the Vibrant 4G gets GB leaks every month or so. Which is sad.
The G2 was supposed to get GB very early but are now just getting it. And its life cycle already ended a month or two ago so that getting ICS is doubtful.
And that's just to name a few.
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I'm not gonna lie, but you are correct about all of that. I'm willing to give them another shot, them ima go to sprint. I do like t-mo,I had a good plan with them, they made me change plans, when I added a new line, also I just got throttled. If they can update this phone to ICS, I'll stay if not, i'm gone.
From my fist to your face, enjoy.
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I'm not gonna lie, but you are correct about all of that. I'm willing to give them another shot, them ima go to sprint. I do like t-mo,I had a good plan with them, they made me change plans, when I added a new line, also I just got throttled. If they can update this phone to ICS, I'll stay if not, i'm gone.
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I hear ya, I love TMO as well and I would love to be wrong to be honest. But looking back at how the Evo, and even the freakin year and a half old Droid INC got GB it made me think how terrible TMO is compared to the other carriers.
I would probably switch to Sprint as well if anything, I just wish their 3G was good.
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I hear ya, I love TMO as well and I would love to be wrong to be honest. But looking back at how the Evo, and even the freakin year and a half old Droid INC got GB it made me think how terrible TMO is compared to the other carriers.
I would probably switch to Sprint as well if anything, I just wish their 3G was good.
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You would think the company that first introduced Android to the world, would set an example for everyone else on how to update your Android's in a timely manner. Instead they are usually the last ones to do so or they'll release a new version of the phone that is updated, an scrap the older ones. The only reason why i'm still with then is,i have good connection at home an in my area, an I don't want to spend the extra money for a etf.
From my fist to your face, enjoy.
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You would think the company that first introduced Android to the world, would set an example for everyone else on how to update your Android's in a timely manner. Instead they are usually the last ones to do so
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From what I was told (by a German TMO sales rep), they have a fairly long internal QA process to make sure that a new ROM works (together with any of their own additions). So it usually takes them more than six months after a new ROM has been released, before it is officially available from them. This is not only true for Android, but is also valid for Blackberry and WP7.
FWIW... We switched to sprint. Hated sprint cdma. And t mobile is hardly the worst track record, all the carriers have been about the same. I think verizon and the droid line up is your"worst"...
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From what I was told (by a German TMO sales rep), they have a fairly long internal QA process to make sure that a new ROM works (together with any of their own additions). So it usually takes them more than six months after a new ROM has been released, before it is officially available from them. This is not only true for Android, but is also valid for Blackberry and WP7.
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I can understand a 6month time frame to get everything working. I had the mytouch 3g slide, an that took a year an a month(not sure, maybe 2) to get upgraded to 2.2, they didn't even do an ota. It was either do it yourself via HTC or go to a store an get it done. I think that's pretty bad though, it took them that long.
From my fist to your face, enjoy.
Yeah... I don't see why they need at least 6 months. I mean it took CM's team like a little over a month after GB's source was released to get it to multiple different phones. Plus CM implemented their CM Settings as well.
I'm not saying it's a wrong statement, just wondering how a group of mostly college kids can beat big companies to it.
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Yeah... I don't see why they need at least 6 months. I mean it took CM's team like a little over a month after GB's source was released to get it to multiple different phones. Plus CM implemented their CM Settings as well.
I'm not saying it's a wrong statement, just wondering how a group of mostly college kids can beat big companies to it.
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Big companies = a lot of political bull****. They do what they can to make more money for themselves about 50% of the time.
From my fist to your face, enjoy.
I did a search and didn't see a new thread about this, so forgive me if its a repost.
I've come across two separate resources tonight that both claim to have heard that the new Nexus Prime will have a keyboard. Here's the first link. Here's one from Phandroid.
I know this post is off topic, but I've read a lot of Epic owners who are contemplating an upgrade to the new Epic Touch 4G and I know a lot of you guys are holding out for a new superphone with a keyboard. I figured this might help you make a decision when it comes time to upgrade from the Epic.
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I did a search and didn't see a new thread about this, so forgive me if its a repost.
I've come across two separate resources tonight that both claim to have heard that the new Nexus Prime will have a keyboard. Here's the first link. Here's one from Phandroid.
I know this post is off topic, but I've read a lot of Epic owners who are contemplating an upgrade to the new Epic Touch 4G and I know a lot of you guys are holding out for a new superphone with a keyboard. I figured this might help you make a decision when it comes time to upgrade from the Epic.
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If it has a keyboard...i might have to overlook that screen size..>_>
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Well...this sure kills my urge to jump ship to the Epic Touch in a couple months. Now its between the Galaxy SIII or the Prime
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I'd still get the E4GT. The Nexus isn't coming till Nov 3rd, and that's on Verizon, no telling when Sprint gets it. Although, if a keyboard is a must have, its nice.
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Metal body, Samoled screen, AOSP, timely updates, and a hard keyboard. Yes PLEASE! If this phone materializes I would gladly pay full retail for it.
I would pay full price too if that's the case
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Good grief...with the DAMN rumors already....how the hell do we have specific leaked specs on the SGS3 coming out next year but a phone coming out in 2 months is shrouded by so many slaw ass rumours...ugh
Long story short...if its coming to sprint with a Qwerty....the Epic 4G touch can kiss my hairy A**!! Again that's if we can get some damn facts and get past all these rumours...
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tony45x220 said:
Good grief...with the DAMN rumors already....how the hell do we have specific leaked specs on the SGS3 coming out next year but a phone coming out in 2 months is shrouded by so many slaw ass rumours...ugh
Long story short...if its coming to sprint with a Qwerty....the Epic 4G touch can kiss my hairy A**!! Again that's if we can get some damn facts and get past all these rumours...
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IDK, to me it wouldn't make sense to have it with a keyboard. I would think Google would want to make it any more bulky. Also if they are trying to compete with Apple which I think they do. they would want to keep it as slim as possible
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IDK, to me it wouldn't make sense to have it with a keyboard. I would think Google would want to make it any more bulky. Also if they are trying to compete with Apple which I think they do. they would want to keep it as slim as possible
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If they produce two versions it would draw in more customers, especially with the iphone coming to sprint. Makes sense to me.
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+1 if it has a kb I'm in then ill get the sg3 next year and I have been saying for awhile that I would stay with this og epic but if that prime has kb that will be enough to push me all in
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Probaholic1 said:
IDK, to me it wouldn't make sense to have it with a keyboard. I would think Google would want to make it any more bulky. Also if they are trying to compete with Apple which I think they do. they would want to keep it as slim as possible
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G1 had a keyboard, I wouldn't be suprised one bit if they released one of these with one too.
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Sounds delicious!!! I hope sprint gets the keyboard version. I love my Epic and all but that phone sounds nice enough to pay full price for. Not that I have to. I have an upgrade coming in December.
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I think the Verizon Droid Prime will be the one that has the keyboard. tfleming223 said that the "one" with the keyboard is the one that I prefer, thus if he's right only one of the Nexus Primes will have a keyboard. I speculate that Verizon's Nexus Prime will have a keyboard (if they don't get two versions) because the phone is being dubbed "Droid Nexus Prime" and the first (Verizon) Droid, which put Android on the map, had a built-in keyboard and it was hugely successful as some Droid 1 owners proudly rock it till this day.
a HWKB and a Notification LED and on Sprint and i'm SOLD.
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I think the Verizon Droid Prime will be the one that has the keyboard. tfleming223 said that the "one" with the keyboard is the one that I prefer, thus if he's right only one of the Nexus Primes will have a keyboard. I speculate that Verizon's Nexus Prime will have a keyboard (if they don't get two versions) because the phone is being dubbed "Droid Nexus Prime" and the first (Verizon) Droid, which put Android on the map, had a built-in keyboard and it was hugely successful as some Droid 1 owners proudly rock it till this day.
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For whatever reason, I had figured Sprint would be the one with the keyboard, but you raise a very valid point here in which 'Droid' is in the name, and they've had keyboards.
I think the deal about Verizon getting it first is pretty much fact and beyond rumor at this point in time, so how long do we think they'll get exclusivity on the phone? A few weeks? A month? Or will they just get the 'Droid' Prime while the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (or whatever it will be called) and they come out at the same time?
Please no kb
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If VZW gets this phone with a hw keyboard, it's Bye Bye Sprint (still pissed about the loss of the Premier program) So I guess we'll just have to wait and see...
pvtjoker42 said:
If VZW gets this phone with a hw keyboard, it's Bye Bye Sprint (still pissed about the loss of the Premier program) So I guess we'll just have to wait and see...
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Yeah, I too would seriously consider switching. I have been a Sprint customer for more than 10 years, but with the end of the Premier program and my contract up for renewal in October, I would really consider it. People on Verizon at work get much better signal than I do on Sprint and just that fact seems to kill my battery life.
faceless said:
a hwkb and a notification led and on sprint and i'm sold.
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+1000000000000
"After reviewing various factors such as system requirements, platform
limitations, and partner-related issues, we will consider upgrading Galaxy devices
to Ice Cream Sandwich. Specific upgrade plans will be communicated separately.
Samsung will stay committed to responsibility for its customers as much as
possible."
That was in response to the nexus s-comparable devices getting ics question.
http://www.rootzwiki.com/_/articles...st-ignores-google-update-alliance-pledge-r246
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ICS? For us? I know there's no guarantee but OH MY GAWRSH
Since we aren't on any type of EOL list I'm sure there could be a very good possibility, especially since our stock ei22 kernel is a heavily modified nexus kernel IIRC
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xopher.hunter said:
Since we aren't on any type of EOL list I'm sure there could be a very good possibility, especially since our stock ei22 kernel is a heavily modified nexus kernel IIRC
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You're completely right, just we don't use many things the same way unfortunately. But it's a positive nonetheless.
Its weird that we haven't been EOL yet. But I think I see why, a lot of my friends have been picking up the Epic for the cheap $99. Although one friend got the Stratosphere, which I'm jealous of, that phone is nice.
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I honestly don't think we'll get ics. But if we do, it won't be till jelly bean comes out. Samsung has a tendency to repeat itself
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ac16313 said:
Its weird that we haven't been EOL yet. But I think I see why, a lot of my friends have been picking up the Epic for the cheap $99. Although one friend got the Stratosphere, which I'm jealous of, that phone is nice.
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EOL? The phone is not even two years old, right?
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EOL? The phone is not even two years old, right?
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How old was the EVO when it became EOL?
Oh and no.
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Would be nice since im stuck with this phone for another year. Really wondering if its worth canceling now and jumping on the bandwagon of the nexus.
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Biggoron said:
Would be nice since im stuck with this phone for another year. Really wondering if its worth canceling now and jumping on the bandwagon of the nexus.
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No. Wait for LTE and quad cores coming summer 2012.
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How old was the EVO when it became EOL?
Oh and no.
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EVO was easily replaceable as there are plenty of high end slate styled phones on Sprint. Epic on the other hand fills a niche. Honestly, I've noticed a lot of Epic users out in the wild lately. I used to never see anyone else with my phone and now it's been every place I go I seem to see another person with an Epic. Even at a year and a half old, it holds it own and even bests a lot of the newer mid-range phones out there.
To the novice consumer the Epic is the cheaper keyboarded style galaxy s2. The Og Epic never got much advertisement, but since the Epic Touch has a lot of people head in to check it out, see the Og Epic, are like "oh cool it's the same phone with a keyboard and cheaper" and bam, it becomes more popular then when it was released.
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Zeinzu said:
To the novice consumer the Epic is the cheaper keyboarded style galaxy s2. The Og Epic never got much advertisement, but since the Epic Touch has a lot of people head in to check it out, see the Og Epic, are like "oh cool it's the same phone with a keyboard and cheaper" and bam, it becomes more popular then when it was released.
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that... and the fact that it is priced at anywhere from free to 99 bucks.
Biggoron said:
Would be nice since im stuck with this phone for another year. Really wondering if its worth canceling now and jumping on the bandwagon of the nexus.
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I am sort of in the same boat. In spite of SERO, opening a line in a family VZW account would cost about the same or less and I never go beyond 3GB of data use (that with double data promotion). Went to VZW store, played with the Nexus, but despite being well aware of specs, updates, ICS etc just did not feel that it was that much better than what I already have. Also, realized that I will really miss my KB, and the dev community is still in its infancy for Nexus @XDA.
kennyglass123 said:
No. Wait for LTE and quad cores coming summer 2012.
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gotta agree with kenny on ^^^ this ^^^ ... prolly better 2 just wait
A lot of my friends had gotten Epics and I was the sore thumb who went out and got an Evo Shift back last April. That phone went kaput on me and I decided to hop on the epic-wagon after using other ones first hand. I won't ever get a non keyboard phone, and the epic is the best of its class...Its the ONLY one of its class now. Sprint has no plans to release any other keyboard phones yet, which is highly disappointing. We might see one when LTE comes around, but...in the mean time, I'm happy that the Epic has such an awesome team of devs here (Things over in the evo shift forum really started to die!).
Long story short: Long live the epic.
I think the possibility of us getting ics is pretty good actually. It used to seem out of reach but now the hyped nexus update has been halted and Sammy is posting new rdf files, not to mention the increasing amount of epic buyers lately. If you ask me, I think the probability of us getting ics is higher than many think. Our phone will easily support it.
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Especially since our devs started the work for them and got mtd working.
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Especially since our devs started the work for them and got mtd working.
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I think they'll still use bml on ics, so that won't help them.
Edit:samsung, not our devs.
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This will keep me around the epic for a little while longer
So I Talked to someone higher up at sprint today about there lack of Newer Slide Keyboard phones, This person said to hold on to the shift for a bit untill Sprint reveals its new Line up later this year as the Epic dosent have much more to offer anyway, few key notes
Wimax is dieing, Moving in Favor of LTE making any current 4G phone a waste imo
again said that new sliders will be released even with ICS preinstalled
EVO Shift is the best slider thus far which is why eventhough the EVO has hit end of life the **** is stil being sold
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So I Talked to someone higher up at sprint today about there lack of Newer Slide Keyboard phones, This person said to hold on to the shift for a bit untill Sprint reveals its new Line up later this year as the Epic dosent have much more to offer anyway, few key notes
Wimax is dieing, Moving in Favor of LTE making any current 4G phone a waste imo
again said that new sliders will be released even with ICS preinstalled
EVO Shift is the best slider thus far which is why eventhough the EVO has hit end of life the **** is stil being sold
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a few things ive learned in life
the more you hold out the more you want to do it
dont ever listen to a sprint representative unless theyre giving something for free
and the g1 is the best slide out kb phone
Been waiting for a new slider but if its not from HTC i probably will keep my shift for the full two years and just save my upgrade that i have till then
JKILO said:
a few things ive learned in life
the more you hold out the more you want to do it
dont ever listen to a sprint representative unless theyre giving something for free
and the g1 is the best slide out kb phone
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±1 Agree perfectly, especially with the G1 being the best keyboard phone. That thing is a tank
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This wasn't an average rep, though I am reluctant to say who I spoke to, and with that i have no doubt ill be discredited just thought i would through out that info..
I'll be doing as he said and keeping my shift, I have the Transformer Prime and Nook Tablet as well which i just gave to my wife, but I can wait either way again take my message any way you will just bits of info from a slide KB lover
JaceAlvejetti said:
So I Talked to someone higher up at sprint today about there lack of Newer Slide Keyboard phones, This person said to hold on to the shift for a bit untill Sprint reveals its new Line up later this year as the Epic dosent have much more to offer anyway, few key notes
Wimax is dieing, Moving in Favor of LTE making any current 4G phone a waste imo
again said that new sliders will be released even with ICS preinstalled
EVO Shift is the best slider thus far which is why eventhough the EVO has hit end of life the **** is stil being sold
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as much as I love the keyboard, I'm having a huge debate in my head whether to get the nexus when it's released, or wait and see what else comes out this summer.
My shift is going strong, haven't changed ROM's since October, and I get excellent battery life. I've had the urge to try out some of the ICS rom's lately though.
JaceAlvejetti said:
So I Talked to someone higher up at sprint today about there lack of Newer Slide Keyboard phones, This person said to hold on to the shift for a bit untill Sprint reveals its new Line up later this year as the Epic dosent have much more to offer anyway, few key notes
Wimax is dieing, Moving in Favor of LTE making any current 4G phone a waste imo
again said that new sliders will be released even with ICS preinstalled
EVO Shift is the best slider thus far which is why eventhough the EVO has hit end of life the **** is stil being sold
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I believe it.
Why can't any one say anything? Its not like sprint or HTC will know you say something you shouldn't or even know who you are. I just don't get it
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YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
Why can't any one say anything? Its not like sprint or HTC will know you say something you shouldn't or even know who you are. I just don't get it
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-disclosure_agreement
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-disclosure_agreement
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But you didn't sign anything and how would they know who you are?
Plus if its a verbal agreement, they can't prove you agreed unless they recorded your call
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YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
But you didn't sign anything and how would they know who you are?
Plus if its a verbal agreement, they can't prove you agreed unless they recorded your call
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Well I sure hope they didn't.
The Person I talk to has two lines, direct sprint work line which is recorded, and personal cell, either way as nothing wrong has been done to me I wouldn't put there name on the line, Thanks Vicodan for believing me, no models were mentioned but like I said ill be holding on to my Shift for another few months pretty much until a decent Slide comes out on LTE, I am a fan of HTC, though Samsungs ODIN recovery is nice aswell, just have to see what comes
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The Person I talk to has two lines, direct sprint work line which is recorded, and personal cell, either way as nothing wrong has been done to me I wouldn't put there name on the line, Thanks Vicodan for believing me, no models were mentioned but like I said ill be holding on to my Shift for another few months pretty much until a decent Slide comes out on LTE, I am a fan of HTC, though Samsungs ODIN recovery is nice aswell, just have to see what comes
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I've got a direct contact at HTC, and they definitely have stuff in the pipeline.
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I've got a direct contact at HTC, and they definitely have stuff in the pipeline.
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Or so he thinks... J/k ... Lmfao! :beer:
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drob311 said:
Or so he thinks... J/k ... Lmfao! :beer:
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Hahahaha if you only knew.
JaceAlvejetti said:
So I Talked to someone higher up at sprint today about there lack of Newer Slide Keyboard phones, This person said to hold on to the shift for a bit untill Sprint reveals its new Line up later this year as the Epic dosent have much more to offer anyway, few key notes
Wimax is dieing, Moving in Favor of LTE making any current 4G phone a waste imo
again said that new sliders will be released even with ICS preinstalled
EVO Shift is the best slider thus far which is why eventhough the EVO has hit end of life the **** is stil being sold
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Yeah the end of this year will be perfect for me when they release the new line-up's.
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Or so he thinks... J/k ... Lmfao! :beer:
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Yeah I'm calling BS
Surely there will be a slider successor... HTC Hero ==> HTC Evo Shift
I bet they are just waiting for the LTE launch later this year
Still a while to wait with the Shift
The evo design 4G's cdma brother is the hero 2 (available on us cellular, i believe)... If it happens i hope they call it shift 2 but i'm just keeping my fingers crossed we get a dual core slider...
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i love my shift and even if i have to wait til the 4th quarter for a new pimp slider with either a dual or quad core i have no problem with that at all. alot of great development here for it anyways so its not like its a hard phone to live with.