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Hello,i am about to upgrade either to the evo or epic my problem is that i can't decide.i love the epics keyboard and its cpu is supposed to be faster than the evos,but the epics forums here on xda arent really good...i know its just the start but nothing looks promising.do you guys think a lot of devs are going to work on Epic or should i go with the evo B/c the forums there are amazing.any help would be very appreciated thank you.
evo will be outdated soon
there is hardly any development for the epic either.
i would wait and see what other phones are coming to sprint first. i was actually thinking of picking up a palm pre now that webos 2.0 will be coming soon. plus i can overclock the device to 1ghz. now.
fixxxer2008 said:
evo will be outdated soon
there is hardly any development for the epic either.
i would wait and see what other phones are coming to sprint first. i was actually thinking of picking up a palm pre now that webos 2.0 will be coming soon. plus i can overclock the device to 1ghz. now.
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possible with the palm pixi? maybe not 1ghz but the oc'ing? android is pissing me off lately and ive always liked the pixi's form factor...
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possible with the palm pixi? maybe not 1ghz but the oc'ing? android is pissing me off lately and ive always liked the pixi's form factor...
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no the pre can overclock to 1ghz and the gpu is better. the pixi has a nice form factor but it is by far more limited than the pre. i actually decided today im going to buy a palm pre and sell my hero.
but yes i think you can overclock the pixi just fine.
It will be outdated but how many devs do you thing would jump ship from a phone they just got because the epic has pottential but everyone overlooked it
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Swallow or... said:
It will be outdated but how many devs do you thing would jump ship from a phone they just got because the epic has pottential but everyone overlooked it
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i love droid but i like to try out new devices. i still think with the proper hp backing webos could give google a run for the money. webos 2.0 is coming this year and it is already getting rave reviews.
just found out on precentral that you can overclock the pre to 1.2ghz if you wanted too. i mean **** that blows both the hero & evo out of the water.
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just found out on precentral that you can overclock the pre to 1.2ghz if you wanted too. i mean **** that blows both the hero & evo out of the water.
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Your heart can also beat 200 times per minute...the question is for how long? i dont know much about the pre, but im fairly certain its 600mhz stock. it might run at 1.2, but i dont think youre gonna see much of a lifespan of the phone running that fast
I qualify for an upgrade next week. I'm stoked. Android has gotten better release after release--the hardware has become rate limiting, I'm ready for a new phone.
What do I get next?
My impressions are that the Samsung Epic is technically a better phone than the Evo 4G but that because it so new that there's much less software development for it at the moment. I enjoy CM6 and have been flashing the nightlies every few days. With Epic, I'd be stuck with 2.1. Will the Epic catch up in development?
dynamicpda said:
I qualify for an upgrade next week. I'm stoked. Android has gotten better release after release--the hardware has become rate limiting, I'm ready for a new phone.
What do I get next?
My impressions are that the Samsung Epic is technically a better phone than the Evo 4G but that because it so new that there's much less software development for it at the moment. I enjoy CM6 and have been flashing the nightlies every few days. With Epic, I'd be stuck with 2.1. Will the Epic catch up in development?
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I used both the Evo and the Epic and the Evo is a superior phone. Heres why, the community for the evo is way bigger and it has the best devs... guys like Cyanogen, Sterickson and other are evo users and activaley particapate in the forums there. The phone is fast and performs better on every test I've done on both. There is way more development for the Evo. Its 50$ cheaper. Froyo Sense, and a ton of custom mods, all the great devs and theme from here are now in the Evo forums.
I almost got the Epic I like Samsung phones but I was more partial to the verizon epic as I don;t need to physical qwerty. Best way to see what you want is go down to best buy and use them download some apps play around thats what I did and ended up with the Evo, only thing I miss is the track ball but got use to not having it very quickly.
If you liked the Hero then you'll love the Evo.
When im able to upgrade, 12/12/10, im going to get an epic 4G! I did a lot of resarch on it and it seems like a great phone.
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I used both the Evo and the Epic and the Evo is a superior phone. Heres why, the community for the evo is way bigger and it has the best devs... guys like Cyanogen, Sterickson and other are evo users and activaley particapate in the forums there. The phone is fast and performs better on every test I've done on both. There is way more development for the Evo. Its 50$ cheaper. Froyo Sense, and a ton of custom mods, all the great devs and theme from here are now in the Evo forums.
I almost got the Epic I like Samsung phones but I was more partial to the verizon epic as I don;t need to physical qwerty. Best way to see what you want is go down to best buy and use them download some apps play around thats what I did and ended up with the Evo, only thing I miss is the track ball but got use to not having it very quickly.
If you liked the Hero then you'll love the Evo.
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I'll go to Best Buy to check them out. Thanks for confirming what I am thinking. I will likely get the Evo. Both seem to be great phones. If I were less addicted to the pace of development, I could be happy with the Epic. They are still waiting for Froyo...
If you have small hands, get the Epic because it's smaller than the Evo.
They are both 4G, but a plus on the Epic is that it has a physical keyboard, so you might want to try that out.
It's your descison, so you should make sure you get the one you want
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Are you abandoning the Hero? within a month ill bet we have a working Froyo running on it, with Sense!
I'd at least wait until the Christmas phones come out and see if anything with that sweet 1.5ghz processor is coming out yet. I felt like an idiot when I upgraded to a Hero 3 months before the EVO came out...if I had just been a little more patient I'd have a much better phone. Then again, that would also have meant 3 more months of broken sliders and ****ty Samsung construction, so I guess it's a fair trade. With Sprint Premium you get up grades every 12 months so it doesn't really matter anymore...just pay your bill on time
Also, see the HTC Knight on XDA's main page. Looks like it's coming out for Sprint and should be an awesome deal. When buying technology that moves this fast it's always better to do some research and wait for a release rather than just buy the best thing out there for "right now."
Im waiting till next christmas in 2011 and see whts out then.
I'm actually due for an upgrade tomorrow but I will be waiting for the HTC Knight / Speedy which has a release date in the beginning of January. I do not want a 4G phone as I am in the middle of nowhere and will be prolly be the last to get 4G coverage. That's as long as I can wait unless I hear something about nvidia's tegra2 chip then I guess ill have to wait for that.
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Ive had an update since may, but have been holding out to see whats next. Dont have 4g where I'm at, so an evo or epic plus $10 a month doesn't make much sense for me personally...plus I love these hero forums too much to leave.
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noobnl does cyan official for epic just so you know
Alright so I'm with Cellular South and I have an update creeping around the corner. I've done as much research as I can to possibly locate some rumors that my carrier will possibly be pushing out something epic in the near future to no avail. lol So my decision is between the Samsung Galaxy Showcase (which is the Mesmerize/fascinate) and the HTC Desire..Both will soon be outdated easily but i'm still looking for input because i'm really on the fence on this one So lets band together and see what this thread brings because I doubt I am the only one out there who has faced/will face this decision lol
Desire. Just because Sammy is a douche with updates.
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I see what you mean, I was browsing around the forums for both phones and noticed that the fascinate forum is goin crazy cuz they JUST got a froyo leak while my baby hulk is pushing gingerbread lol
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ThaSik1 said:
I see what you mean, I was browsing around the forums for both phones and noticed that the fascinate forum is goin crazy cuz they JUST got a froyo leak while my baby hulk is pushing gingerbread lol
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Exactly, and you being on a regional carrier, it would be even longer, if ever, before you saw an update.
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Appreciate the advice man lol real talk..do wish it had a Super AMOLED screen tho but i can live without it
There is really no reason to stray from HTC, unless you do not care about the development scene at all (then again, if so, why would you be on XDA).
i would totally stick with htc, having played with numerous phones htc's hardware always seems superior to everyone elses.. i have had 4 htc phones and all of them beat out the other brands in the same categories.. and also likewise with the development, i have never been able to get much help with samsung stuff like htc..
Haha good point. Lol I was just curious about opinions from people who may have played with both phones and picked a victor lol but it seems pretty much unanimous! I love my current HTC phone and it hasn't given me any reason to jump ship yet especially with this community to keep me up to date
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First! !! Can't wait for this thread to get going just got this phone
Love this phone, kinda like a 2 dollar....well you know!
got the Vivid at lunch today, very nice phone.
since 2007 this is my 3rd smartphone. HTC Tilt, HTC Aria, and now the HTC Vivid.
see a theme? NO IPHONE!!
I was dual booting the tilt with windows mobile 6.5 and Android 2.1 before getting the Aria. I rooted the Aria and was loading the Cyanogen mod nightlies.
I can't wait to get this phone rooted and hopefully Cyanogen will pick it up too.
I bought a Vivid yesterday, and am liking it. It adds up to be my 6th HTC phone:
Cingular 8125
Cingular 8525
HTC HD2
HTC Evo 4G
HTC Inspire 4G
HTC Vivid
Looking forward to rooting & installing custom ROMs
Yeah got my vivid on sunday ..loving it so far tough go say goodbye to the inspire though ....hope CD develop for this love the CD roms ..ill be checking in daily.....who will be first to the one click root ....lol
theworm20uk said:
Yeah got my vivid on sunday ..loving it so far tough go say goodbye to the inspire though ....hope CD develop for this love the CD roms ..ill be checking in daily.....who will be first to the one click root ....lol
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Yeah I'm kinda excited for the phone. From what I've seen HTC gets some pretty good Roms! I had a captivate and all the Roms were ok. Moved to the atrix only had 3 real Roms to chose from.. then here... So I'm hoping HTC won't me down
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theworm20uk said:
Yeah got my vivid on sunday ..loving it so far tough go say goodbye to the inspire though ....hope CD develop for this love the CD roms ..ill be checking in daily.....who will be first to the one click root ....lol
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Can't speak for CD, but the BinDroid team has already begun working on the ROM for Vivid. Once we get root we will test it out and then release to the forum. You can head over to the DHD or Inspire forums to see what BD looks like.
Im curious as to whether the Skyrocket or the Vivid will have more developement. Seems the Vivid is going slower than the skyrocket. Not a fan of the hardware for the vivid. Seems heavy and clunky. I think the skyrocket has a much better feel and touch to it.
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Im curious as to whether the Skyrocket or the Vivid will have more developement. Seems the Vivid is going slower than the skyrocket. Not a fan of the hardware for the vivid. Seems heavy and clunky. I think the skyrocket has a much better feel and touch to it.
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I'm coming from sgs2. Samsung phones are definitely light weight but i prefer a superior screen quality which comes from higher resolution. Samoled, leaves burn marks on screen, head over to their forum and see, almost all sgs2 have burn marks.
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More over people are reporting pixilation problems on larger screen and and lower/ inferior resolution.
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Can't speak for CD, but the BinDroid team has already begun working on the ROM for Vivid. Once we get root we will test it out and then release to the forum. You can head over to the DHD or Inspire forums to see what BD looks like.
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This is great news. The Bindroid Sense 3.5 ROM is easily the best Sense based ROM I've used on my Inspire. Good to know that there will definitely be one great ROM to use on my Vivid if it ever comes off back-order.
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This is great news. The Bindroid Sense 3.5 ROM is easily the best Sense based ROM I've used on my Inspire. Good to know that there will definitely be one great ROM to use on my Vivid if it ever comes off back-order.
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where can i read about this thing that these guys are working on it?
Honestly i do not want anything else apart from a debloated rooted ROM. If anything, all i need is root so that I can freeze the bloatware my self. Sense3.5 will be nice though.
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theworm20uk said:
Yeah got my vivid on sunday ..loving it so far tough go say goodbye to the inspire though ....hope CD develop for this love the CD roms ..ill be checking in daily.....who will be first to the one click root ....lol
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There will be a Coredroid Rom. soon there is root the tests will start. As always rom from CD a re e tested for a good period of time so they can be stable as fast as possible so do not expect a rom on same day as root.
Sergio76 said:
There will be a Coredroid Rom. soon there is root the tests will start. As always rom from CD a re e tested for a good period of time so they can be stable as fast as possible so do not expect a rom on same day as root.
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This is OUTSTANDING news!!! Love me some Coredroid! Used it on my Inspire for the majority of the time I had it. Can't wait for root so you guys can test.
If you guys need any testers let me know. I already have an unlocked bootloader.
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Ok Awesome we seem to already have two major players that will be developing Roms for this once Bootloader is unlocked. Great outlook so far
Willl also be developing for this device, have mine but my inspire runs so well I havent had the urge to switch phones....so itsa sitting in the box since sunday....
WC
I like it a lot so far!
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There will be a Coredroid Rom. soon there is root the tests will start. As always rom from CD a re e tested for a good period of time so they can be stable as fast as possible so do not expect a rom on same day as root.
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thanks a lot man! Everyone loves having experienced developers in their phone forums. You guys rock.
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Wild Child said:
Willl also be developing for this device, have mine but my inspire runs so well I havent had the urge to switch phones....so itsa sitting in the box since sunday....
WC
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Raining developers! Great!
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Im going to be upgrading shortly, and NO Im not giving up my Hero. Ive noticed alot of us are going to the Evo3D, I was concidering doing the same or possibly the Evo 4g supersonic. What are your opinions and why ??? Just out of curiousity. Thanks in advance
Got my wife a 3vo for Xmas...the 3d feature is kind of gimmicky IMO.
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Have you seen the epic 4g touch? I was dead set on getting another HTC untill i saw it in person. I made the sales rep take back the evo 3d he had just brought out for me. Stalk the forums to the phones your considering, sometimes the community is enought to turn you away.
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The specs on the 3D are amazing. I do not regret it at all
私のEVO 3Dから送信される。
I've been patiently waiting the arrival of the Galaxy Nexus... but my patience is wearing thin. My Hero is on its last leg, and quite frankly it is just too slow for my liking anymore. So Im really debating on whether to hold out for the GN or just getting the Epic 4g touch.
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KelevrA_8 said:
I've been patiently waiting the arrival of the Galaxy Nexus... but my patience is wearing thin. My Hero is on its last leg, and quite frankly it is just too slow for my liking anymore. So Im really debating on whether to hold out for the GN or just getting the Epic 4g touch.
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I'm in the same boat. Almost 3 years with my hero and I do love it, but I'm due for an upgrade and I'm not sure I can wait for the GN or GSIII. I might have to take the plunge soon. Epic 4g touch or Evo3D....something, but until then I'm flashing roms like there's no tomorrow
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The specs on the 3D are amazing. I do not regret it at all
私のEVO 3Dから送信される。
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Thanks to all for the insigjts, Daatin, have you expierienced any programing gliches (ranbom reboots, freezes ) as ive rread in some of the Sprint reviews. Anb in response to the epic 4g, yes it is a pretty badass device man. Definately on the list of upgrade cantidates. Is rooting the epic fairly basic, just wondering. Lol suppose i could use the search window, :-b One other thing i was curious about, I read the specs on the 3d and the supersonic and other than price didnt really see a difference, is there really a difference ???
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Thanks to all for the insigjts, Daatin, have you expierienced any programing gliches (ranbom reboots, freezes ) as ive rread in some of the Sprint reviews. Anb in response to the epic 4g, yes it is a pretty badass device man. Definately on the list of upgrade cantidates. Is rooting the epic fairly basic, just wondering. Lol suppose i could use the search window, :-b
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I haven't had any problems at all. All freezes were of my causing. Same goes with reboots.
私のEVO 3Dから送信される。
Lol,you responded before i could edit my ladt post. Anyways, whats the difference between the 3d and the supersonic other than $$$
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Better screen,ram, and processor.
#Root-Hack\Mod*Always_
""Shooter on Deck""
laie1472 said:
Better screen,ram, and processor.
#Root-Hack\Mod*Always_
""Shooter on Deck""
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thanks laie for your response, gave up all my thank you's today so i needed to write it out lol. anyhow in your opinion does that actually mean its a beter device or one of those "more bells and whistles more problems" devices. and yes sir your opinion does matter. Thanks man
Dive bombing in for a MUMP!! although this thread didn't need it
I have an upgrade available the 31st and I was hoping the galaxy nexus would be out by then but possibly not.. my sister got the Nexus S and the only problem I've seen with it is after a year or so of having it the battery life has probably cut in half if not more. My mom got the epic 4g touch and I didn't really like it. But no problems really that ive noticed. But I never got to mess around with rooting it/the programming side of it. I'm honestly thinking of going to iPhone because its not as fragmented as android. With android there's so many different phones, OS's, roms, etc. Then again that's what I love about it.. gaaaah the choices!! Either way good luck with whatever you choose
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I feel your guys' pain about the lack of options for HTC phones on Sprint. I ended up getting a HTC Amaze which is what the next EVO phone should have been but it never made it to Sprint. I was not impressed by gimmicky EVO 3D. The HTC Rezound is similar to the Amaze but again it's on Verizon.
Still kicking around the idea....I do like the 3vo, but the 3D is just too gimmicky for me...I think the Photon is out even though motorola is always a solid phone.
I would go for the Evo Design, but the processor lacks a dual core .....I really think I am leaning towards the SGSII...despite what people say about the plasticy feel, it is slim, it is light, the screen is huge and colorful--(and the blacks are black, not washed out), and from what I have seen for comparisons even though it has the "same" speed processor as the 3vo, it is just a touch faster. The price is just double what the others are....GRRR.
Now I have to pound it into my wifes head, because I think shes gonna get me a phone for my Bday....
I can overclock mine at 1.5ghz and it's just as fast if not faster than stock SGS2... just my 2 cents.
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I can overclock mine at 1.5ghz and it's just as fast if not faster than stock SGS2... just my 2 cents.
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And we genuinely appreciate your pennies.
BUT, if the SGS2 is OC'd and it is faster to begin with, imagine what it can do at 1.5ghz... I think the only thing I am not really diggin about the SGS2 is resolution..even though it is crisp and clear, the icons are bigger...
Who knows we will see what happens hell they might be sold out when it is time...I heard they are doing phones for new lines for a penny right now....makes me wanna walk away from them just to come back and get a discount....lol
That's when the shooter has another plus. It's resolution is higher which is why the icons are smaller but it also means better picture quality obviously with any higher resolution. I watch Top Gear on the netflix app and its perfect. Any game I've played works perfect and looks great due to the resolution.
On the processing front, honestly there's no need to even OC unless you want to just show off. but none of us end users need that much power to run what apps we like. Id be more inclined to want a higher processor if you could build from source on it. But most of us want better battery life. Which in turn you have to sacrifice some performance.
I love the SGS2. However they I believe still nerd to use odin to flash stuff. Odins been known to brick quite a few devices if not done properly. This weighed in my decision also along with I'm familiar with HTC. From a developing standpoint I was drawn because I know it already.
The 3D may be gimmicky... But it sure is fun Im excited to take more pictures now because of it. I can't wait for summer and snap shots of parades and ball games etc... Sure the SGS2 has an 8mp compared to the shooters 2 - 5mp which our Heros have a 5mp camera, but because of the resolution they turn out great. Won't be able to take advantage of that 8mp camera unless you remove the pictures and view them properly on a computer...
Now with all that being said I still want to buy an SGS2 outright because I just do. I mean its a great phone. But all that I mentioned pushed me towards the shooter for an everyday developing phone which is what the Hero was for me.
That's my .25 cents this time
I hope this helped boggle your mind a little more. Not saying you have to lean towards anything. It's your choice and all the phones out there are great. It's a matter of preference. Just stay away from the I-crap. I give Apple one little credit for implementing Unix in a way to a phone platform. But that's all ill give them.
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Will never buy an apple-- just picked up a new SGS2 for $0.01 on Amazon though....
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Go with what your budget can handle. Now that there is a possible fix for the 1. 5 hboot for the 3D, I'm encouraging my family to move towards it. Plus that phone has massive potential.