Dual core and with a flash! Hope ICS gets ported to it...
(Although the flash is only shown on the pic...I was gutted I didn't notice the S didn't have a flash till after I bought it)
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/01/samsung-sticks-a-dual-core-processor-into-its-galaxy-s/
on hardware level :
it should have a camera key. a flash
on software level :
ICS and SIP calling
It sounds completely crazy to me. Why they have to sell another device that will lack of support by Samsung and by the community? This phone will meet the same doom as i9001 and i9003. it's really madness to produce dozens of variants and then give **** support to each of them.
And people are still waiting for ICS on i9000. Bah.
Although I agree most people do not care about the community or Samsung support. They will buy the phone with a contract that suits them and happily use it till they buy the next phone (upgrade etc).
A lot of people don't use anywhere near all the features of the phones they buy, and the smarter the phones the more features are unused.
They just want the latest phones...
They will change "up" as soon as they are allowed, so to them long term support of continued development are not important.
And this is being encouraged by ALL the manufacturers, not just Samsung.
let's face it, if any manufacturer actually produced a phone that did everything that was needed and properly, they couldn't bring out a new phone 3 months down the line, and the product line would be reduced from 10 or more down a couple per maker.
Not good financial sense.
P.S. I have had my Galaxy S for a year and a half and I'm generally pleased with it, I have it doing what I want and pretty well too. I don't NEED ICS, buy if and when it comes I'll try it.
There are no cameras on phones that I consider good enough for anything other than snapshots, so i have a good quality camera for pictures and a very competent phone for phone related tasks.
Rant over
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It sounds completely crazy to me. Why they have to sell another device that will lack of support by Samsung and by the community? This phone will meet the same doom as i9001 and i9003. it's really madness to produce dozens of variants and then give **** support to each of them.
And people are still waiting for ICS on i9000. Bah.
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Exactly my thoughts. The only reason people complain for ICS on i9000 though is because that's the phone they sold the most, is ICS capable and they never actually delivered a bug-free ginger version (there're still some major ones that never got fixed). Their excuse about touchwiz+ICS being too much for the i9000 is also BS, i'm sure. Not caring about the customer and providing **** support is the problem.
They probably had leftover parts they decided to capitalize by making this phone. Whether this will be a hit or not will depend on it's price. If they make it attractive enough, people with cheap phones looking for an upgrade without spending much may like it. Totally unworth it for someone owning an i9000 already though, even less with GB being the default system.
To all guys complaining : OOOO, bad, bag Samsung, they are releasing the new model with old system without chances for its official update,baaad, baaad, baaad Samsung, you should be punished, and all workers and managers burned in a big bonfire!!!
Could you, boys and girls, tell me: who the hell forces you to buy it?
What is the reason of your nightly wetting, shouting and cries?
I never seen peoples like you, in example standing in front of TV shop and shouting: I don't want this TV bcs the wall plug is ugly black, while I wanted it to be pink with golden dots... yet, maybe bcs I did not met you in the real world
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on hardware level :
it should have a camera key. a flash
on software level :
ICS and SIP calling
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And optical zoom at least 56x
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frankbel said:
It sounds completely crazy to me. Why they have to sell another device that will lack of support by Samsung and by the community? This phone will meet the same doom as i9001 and i9003. it's really madness to produce dozens of variants and then give **** support to each of them.
And people are still waiting for ICS on i9000. Bah.
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One small question: so, you suppose that any manufacturer should ask someone from the community (I presume: preferably you) the question if somebody will support it?
Pal, I have no idea what are you taking, but please... pass to me your dealer contact
I dont understand how u can complain about the first of the galaxys. I mean there still better than. The iphone 3g plut u can find roms to get it to do more than a phone actully needs to do anyway. I think yall just expect to much from a phone rember there not a computer. Iv had my sgs for almost two years now and other than the random freezing and fue lil glitches that i can live with im happy with it..... BETTER THAN AN IPHONE!!!!
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I don't get it, OP sais the "Galaxy S" should've been like something that just got out...
The Galaxy S was already a beast when it got out, it was on top as far as performance and technologie goes, how do you compare it to something that is launched 2 years later...
Sure, I'd like the current phone to have the technologies that will be available in 2 years but right now! And, in 2 years, I'd want my 2 years old phone to be as powerfull as the one coming out!!
i think its a good marketing strategy by samsung
see you people are fighting and buying the new samsung galaxy advance
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I was gutted I didn't notice the S didn't have a flash till after I bought it
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Ach, tough topic.. That happened to me as well
The move of keeping ICS out of the Galaxy S/Advance models and instead get at most android 2.3 on them is just a clever ruse to lure us on the higher-level and more costly models.
Too bad for them, we can reflash
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As the title says, where do you put ur old phones? GF, sell, throw away, donate it?
I'm pretty happy that I managed to sell my HTC Tattoo, but maybe there are phone models which can't be sold anymore because they are not valuable anymore...
i have plenty of friends with less money then i
Selling my Htc magic hehe to a guy that was honest with me that he wants to buy them to fix and re-sell them (doesn't care about condition), and a good price too of 235$ canadian.
unless I can find higher i'll sell to him.
can't wait for sammy phone
The store I ordered it buys the old phones
As I do with all my old phones, give it one of the nursing staff who need it better than I.
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Forgot to say, it's an HD2
The phone i'm currently using is having its last breath and i don't know how it's working right now :\
Plus its company had a bankrupcy so even if i tried to donate it ,it'll be thrown back at my face ... guss what is it ?!
Its name is O2 Atom Life , i had Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 before but it died in front of my eyes so i went back to the mentioned device >_>
When i buy Galaxy S i want to do something with my O2 that'll makes me feel good and right now the only idea i'm having is throwing it from a high place
Gonna try to sell my bricked G1 on ebay. Hopefully someone would need parts when I do.
Giving mine to the GF, its the HTC Desire, which I still like immensely and want to keep around to play with when it gets Froyo etc
o2 mini
Putting my legendary O2 mini as table clock. Task reminder and daily weather report.
Wife's destiny!
The goal before my eyes, to buy the galaxy s, I had to promise my wife that she is allowed to crush my diamond with big hammer!!!
She hate's it so much, cause I played araound and flashed new ROMs all the time
I have a feeling that it will be getting worse with the galaxy s, but at least I have green lieght to buy one...
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The goal before my eyes, to buy the galaxy s, I had to promise my wife that she is allowed to crush my diamond with big hammer!!!
She hate's it so much, cause I played araound and flashed new ROMs all the time
I have a feeling that it will be getting worse with the galaxy s, but at least I have green lieght to buy one...
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...... That's the trouble with Wives, they NEVER, EVER forget.
Men work in single-cell attitude.... we see something, and either walk away or buy it.
Women on the other hand are complex multi-cell beings, wholly composed of unknown quantities of interconnected or interwoven argumental parts.
....My heart goes out to you.
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...... That's the trouble with Wives, they NEVER, EVER forget.
Men work in single-cell attitude.... we see something, and either walk away or buy it.
Women on the other hand are complex multi-cell beings, wholly composed of unknown quantities of interconnected or interwoven argumental parts.
....My heart goes out to you.
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Thank you man.
But, I love her and I especially love the idea to make a HD video of the crushing & perhaps burning session with wicked and wild look in her eyes.
I'm looking forward to the death of my Diamond since it is already half-dead and I'm really annoyed of it.
Greetings
mderm said:
Thank you man.
But, I love her and I especially love the idea to make a HD video of the crushing & perhaps burning session with wicked and wild look in her eyes.
I'm looking forward to the death of my Diamond since it is already half-dead and I'm really annoyed of it.
Greetings
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In that case.........
So very, very mad at my G1. A trip to the desert with my 12 gauge will set things right!
Use it as my drunk phone when I'm out and drinking.
Or maybe I just use my even older W850i for that.
X1 wasn't really cheap when it come out and I dont know if I want to lost it when I'm drunk.
It's still awesome phone.
Ill send in my nexus one to google to get it replaced for minor cosmetic damage. Then i'll either sell it, give it to the wife (which is unlikely since she drops and loses all the gadgets i give her) or put it in the draw on top of my Xperia X1i.
BuddyLee said:
give it to the wife (which is unlikely since she drops and loses all the gadgets i give her).
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Ahh, so you have one of those as well.
...and there I was thinking mine was from a 'duff batch'.
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Ahh, so you have one of those as well.
...and there I was thinking mine was from a 'duff batch'.
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Dont even make me bring up umbrellas ... The loss of my umbrellas brings a tear to my eye ... they were not just regular umbrellas they were art.
A week later after she had borrowed my umbrella ... "Hey babe do you know where my umbrella is ..." She replies ... "Oh, yea, I forgot it in the train, im sorry. Can i borrow this other one its pouring outside?"
At that point I just have to give up and give in. It is a helpless cause ... what did i get myself into.
I can't give my old one to the misses, she already wants a Galaxy S too, and being Korean she thinks she's more entitled to the first one!
I'll probably put a stock ROM back on my HD and offer it up on FreeCycle.
I'll keep my touchpro and drop the sim in it when I'm out on the water. That way if my phone goes swimming at least it's not the galaxy.
I see lots of mistreated and tortured owners of Sony X8 phones.
People bought them in hope to replace old phones and use as main device.
So far NOBODY can use this phone as their main device.
The 2.1 firmware .504 was made same time when X10 was released, but we did not get it, only to receive the root-impossible .47 version !!!
I am sure this was my last purchase from sweden (yes, no ikea, no volvo and no stinky swedish fish for me from now on).
Are there more people feeling like me ?
Tell ericshits what we think of them, show your support for boycotting sweden and their stupid eric**** employees.
Nothing good ever came from sweden anyway (except Abba, long time ago)
Personally i'm quite satisfied with my X8, I bought it as a toy and to experiment with rooting, since i didn't want to risc bricking my X10. I now use it as a 3G modem with great success, but since it's the cheapest Android phone available in my country by a margin of 20% under the nearest HTC phone, i never expected much from the X8.
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I use it for everything and I am satisfied w/o rooting. It's my sixth SE phone
Your poll is extremely bias. Basically what you've done is said
Do you like Sony Phones?
-No
-No
-No
-No
Not everyone is going to agree with you.
And yes, I've always been happy with Sony Phones. I agree, however, that their decision to keep an android phone locked down is stupid, though.
Android is opensource... user can customize own phone... sony is ****... they lock android... i will sell my phone with the best buyer.. HTC i'm coming..!!! i use sony phone about 3year. i like walkman.. user can customize walkman phone.. sony ****..!!!
Development forums are not made for this kind of questions.
Moved to general.
Its realy good phone.It have everything from android to gps,wi-fi,bluetoth and is cheap.You are crazy men.Why you are buy phone if you dont like it.
Buy iPhone 4 for 2000 dollars then you will be sad because iPhone doesnt have to much better things then SE x8.
Agree 2 u.
That was definitly my last SE phone. It's the ONLY Android device which isn't rootable!
Acc3ss said:
Agree 2 u.
That was definitly my last SE phone. It's the ONLY Android device which isn't rootable!
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No, it is rootable. Just not on 2.1 firmware.
as-mario said:
Its realy good phone.It have everything from android to gps,wi-fi,bluetoth and is cheap.You are crazy men.Why you are buy phone if you dont like it.
Buy iPhone 4 for 2000 dollars then you will be sad because iPhone doesnt have to much better things then SE x8.
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Agree. Iphone 4 is worse than this cheap x8 phone I almost can do everything with it. I phone is more troublesome. Jailbreak and many other stupid things. X8 w/o root is still smarter than iphone.
Gunawan-GN Multimedia-X10i
I agree. Despite not being able to root 2.1 it's a very well put together device even if you havent updated yet. Besides its only a matter of time before one of us geeks finds another exploit
Yeah, dat's right. At least they gave us an 2.1 update, right?
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I'm using x8 as a main phone, and i had waited it since august. I like Sony phones-the best phones.
I have a Sony Ericsson P910i. This phone was a brick. My friend, Kristian used it as a work phone. It was dark red when I got it. Kristian was painted it. I cleaned the whole device and assembled it as a brand new hammer.
Now I have an X8. Akku is **** but that is the only benefit of Android phones. My GPS flying, Android 2.1 flying as well. I need the root only or hacking the bootloader. That is only 11 more days. I can wait.
I am handling this device as a finger friendly computer. I do not brake it as Kristian but this phone lives as the fish in the ocean.
Not too keen about such a biased poll... thought I'd balance it a bit.
I'm happy about my x8, but I do realize that I would be even more happy with an android device from another manufacturer. For me, its not a phone, it's an android device. How well it performs as an android device is alpha omega. Manufacturers that don't provide updates to most recent version ASAP, are simply cut from my list of potential buys in the future.
I have no anger towards SE. I am happy about my phone. Next time tho, it won't be an SE, unless they convince me they got their stuff together and realize that its no longer about the phones, but about running android well. I'll simply look elsewhere.
Manufacturers who still think they sell phones (SE, Nokia), will have a hard time competing with companies who sell devices (HTC, LG, Samsung).
Stupid thread.Go home and cry.Dont waste our time here please.
N.
Thread closed on account of the fact it pointless
OP if you disagree with my decision feel free to PM me and ill tell you why im right
When ics for tab 10.1 GT-P7500 come ?
Samsung not care the costumer they just think how to cheating people with new gadgets and after people buy it ....... then they not care anymore .......
Samsung .... oh Samsung .......
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i think samsung is the op ........!
BluesTele said:
i think samsung is the op ........!
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Lol. Have a bunch of Sammy engineers and coders trolling the boards
A noob is a noob.
From the title, I thought the OP was flirting with Samsung.
Samsung you so bad! Me love you long time!
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Samsung, you broke my heart, I'll break your face...</3
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Reddit... rocks
LOL UPDATE NOW!!!! LOL It will come when it come's It Would be nice to see some source code Drop For the one's of us on AOSP Style ROM's Well For everyone really...
update or not update
just depends on how popular is the device
see galaxy s2
Samsung gave us our beloved 10.1 tab
We cherished it loved it so great so fab.
Then came along the samsung galaxy tab two
It's better faster smarter Samsung said **** you.
They made promises to give us android icecream.
But it's was all bull**** just a big daydream.
Samsung don't make promises you can't ****in keep.
Instead you made us sad and dishounored and weep.
Thank you Samsung for promising us our icecream.
PS your friend Asshole.
Me Chaka want ICS!
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The sense of update entitlement that is starting to grip the entire Android community is becoming really, really, tiresome.
For phones going form GB to ICS I get it. ICS is a HUGE leap from GB. For those with Honeycomb on tablets I have to ask. What does ICS offer YOU that you would actually use day to day that Honeycomb doesn't already offer.
Not looking to troll here. Looking for honest answers. ICS is not that radically different from Honeycomb.
On a less serious note, this thread made me laugh my ass off.
Incidentally I agree completely. Last phones Vibrant, then GS2. Tablet G-Tab 10.1. After the updating mess on Vibrant and the delays of the GS2 I now own a HTC S. I am done with Samsung.
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KCs2k said:
The sense of update entitlement that is starting to grip the entire Android community is becoming really, really, tiresome.
For phones going form GB to ICS I get it. ICS is a HUGE leap from GB. For those with Honeycomb on tablets I have to ask. What does ICS offer YOU that you would actually use day to day that Honeycomb doesn't already offer.
Not looking to troll here. Looking for honest answers. ICS is not that radically different from Honeycomb.
On a less serious note, this thread made me laugh my ass off.
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Its more efficient as a whole. Better monitoring potential. Most importantly for me, need drivers so TouchWiz can be removed with all working hardware. This changes the game from a performance perspective.
KCs2k said:
The sense of update entitlement that is starting to grip the entire Android community is becoming really, really, tiresome.
For phones going form GB to ICS I get it. ICS is a HUGE leap from GB. For those with Honeycomb on tablets I have to ask. What does ICS offer YOU that you would actually use day to day that Honeycomb doesn't already offer.
Not looking to troll here. Looking for honest answers. ICS is not that radically different from Honeycomb.
On a less serious note, this thread made me laugh my ass off.
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I can't speak for others but I want ICS because I'm hoping Shamsung would get it right and put out a firmware that actually works right and isn't defective. I love my Tab now with Task14 and Pershoot's kernel but I shouldn't have to use all that to have a smooth working tablet. They sold me a $600 fine piece of hardware with a crummy OS. I'm also hoping that even if they don't get it right the source will help devs keep developing for this device.
Haters gonna hate
*screenshot-of-honeycomb*
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i seriously don't know what you guys are on about.
out of all the manufacterers out there, sammy is basically leading when we start talking about updates.
So wtf? I'm pretty sure each one of you has a life and if by chance you don't have one, go flash AOKP and/or CM9
Zikor said:
i seriously don't know what you guys are on about.
out of all the manufacterers out there, sammy is basically leading when we start talking about updates.
So wtf? I'm pretty sure each one of you has a life and if by chance you don't have one, go flash AOKP and/or CM9
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Exactly, I wonder what mods are doing ...
Here's something to further boost our kiddie egos and bragging rights :victory: - It comes as no surprise to me really that the exquisite Sony XTZ is EISA's pick for the European Tablet of the Year 2013 - 2014. So happy I went with Sony on this one
Hit the link for the short run down: http://www.eisa.eu/award/31/european-tablet-2013-2014.html:cool:
Tell me this doesn't make you that much prouder to be an SXTZ owner :highfive:
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Its a good Android tablet. For a time at least, lol.
I do agree that given the weight and size its a marvel of technology considering the performance and quality of construction.
Sony appear to be moving in the right direction, lets hope this trend continues.
Even if it is the winner, i don't see any real developer here, the development section is dead, i mean like dead in dead. Nothing new is happening there. I don't know why.... God dammit developers build some kernels, roms
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Even if it is the winner, i don't see any real developer here, the development section is dead, i mean like dead in dead. Nothing new is happening there. I don't know why.... God dammit developers build some kernels, roms
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Have to agree about it being dead around here. There was some activity at first when there a was a prize on offer...but since then, dead
I must admit I knew that if I wanted loads of development I should have bought the Nexus 10. Buying the SXTZ came with the risk of little or no development...and that risk has turned into reality.
On the other hand, the stock ROM is pretty good and at the moment going to a custom ROM means you'll lose more useful features than you gain.
All I really want on top of stock is Nova launcher and PIE/LTA so I can lose all the navigation/notification/status bars. That's why I've gone to PAC.
But I've lost my warranty, GPS, DRM keys, HDMI out, being able to charge with tablet off, and a few other things.
I sometimes wish I'd bought the Nexus 10...but I'm telling myself I've got to kick the ROM-flashing habit.
Oh well, at least I've got my Nexus 4 to keep me occupied
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Have to agree about it being dead around here. There was some activity at first when there a was a prize on offer...but since then, dead
I must admit I knew that if I wanted loads of development I should have bought the Nexus 10. Buying the SXTZ came with the risk of little or no development...and that risk has turned into reality.
On the other hand, the stock ROM is pretty good and at the moment going to a custom ROM means you'll lose more useful features than you gain.
All I really want on top of stock is Nova launcher and PIE/LTA so I can lose all the navigation/notification/status bars. That's why I've gone to PAC.
But I've lost my warranty, GPS, DRM keys, HDMI out, being able to charge with tablet off, and a few other things.
I sometimes wish I'd bought the Nexus 10...but I'm telling myself I've got to kick the ROM-flashing habit.
Oh well, at least I've got my Nexus 4 to keep me occupied
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Well, i know Sony products are not so popular among the developers, but than again this one in my opinion is among the best tablets, so it should have been better. Oh well maybe it is due to something like price, or something else.
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Well, i know Sony products are not so popular among the developers, but than again this one in my opinion is among the best tablets, so it should have been better. Oh well maybe it is due to something like price, or something else.
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Don't look now, but TechRadar seems to share the same views as us. They also gave the SXTZ top honors as 2013's tablet: http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/10-best-tablet-pcs-in-the-world-today-1079603
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Well, i know Sony products are not so popular among the developers, but than again this one in my opinion is among the best tablets, so it should have been better. Oh well maybe it is due to something like price, or something else.
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I just don't comprehend why Sony products are favored by developers.... Sony offers so very much better support than other OEMs, like Samsung and HTC, and send updates ,such faster than other OEMs as well. It seems like Sony would/should be a developer favorite, the only thing I can think of is that no major Sony flagship smartphones are carried by the major US carriers, AT&T and T-Mobile have carried 1 or 2 but Verizon hasn't had one since the Play, but there should still be more development.
The price tag is another thing hindering development but not much, the other tablets I was looking at before I purchased the XTZ offered much less for the same amount or more, really the price is not too bad when you think about it. The LTE model is overpriced, $900 in the US when I bout my WiFi model, but I would guess the reason for that would be to deter people from buying it off contract. If money is the issue there have still been major amounts of development on phones and tablets with the same, or higher, price tag, I paid less for my XTZ than my Note 2 or any other phone I've bought in the past few years, so there has to be something I am missing.
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I just don't comprehend why Sony products are favored by developers....
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I think you mean " I just don't comprehend why Sony products are not favored by developers...."
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size comparison vs other 5inchers: http://www.phonearena.com/phones/si...ng-Galaxy-S4,HTC-One-M8/phones/8836,7597,8242
le verge preview: http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/19/6045973/sharp-aquos-crystal-sprint-hands-on
Anyway, its cheap (~250$) and seems a tad better than my current GS3, just dk If i'll be able to use it in Israel if I ever get my hands on one of those. Im dying to upgrade but everything seems to suck, except maybe honor 6 in terms of specs vs price vs not being ugly (including small bezels) vs availability.
I kinda want to get the crystal just to go full hipster about it @ work/friends
SIM card? Unlocked? etc...
Hello everybody...
I am a big fun of Sharp cell phones... I am %00 sure about this... Sharp is the BEST... Forget the rest...
Anyway )) Is there anybody who knows if this phone has SIM card... And possible to find unlocked device etc...
Thanks a LOT!
Chances are that the Softbank version will have one since it is a GSM/WCDMA carrier. The only problem would be getting it unlocked.
Things are a bit murkier for the Sprint version. Sprint is a CDMA carrier and I don't believe many of their phones have GSM/WCDMA sim card slots. Or at least accessible SIM card slots.
My hopes are lying on the Crystal X coming. I would definitely opt back to Sprint for it.
I would buy this if its possible to use in the UK on the GSM networks, I dont even care about the 4G bands too much, so 3G seems to work great in my city without being too slow.
So lets all hope when its out, we can root and unlock the phone to use on other network's. (If supported base bands)
Not seen any development for Sharp phones, so not sure on their policies with bootloaders and security.
I've read the front covering for the display is only plastic. I wonder how easily that will scratch as opposed to something like gorilla glass.
I think that smartphone make by japan is wonderfull to use foe everry one . I like Aquos sharp
It seems like it has a removable back. Is it really? I searched for videos removing it but haven't found any. And if it is removable does it allow you to put any Sim or battery you want? Because those two are the only deal breakers for me. If it does allow for a plethora of batteries then the first I would do is buy one with extended capacity (2000 mah doesn't cut it), or at least a second battery as a backup. And, if it does allow you to swap Sim cards, maybe devs here would figure a way to allow for full gsm support as they did with other sprint phones.
If anyone will bring any more info on those two issues (no matter in what language may the info or video is posted) it would be really helpful.
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It seems like it has a removable back. Is it really? I searched for videos removing it but haven't found any. And if it is removable does it allow you to put any Sim or battery you want? Because those two are the only deal breakers for me. If it does allow for a plethora of batteries then the first I would do is buy one with extended capacity (2000 mah doesn't cut it), or at least a second battery as a backup. And, if it does allow you to swap Sim cards, maybe devs here would figure a way to allow for full gsm support as they did with other sprint phones.
If anyone will bring any more info on those two issues (no matter in what language may the info or video is posted) it would be really helpful.
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I also have questions about that but didn't find a video. Might be because its either new and still not released, also I have questions about if it will work on UK 3g.
I love the design and have been jealous about the other sharp phones with minimal bezel that have been in japan for a long time.
I would really like to buy/import this phone but only if 3g will work on my carrier.
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I've found this image but the Sim card slot is more than likely for 4G LTE on Sprint/Virgin/Boost
Hope we get a release date soon as I really want this phone on Virgin.
I read somewhere that the first one will be a 5" screen, the specs are kind of weak............but supposedly in December there will be a 5.5" screen version with better specs (ram, etc.).
i just bought this phone the other day and have really, really like it. i was wondering if any is rooting it so we have a little more control over what goes on it and what it can do. it's definitely high style and that's a plus!
AnnapolisBeauty said:
i just bought this phone the other day and have really, really like it. i was wondering if any is rooting it so we have a little more control over what goes on it and what it can do. it's definitely high style and that's a plus!
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I'm really hoping this phone gets root as well. It's amazing device but root access is definitely important to me for Foldermount and Wi-Fi Tether. Giving it's quality design and very affordable price, I'd say it's going to be a good seller for Boost and Virgin mobile. It looks better than the $600 S5 it's $149..
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and that's what's so sad. a phone costing much more looks like an old LG. I think the Galaxy Alpha is supposed to change that but whatev. I really like this phone and it grows on me daily. no compliments an iPhone because EVERYONE (mainly older people that I've seen) has one and they all look the same. and the Galaxy S series never caught anyone's eye ever so there was nothing there with that. I never wanted my phone to say "look at me" but this one is so pretty and it seems everyone else thinks so as well if I judge by how many time people grab my hand in a store! it's a great design either way and worth every penny! and I think the performance is wonderful too!
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AnnapolisBeauty said:
and that's what's so sad. a phone costing much more looks like an old LG. I think the Galaxy Alpha is supposed to change that but whatev. I really like this phone and it grows on me daily. no compliments an iPhone because EVERYONE (mainly older people that I've seen) has one and they all look the same. and the Galaxy S series never caught anyone's eye ever so there was nothing there with that. I never wanted my phone to say "look at me" but this one is so pretty and it seems everyone else thinks so as well if I judge by how many time people grab my hand in a store! it's a great design either way and worth every penny! and I think the performance is wonderful too!
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you can kinda tell I really like this phone because I've had several since my XDA join date in 2010 and not ONE has made me post anything at all. i'm up to 3 already! lol good job, Sharp!!!!
People who had bought the japan version (305SH) like me without documentation, you can download the english doc version of 306SH :
http://files.sharpusa.com/Downloads/ForHome/Mobile/boost_sharp_aquos_crystal_ug_en_090414.pdf
can be usefull.
what carrier are you using?
ycats said:
what carrier are you using?
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As all Japan version: SoftBank, that s why I m looking for root/simunlock ! (I m European)
thought you were in the United States
myspac said:
As all Japan version: SoftBank, that s why I m looking for root/simunlock ! (I m European)
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Where did you get the Japanese version and for how much?
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Where did you get the Japanese version and for how much?
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eBay with paypal.