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IPhone users were drooling over my EVO

Hey guys. Just thought I would post about my experience at Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. 2 of my brothers and one of my brothers girlfriend all own the IPhone in various models and 2 of them have the newest IPhone 4. I pulled out my EVO to take some pictures of the nephews and nieces and they all started asking about my phone. "Can I see that?" "Is that the EVO?" They were amazed by my phone. I showed them all kinds of things on it and they were drooling and I could see the jealousy in their eyes. The IPhone 4 is nice, but in my personal opinion I would rather have a new Android phone any day. Anyway, that's my story and if you have one similar you could share it too. Thanks HTC and Sprint for such a beautiful and breathtaking phone that makes IPhone users drool at the site of it.

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There are some Iphone users who are in the dark about android, and once they see what it offers are hooked. But I find most Iphone users are such for a reason, they just dont know how to use other OS's and dont care to learn, or devote any time to it, the Iphone is just so easy to use out of the Box that they are happy with it, and when you show them Android with widgets and different types of alterations with each manufacturer, along with Home screen replacements, they just have that glazed over look in their eye, and thats when you understand why they bought the Iphone. To each his own.

Joeriginal said:
There are some Iphone users who are in the dark about android, and once they see what it offers are hooked. But I find most Iphone users are such for a reason, they just dont know how to use other OS's and dont care to learn, or devote any time to it, the Iphone is just so easy to use out of the Box that they are happy with it, and when you show them Android with widgets and different types of alterations with each manufacturer, along with Home screen replacements, they just have that glazed over look in their eye, and thats when you understand why they bought the Iphone. To each his own.
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Well said. That is my exact opinion of iSheep. With some, you can break the spell, others are happy to continue doing what their doing.

housry23 said:
Hey guys. Just thought I would post about my experience at Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. 2 of my brothers and one of my brothers girlfriend all own the IPhone in various models and 2 of them have the newest IPhone 4. I pulled out my EVO to take some pictures of the nephews and nieces and they all started asking about my phone. "Can I see that?" "Is that the EVO?" They were amazed by my phone. I showed them all kinds of things on it and they were drooling and I could see the jealousy in their eyes. The IPhone 4 is nice, but in my personal opinion I would rather have a new Android phone any day. Anyway, that's my story and if you have one similar you could share it too. Thanks HTC and Sprint for such a beautiful and breathtaking phone that makes IPhone users drool at the site of it.
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Same here
Joeriginal said:
There are some Iphone users who are in the dark about android, and once they see what it offers are hooked. But I find most Iphone users are such for a reason, they just dont know how to use other OS's and dont care to learn, or devote any time to it, the Iphone is just so easy to use out of the Box that they are happy with it, and when you show them Android with widgets and different types of alterations with each manufacturer, along with Home screen replacements, they just have that glazed over look in their eye, and thats when you understand why they bought the Iphone. To each his own.
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Exactly
Oh Ya and to add insult to injury one of the new iPhone 4s had the antenna issues. Dude said it drops calls all the time, but usually when he holds it like you would hold a typical phone. He said he has to try and remember not to hold it that way. Felt kinda bad seemed like he felt the iPhone 4 was a let down.

Cool story bro.

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Cool story bro.
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housry23 said:
IPhone users were drooling over my EVO
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Now that was a visual I could have done without.
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Having an iphone is like reading the same book over and over, a short book at that. Android is like having an entire library to read always something new.

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Literally laughing so hard I'm crying....
God that made my day.
I will be saving this picture and copying your method of delicious hilariousness whenever i get the chance.

A few of my co-workers had the new iphone, and after seeing my evo and it's brutal awesomeness, two of them actually switched to sprint a week later just to get one.
+1 sprint

I have both... I phone 4 and Evo... My evo takes ok pics the iphone kills it, My evo has a larger screen but for some reason the iphone seems clearer, iphone has better games, and video capture seems better.. but MAN THAT SPRINT coverage just kicks a$$. oh and the evo nav and free wifi tethering. not to mention the calendar kicks butt! oh and the music downloaders.. good stuff. All in all I think I need both to make a baby so I can have the ultimate phone!

I was working at new data center being built in North Carolina for Apple (I think the data center was code named "Dolphin"). I was on a smoke break, doing a video chat with Qik, and a few people came over to see what I was doing. They were amazed that I was video chatting with my wife 1000 miles away. A few of them had Blackberry's, some Symbian, and I think one with the Iphone (3?). I was there for 2 weeks, and by the time I left I know of 3 people who switched to Sprint and got Evo's.

The only reason why iphone pictures look better is because they have better resolution screen. If you put both pictures on a pc the evo pictures look way better. Evo rocks.
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aenlos said:
The only reason why iphone pictures look better is because they have better resolution screen. If you put both pictures on a pc the evo pictures look way better. Evo rocks.
Bingo! More pixels equals more awesomeness. Kung pow Evo
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a_swellguy said:
I have both... I phone 4 and Evo... My evo takes ok pics the iphone kills it, My evo has a larger screen but for some reason the iphone seems clearer, iphone has better games, and video capture seems better.. but MAN THAT SPRINT coverage just kicks a$$. oh and the evo nav and free wifi tethering. not to mention the calendar kicks butt! oh and the music downloaders.. good stuff. All in all I think I need both to make a baby so I can have the ultimate phone!
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No way dude don't you know the EVO is the off spring of the iphone and Chuck Norris it doesn't get anybetter. lol

I agree with a_swellguy, there are pro's and con's to each, and I can definitely confirm iPhone pictures do look great, even in low light. Sometimes my Evo pics are very blurry and noisy in low light.
iPhone's battery life is also about twice what we get, and although multitasking is quite limited you don't have to spend as much effort worrying about maximizing battery life with task killers and such. It just kind of works.
The screen thing is kind of a wash, yes the iPhone is higher resolution, but I'd much rather have the extra screen size of the Evo than slightly smaller pixels, I think the Evo's resolution is already pretty dang high as it is and plenty for anything I do.
Sprints network slaughters AT&T any way you cut it however.

creyc said:
I agree with a_swellguy, there are pro's and con's to each, and I can definitely confirm iPhone pictures do look great, even in low light. Sometimes my Evo pics are very blurry and noisy in low light.
iPhone's battery life is also about twice what we get, and although multitasking is quite limited you don't have to spend as much effort worrying about maximizing battery life with task killers and such. It just kind of works.
The screen thing is kind of a wash, yes the iPhone is higher resolution, but I'd much rather have the extra screen size of the Evo than slightly smaller pixels, I think the Evo's resolution is already pretty dang high as it is and plenty for anything I do.
Sprints network slaughters AT&T any way you cut it however.
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I work in the cellphone industry and VERY few people in this industry use any kind of GSM (AT&T or T-mo) service, why you ask? because they suck! I work in the middle of nowhere a lot those that use ATT I have the hardest time getting a hold of them because they are out of service when my Sprint works just fine.
VZW and Sprint have the best networks I have worked on, handsdown. They also have better roaming agreements with the regional carrier to get coverage in the middle of nowhere in the mountains.
I like my EVO and I am glad I am not tied to that POS ATT network (if they really want to call it that).

I met this incredibly hot girl at the bar last night. She wouldn't give me the time of day even though she saw me arrive in my Ferrari and I was wearing a $2000 suit.
Then I was talking on my EVO and she walked up and tugged on my sleeve. "Is that an EVO" she asked? "Why, yes it is", I responded. "AWESOME!", she said, "let's go back to my place..."
God I love this phone! ;-)
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WOOT CDMA iPhone coming soon

Verizon just confirmed the iphone release:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704739504576068170230339348.html?mod=djemalertNEWS
Would this make it possible for us to flash it for sprint?

Get that outta here...the ipunk gets no love here. We're all about android here buddy. Go to a iphone forum with that question....lol
Just playing.
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plmiller0905 said:
Get that outta here...the ipunk gets no love here. We're all about android here buddy. Go to a iphone forum with that question....lol
Just playing.
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YEAH! lol j/k
But really gtfo
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xHausx said:
YEAH! lol j/k
But really gtfo
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Lmao...lol
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Possibly has something to do with this?
http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-cut-return-policy-14-days-effective-jan-16th

Only sissies have iphones.

I can't believe the OP even asked that question here..too funny
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No phone would be able to convince me to take it in the ass from At&t OR Verizon.

Iphones are for the ladies it takes a real man to run on Android and harness it >=]
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wow you guys are seriously worst than iphone fan boys.
hmm, a retina display with better cpu/gpu, better app market, better front and back camera, and overall 10x better as hardware and software (minus the ****ty at&t network) or an old outdated cpu/gpu, with a pretty bad app market, and ****ty cameras.
hmm thats a hard one. If someone figures out a way to "unlock" it to work on sprint, im jumping it asap. Unless sprint has something up their sleeves like the motorola atrix, which i doubt.
Also i never said that people should switch to verizon. Hence why i posted:
"Would this make it possible for us to flash it for sprint?"
Also hence why i said "CDMA iphone" and not "verizon iphone"
lrn2read, and then comment.

Ill pass. I got a iPod touch.
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Last-Chance said:
wow you guys are seriously worst than iphone fan boys.
hmm, a retina display with better cpu/gpu, better app market, better front and back camera, and overall 10x better as hardware and software (minus the ****ty at&t network) or an old outdated cpu/gpu, with a pretty bad app market, and ****ty cameras.
hmm thats a hard one. If someone figures out a way to "unlock" it to work on sprint, im jumping it asap. Unless sprint has something up their sleeves like the motorola atrix, which i doubt.
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Irrelevant to what some people said:
mattykinsx said:
No phone would be able to convince me to take it in the ass from At&t OR Verizon.
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You'll notice that says no phone, not "the iphone"
http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-cut-return-policy-14-days-effective-jan-16th
http://www.androidcentral.com/veriz...de-policy-youll-have-wait-20-months-new-phone
Only two examples of many, many.

Last-Chance said:
wow you guys are seriously worst than iphone fan boys.
hmm, a retina display with better cpu/gpu, better app market, better front and back camera, and overall 10x better as hardware and software (minus the ****ty at&t network) or an old outdated cpu/gpu, with a pretty bad app market, and ****ty cameras.
hmm thats a hard one. If someone figures out a way to "unlock" it to work on sprint, im jumping it asap. Unless sprint has something up their sleeves like the motorola atrix, which i doubt.
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Last-Chance said:
wow you guys are seriously worst than iphone fan boys.
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Have you ever looked in an iphone forum and seen how they bash android?
This is nothing.

mattykinsx said:
No phone would be able to convince me to take it in the ass from At&t OR Verizon.
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What this man said is how I feel.

I'd probably leave Android as well. I do miss my iPhone and all the amazing apps.
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I would jump on a sprint iphone 4 in a hear beat.

Last-Chance said:
wow you guys are seriously worst than iphone fan boys.
hmm, a retina display with better cpu/gpu, better app market, better front and back camera, and overall 10x better as hardware and software (minus the ****ty at&t network) or an old outdated cpu/gpu, with a pretty bad app market, and ****ty cameras.
hmm thats a hard one. If someone figures out a way to "unlock" it to work on sprint, im jumping it asap. Unless sprint has something up their sleeves like the motorola atrix, which i doubt.
Also i never said that people should switch to verizon. Hence why i posted:
"Would this make it possible for us to flash it for sprint?"
Also hence why i said "CDMA iphone" and not "verizon iphone"
lrn2read, and then comment.
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Yeah have you ever been to an Iphone forum? They act like the iphone is god's work and every other phone is just trying to copy.
I'm guessing you're comparing the Evo/Iphone.
The camera app actually has many more functions than an Iphone camera. From contrast/saturation/brightness levels to ISO levels, we have quite a bit of customization there. The camera is as good as the person using it.
We also have some camera replacement apps (as well as messaging app replacements and widget replacements and keyboard replacements... )
Retina display is all Steve Job's bs crap. No one cared about pixels until he mentioned it. Have you used a magnifying glass to read text on your phone and find all the pixels?
I'd rather have a bigger screened phone. I don't know how anyone can go from 4.3" to 3.5", lol. I can't even drop down to 4.0" for some of these new phones coming out.
Better cpu? Eh, snapdragon is fast enough on the CPU side.
GPU? Sucks...
But if you're comparing any of the newer phones such as the newer GPUs by HTC and the Galaxy line by Samsung, then it beats the iphone.
App market? We have SOOOO many more free apps... period. I rarely buy apps. The App store is filled with soooo many 99c crapps. Until recently, they have been getting priority with companies. Nowadays, many new apps are built for android/iphone both simply because of the marketshare.
Though I do commend Apple on keeping their product line so simple... they can create the thinnest phone with the biggest battery and everyone buys it.
Other companies need to learn from that. HTC pumps out new phones like no other. Phones get lost with all these random names like Desire, Eris, Incredible, Hero, Evo... not to techies, but to regular users.
Woooah rant. Fed troll. :/

The retina display is so much clearer than super amoled, or any other android screen on the market (right now)
The iphone is so much snappier than my evo, even with me running CM6. Everything on the iphone is faster. One thing i really noticed was how fast photos upload. In order for me to look at my pictures on my sd card, it takes 10 seconds to see one photo (might be exaggerated by a couple of seconds), but on the iphone you click on gallery, and the photos are there.
The app store on mac products also has apps for basically everything. Android is finally catching up..and im proud of them. However, it will take a while before they have the amount of apps that are as good as iphone. I would rather pay 99 cents for an app than not have an option for it at all.

My opinion is that a iPhone is a toy its a ipod touch really with more specs I'd rather have a phone that looks different from. Every apple product all there touch products look the same
To me that's my opinion

Opinions on HTC Desire Z/G2

I'm looking to buy a Desire Z as a gift, and wanted to get some second opinions on the phone. Is the keyboard decent? What's the speed like? How sturdy is the keyboard hinge?
Also, is it fairly easy to root?
I've got an original Desire myself so if it's a roughly similar experience to that but with a keyboard then that'll be good.
Cheers

It's a great phone, 2nd Gen Snapdragon, Adreno 205 GPU...but it is also fairly late in it's life. The keyboard is great, and while people have differing opinions on the hinge, I haven't had any problems.
Just know that it doesn't hold a candle to the 1GB Ram/Dual Core beasts being released today.
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The hinge problem has been previously blown up, it is fine.
I couldn't imagine living and typing longer than an sms without a keyboard, I still love it and use it for longer input. If I was buying a phone now I probably could sacrifice the keyboard for a front camera or more CPU power or so. I could even buy a Desire S or a Sensation (just to be in this pricerange). Phones change quickly, quadband is here, I still love this phone.
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in my opinion its still a great phone... sure there are better ones out now rooting isn´t that easy, but not very hard too (if you know how to use adb, you are fine) If you are on 2.3+ it could happen that you need to create a goldcard while rooting...
...what rather concerns me right now is the fact that a lot of people seem to have a problem with a fried emmc chip.
here is a link to the wiki-guide for rooting (so you see how its done):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision

Thanks. Dual core and that isn't a concern, the intended owner is not really fussed about those kind of things, having a keyboard is more important, and I trust HTC as a brand.
Have ordered one now.

h0kum said:
Thanks. Dual core and that isn't a concern, the intended owner is not really fussed about those kind of things, having a keyboard is more important, and I trust HTC as a brand.
Have ordered one now.
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You won't regret it! Great phone with great devs taking care of it
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Like everyone said is great options is not a bad phone every 3d games or apps i like is here. U can use hulu plus and netflix. Adobe flash player 11.
Gameloft hd games
Glu hd games
And other what not to like about this phone? lol
does hd recording 720 p.
It have best keyboard after g1.

in my opinion its still a great phone... sure there are better ones out now
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I sure wish you could NAME a better phone that is out now!
Remember, it must have the reliability, style, and expensive feel of the G2, must have a great hardware (real) keyboard and beautiful gorilla glass screen like G2, and must be root/developer friendly, have removable battery, and it must provide wifi calling in my weak signal area and free tethering and portable wifi hotspot, and do all of this for US$60/month no-contract service with unlimited 4G everything and no overage charges possible like my G2!
what better one ya got that does all of that?
that's right - NOTHING!

WTF? said:
I sure wish you could NAME a better phone that is out now!
Remember, it must have the reliability, style, and expensive feel of the G2, must have a great hardware (real) keyboard and beautiful gorilla glass screen like G2, and must be root/developer friendly, have removable battery, and it must provide wifi calling in my weak signal area and free tethering and portable wifi hotspot, and do all of this for US$60/month no-contract service with unlimited 4G everything and no overage charges possible like my G2!
what better one ya got that does all of that?
that's right - NOTHING!
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An iPhone
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Ahah u can't be serious because the iphail contains none of the above..
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I concur, there is nothing else out there I could see me replacing it with at the moment. I need a hardware keyboard.. More ram and a faster CPU would be handy though... Refreshed DZ required

Great phone, and i will use this as long as it works. I'v had this about little over 11months now, no problems. Only thing is, screen has one frozen pixel in it, tough it's on the side, close to a corner so i barely even notice it, if i look for it, i can see it.
There is Motorola Droid 4 coming, sure looks nice whit that 5-row qwerty. If i would have waited a year longer to upgrade to smartphone world, id get it when it comes.
Now i'm planing on getting a tablet, to get the horsepower going on android. possibly transformer prime, or smth, wonder what CES brings to the table.
I love this phone! Sorry i got drifted to little off topic here.

I won't get another phone until there is a worthy successor. I would like to stick with HTC and I need a qwerty KB (well strongly prefer to have one) so here is hoping for a G3 sometime soon.
Until then though I still get great performance so no immediate rush.

There was also a Samsung qwerty slider I was reading about a while back, can't seem to find the article anymore.

Yea Samsung captivate glide, looks pretty good actually got a tegra 2 processor and 1gb ram... plus one of those beautiful Samsung screens

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Yea Samsung captivate glide, looks pretty good actually got a tegra 2 processor and 1gb ram... plus one of those beautiful Samsung screens
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spec: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i927_captivate_glide-4071.php
look awesome tho. its like galaxy s2+keyboard

hopefully Q1 2012..
Dell Hancock.
Google it.

ewww iphone unless u want to be locked. Even with android without rooting u still will not be lock as you are with iphone.
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I agree with flinny if they can refresh desire z 2 aka htc t-mobile g3 with stock in usa. I would love to have front face camera,1gb of ram i hate using my mirror to video chat. Get amoled screen back like nexus one. Add the hardware 5 key rows they had on g1 to g3 .
Hopefully stop selling to many damn Htc phone their selling about 10-15 device every year i wish they can stay with 3-5. Limited their work because then they make users like me hack my phone to get update, that they should be doing themselves. Instead of making excuses on why they cant update 1 device to the other.

fredcorp6 said:
Yea Samsung captivate glide, looks pretty good actually got a tegra 2 processor and 1gb ram... plus one of those beautiful Samsung screens
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Looked very interesting to me at first, but reviews have been far from stellar:
[URL="http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/samsung-captivate-glide-at/4505-6452_7-35033579.html?tag=mncol;rvwBody#reviewPage1"]http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/20/review-samsung-captivate-glide-att/[/URL]
Looks like cheap exterior build quality, and crappy flat keyboard. Nice screen, but hardware specs are merely ok compared to other high end phones currently being released. A Galaxy IIS spec phone with decent keyboard would be killer. But this ain't that.
Can't any manufacturers come out with a high-spec phone, with a decent keyboard?

First impresions

While still waiting for my note to arrive i would love to hear from anyone who has recieved theres what they think so far and what featured aere the best if not all....i hate waiting but reading peoples veiws will do for now thx

I take it not alot of people got there phone then

Just Got mine yesterday. Uograded from note 1 gtn7000.. one word. Gnote 2 is awesome. So butery smooth! Better display also colors are much deeper. Battery life the best. All I can say is it is a very good choice. Benchmark awesome also. Killed iphone 5 on geekbench
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Does it have the multi-window feature seen on the Korean version?

Love all this fore play reviews hope mine turns up monday thx

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Does it have the multi-window feature seen on the Korean version?
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Good question, id like to know that too...
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Is there a piece of paper with official specifications? Can someone take a picture of it and post so we can finally see what cell bands it has?
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PierreTech said:
Just Got mine yesterday. Uograded from note 1 gtn7000.. one word. Gnote 2 is awesome. So butery smooth! Better display also colors are much deeper. Battery life the best. All I can say is it is a very good choice. Benchmark awesome also. Killed iphone 5 on geekbench
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Do you notice any black crush on dark scenes when you play videos on your note? how about screen tint on low and high brightness. does the note suffer from tint issues like the s3

Black clipping you mean?
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Black clipping you mean?
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Not sure what the difference is between black clipping and black crush, all i knw is that on my s3 when i view most videos with the exception of extremely high quality blu-ray rips, dark scenes appear to loose detail, as if the black become blocky almost like they are not rendering correctly. however bright scenes in daylight or well lit rooms tend to display fine. i was just wondering if the note 2 has solved these problems.
its a very common issues on super amoled hd

I couldn't find it on mine (GT-N7100, ordered from Expansys Austria, shipped from Marseille). I could'nt also find any hint in the englisch manual I downloaded from the Samsung Hongkong Site. I read in a short review that a long press on the back key should bring up the multiview side tab. It definitely doesn't on mine.
Beside the little less text on webpages (which doesn't disturb my surfing experience) I couldn't find a thing that is not better than on the N1.
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The plus points for me:
- The screen - brighter, crisper, by far better test result with the black clipping image presented on XDA, good outside visibility. Better automatic brightness handling as far as I'm concerned.
- The pen - oval, so that you can't miss the button side, thicker, longer, riffled button, smooth on the screen
- The battery - I used mine a lot during the day (as it is when you test a new gadget ) and I'm on 28% battery. Very impressed.
- The notification led in different colors.
- The speaker (clearer, more bass)
- Air View works much better than on the promo videos. Practicable and fun.
- Camera with a faster shutter and a lot of bells and whistles.
- Speed of the device - it's just fun to use it.
- Slightly better positioning of volume keys and power key - didn't press the power key by accident so far.
- of course a lot of software improvements but that may come to the N1 too.

Hmm pity about the missing multi-window feature. It looks really cool in that Korean promo video. I would guess it will come in a future update though. There is no reason to make it a Korean exclusive.
Otherwise great to see that you are enjoying the phone. Personally I was impressed with it right from the start but I remember there was a feeling of disappointment among some posters at the announcement. I think a lot of it was because of the slightly lower resolution on the screen. Also it wasn't quite clear at the time that the Note 2 uses RGB instead of Pentile. Anyway clearly the Note 2's screen is great which, combined with all the other upgrades, makes it a worthy successor to a great phone.

Someone needs to get a dump of the korean ROM and make if flashable on the N7000 Note ASAP!!!!!
That is such a killer feature to not have!
- Frank

Whats the multi window feature? I must had missed it

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Whats the multi window feature? I must had missed it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908092

Strategist said:
Hmm pity about the missing multi-window feature. It looks really cool in that Korean promo video. I would guess it will come in a future update though. There is no reason to make it a Korean exclusive.
Otherwise great to see that you are enjoying the phone. Personally I was impressed with it right from the start but I remember there was a feeling of disappointment among some posters at the announcement. I think a lot of it was because of the slightly lower resolution on the screen. Also it wasn't quite clear at the time that the Note 2 uses RGB instead of Pentile. Anyway clearly the Note 2's screen is great which, combined with all the other upgrades, makes it a worthy successor to a great phone.
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Believe me, the Note 2 has so much AI built-in (smart stay, smart rotate, mouse hover, multi windows....i can go on all day) that it makes me realize the name "smartphone" is suddenly an apt one for the device. The quad core + 2GB RAM + full rgb amoled screen yield an experience much like using a laptop so please dont listen to the ones who do not have the device yet and start comparing it to iphone5 out of boredom...doing that is like comparing the note 2 to a 1985 Motorola first generation phone.
Also for the first time I have absolutely no desire to put any custom roms on the phone....the firmware on the note 2 as it is now is an absolute triumph....I cant imagine why anyone would load crap made from the bedroom of some hairless nerd when you have a platform produced by hundreds of professional engineers that went through proper QA

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Also for the first time I have absolutely no desire to put any custom roms on the phone....the firmware on the note 2 as it is now is an absolute triumph....I cant imagine why anyone would load crap made from the bedroom of some hairless nerd when you have a platform produced by hundreds of professional engineers that went through proper QA
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You may change your mind about that when you find out your current rom doesn't support multi-windows.
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I cant imagine why anyone would load crap made from the bedroom of some hairless nerd when you have a platform produced by hundreds of professional engineers that went through proper QA
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Because historically, that 'crap' has been better than what the engineers put out?
If custom roms weren't better, each in their own ways, then nobody would use them.
- Frank

I find this multiview issue to be weird. Cuz on the Swedish Note 2 manual that is the same as any N7100 it clearly states that multiview is available and how to activate it.
I saw a Swedish video of it with 4G obviously N7105 and sue enough. Multiview was shown.

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Yup. It clearly states that "this function might not be available for your region or depending on carrier brand"

Snail W3D gaming android smartphone,New generation of Xperia PLAY

Hi everyone that have XPERIA PLAY
As you know our xperia play is not so powerful
In CES 2015 the snail game company release new smartphone ,name Snail W3D
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And the introduce video
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_o3K0OyPnyc
So I have an idea
All of us have many experience of gaming smartphone like XPERIA PLAY and it may useful for making a good optimized smartphone for us.
So if anyone has any idea about this product can share in this thread.
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For example I think this part can be very necessary
http://images.fonearena.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Huawei-Ascend-G510-Storage-and-RAM.jpg
because we have to install many HD games

I am still using my Xplay, on CDMA
But I've got all the hacks I can place on it. Currently running jellybean, although it's been a bit unstable and may head back to GB.
Anyhow, I'm excited about these devices, and after having to stretch the memory of the Xperia Play, I think 16GB factory internal is fairly decent, just have a 128 class 10 SD handy and I don't think memory should be a problem.

Looks like a sweet device I'll Prolly buy the w3d
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Yeah, it'll be my next phone as well. I'm currently using the Snail W1 and enjoying it.

ain't looking that bad. i really wonder what the pricing is gonna be

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ain't looking that bad. i really wonder what the pricing is gonna be
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350$
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350$
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Wow really not bad. it would be a guaranteed buy if they made the buttons in a slide compartment like they did with the xperia play, so the phone is not that tall but thicker.

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Wow really not bad. it would be a guaranteed buy if they made the buttons in a slide compartment like they did with the xperia play, so the phone is not that tall but thicker.
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Ya man they are making phones to skinny and huge really awkward to get in your pocket and break WAY easier. Not even really comfy to hold because they are so thin. Just make them fatter with a huge battery. As for the slide away gamepad I think sony has a patent on that. No one else can implement it and they are just sitting on it im guessing until cell gaming gains a bit more ground in north america. Ill definitely buy a snail w3d might be a problem gettin it in the pocket though. An xperia play 2 with a snapdragon 810 or a different more powerful cpu would be perfect. Really hope they do it some day. Play is a great device which was crippled because sony also released the slightly better ark and the vita at the same time pretty much.
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Just emailed Snail USA to ask about any information on this phone, will report what I hear back. Would love to snag this phone if its good.

ozzmanj1 said:
Just emailed Snail USA to ask about any information on this phone, will report what I hear back. Would love to snag this phone if its good.
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Ya I did too no email back yet
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Ya I did too no email back yet
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The more I look at this phone the more I want it. Been on my nexus 5 (which I am very happy with minus gaming) over a year now and using a moga hero controller and its just not the same as having an all in one phone like the Xperia play. Hoping this phone sees a USA release and the build quality it good. I would drop my nexus 5 for this snail w3d phone.

Looks pretty interesting, I'm only worried about portability. If it fits a regular jeans pocket, then I may very well end up buying one.
I prefer slider form factor, but on the other hand not having to worry about opening it up to change your flex cable every now and then is a good thing.

Fenrir007 said:
Looks pretty interesting, I'm only worried about portability. If it fits a regular jeans pocket, then I may very well end up buying one.
I prefer slider form factor, but on the other hand not having to worry about opening it up to change your flex cable every now and then is a good thing.
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Its iphone 6+ size or xperia ultra! Itll fit in your pocket but only just they need to chop it down a bit. Slide form factor umis way better size wise this would prolly be better playing wise
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psxpetey said:
Its iphone 6+ size or xperia ultra! Itll fit in your pocket but only just they need to chop it down a bit. Slide form factor umis way better size wise this would prolly be better playing wise
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I currently have a Note 3 and I think that's the max size I'm comfortable with. Seeing that the Xperia Ultra is still bigger than the Note 3 just makes me wonder if I could use this as my daily phone... Plus, the whole "this looks like a PSP" thing is kind of a downer. But I used the old Ngage tacophone back in the days, so I might be able to overlook this. Having quality portable emulation without carrying a MOGA around might be worth these sacrifices.

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I currently have a Note 3 and I think that's the max size I'm comfortable with. Seeing that the Xperia Ultra is still bigger than the Note 3 just makes me wonder if I could use this as my daily phone... Plus, the whole "this looks like a PSP" thing is kind of a downer. But I used the old Ngage tacophone back in the days, so I might be able to overlook this. Having quality portable emulation without carrying a MOGA around might be worth these sacrifices.
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Why is this looks like a pap a downer
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Fenrir007 said:
I currently have a Note 3 and I think that's the max size I'm comfortable with. Seeing that the Xperia Ultra is still bigger than the Note 3 just makes me wonder if I could use this as my daily phone... Plus, the whole "this looks like a PSP" thing is kind of a downer. But I used the old Ngage tacophone back in the days, so I might be able to overlook this. Having quality portable emulation without carrying a MOGA around might be worth these sacrifices.
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I have been using a Nexus 5 and a Moga Hero, I am really hoping this phone gets a release and that the reviews are decent for it. I would be all over this, as the N5 and the Moga Hero are not the best portability wise. If i can have this phone and do both then I am all over it, makes me really miss the Xperia PLAYs portability.

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Why is this looks like a pap a downer
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Because I prefer my phones to look like phones. It was weird enough to hear people at work asking me why I was talking to my "gameboy" when I answered my Ngage (some in jest, some were really that clueless).
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I have been using a Nexus 5 and a Moga Hero, I am really hoping this phone gets a release and that the reviews are decent for it. I would be all over this, as the N5 and the Moga Hero are not the best portability wise. If i can have this phone and do both then I am all over it, makes me really miss the Xperia PLAYs portability.
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Yeah, nothing is quite like our good, old Xplay. I'm glad I finally managed to ressurect mine, but I somehow screwed the L & R buttons in the process, they aren't as clicky as they were - but still useable. Might revert to using it as my daily phone again.
I'm still waiting for the Bladepad. That seems like the best alternative, but not only are they severely behind their release schedule, but android would be a later release after iOS, which really sucks...

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Because I prefer my phones to look like phones. It was weird enough to hear people at work asking me why I was talking to my "gameboy" when I answered my Ngage (some in jest, some were really that clueless).
Yeah, nothing is quite like our good, old Xplay. I'm glad I finally managed to ressurect mine, but I somehow screwed the L & R buttons in the process, they aren't as clicky as they were - but still useable. Might revert to using it as my daily phone again.
I'm still waiting for the Bladepad. That seems like the best alternative, but not only are they severely behind their release schedule, but android would be a later release after iOS, which really sucks...
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I definitely don't mind whenever I slid out my plays gamepad everyone's face lit up and questions just never stopped lol. Everyone I know LOVED it and loves playing it. I'm definitely going to buy the w3d but it woukd be great if the gamepad slid away. And if I don't like it hey it's only 350$ not a huge deal.
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They still making the bladepad? I thought they called it quits after the IOS compliant thing. Plus, with the iphone 6 being released in 2 sizes, and Sony owning the slide out patent, they almost have to go back to the drawing board.
The W3D seems to look long, but the build looks durable. A fingerprint magnet though. I currently use the Snail W1 as my everyday phone, and it is long, but very pocketable. About as pocketable as a slim Vita, maybe even smaller.
I do miss the slide form factor of the Xplay though. I think companies that plan to do gaming phones, should take a cue from Nintendo. First, make a great phone, then make a form fitting attachable to enhance certain features, like for gaming, a bladepad. Don't take everything from Nintendo though, like weak specs, lol!