what do you think about this ?
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/LG-Optimus-Black_id5102
looks more sexy than the 2x
especially on the back, since im a woman, the back sight is important too
;-)
And since you are a woman, you are just looking on what you see and not what's inside
Well, it's indeed a nice phone but not as powerful as the x2.
hey its a very nice and sexy phone, i would recommend it since most people wouldnt really take full advantage of the dual core 2x.
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And since you are a woman, you are just looking on what you see and not what's inside
Well, it's indeed a nice phone but not as powerful as the x2.
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Hahaha that was epic!
What I don't understand is that Optimus Black is supposed to have that great screen, with higher contrast and less energy consumption, so why wouldn't they use that screen in their flagship device (the 2X) ? I mean it's going to be really expensive anyway, so I might as well spend a bit more and have the best possible phone, including the screen.
BlueScreenJunky
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I think so!!!
Because they need each phone to have a key selling point. That's why the 2x doesn't have this screen. Plus the 2x has an IPS thingie majigie screen. not as good as black's screen, S/amoled or retina, but it's right behind them.
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Because they need each phone to have a key selling point. That's why the 2x doesn't have this screen. Plus the 2x has an IPS thingie majigie screen. not as good as black's screen, S/amoled or retina, but it's right behind them.
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Both of the LG's have IPS screens. Apple's Retina is also an IPS screen. The difference is that the black's is a more advanced IPS which is brighter. It's not really a concern for me, I think the 2X's IPS looks plenty bright enough.
I know apple's and black's screen is IPS. Just pointing out that the optimus 2x's screen isn't that bad.
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Both of the LG's have IPS screens. Apple's Retina is also an IPS screen. The difference is that the black's is a more advanced IPS which is brighter. It's not really a concern for me, I think the 2X's IPS looks plenty bright enough.
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Sure like Nokia they put a polarizing filter on it to make black more black. That's it.
Don't forget that iPhone Retina screen is made by LG. The OX2 has in essence the same screen as the iPhone but with lower pixel count.
Weird thing is that both LG and Samsung were a few years ago considered to be "the cheap koreans" and nowadays they're suposedly "high-tech". At least other suposedly better quality brands use their cheap parts in their upscale devices.
They're all ****ing us.
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Men do the same with women, don't they
Well, it's indeed a nice phone but not as powerful as the x2.
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Nonetheless the cpu should be more then powerfull enough to run the full android experience. If the price is right then perhaps this might be the better option. Because the more I see (and hear) from the X2, the more it dissapoints :-(
I heard that Optimus Black will use OMAP 36~ Soc.
No matter how design is good or not, it sux.
OMAP 3xxx-5xxx has 2-channel memory and not bad architectures. Last series has DDR3 supporting.
Has been launched request to the administrator for opening a section for the Black..
if someone want to support, this is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14047779&posted=1#post14047779
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Has been launched request to the administrator for opening a section for the Black..
if someone want to support, this is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14047779&posted=1#post14047779
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Related
So far, not a 100% fail like the last one imo
Some good features. But Im still pissed at the way Jobs is making out like he invented it all. E.g. 720P video...
Boring... its the same thing. They need one with a bigger screen.
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Boring... its the same thing. They need one with a bigger screen.
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+1.
all phones seem small compared to my HD2
erm.. hardware is good
finally they have added multi-tasking phew
but i hate the interface because if you have loads of apps you have to scroll through loads of pages just to get to an app they haven't done anything about that.
but over all a better iphone to the last
still could be improved alot!
New screen is nice, but its not AMOLED and the resolution is rather pointless when its still a puny 3.5 inches, i call fail on that. The resolution is a way to get around a scaling problem, not a 'feature' in itself. 720P is also nice, but hardly unique, 5MP cam is adequate. OS 4 is meh and has been since it was announced, so im not tempted away, its still a restricted, limited platform controlled by prudish control freaks. The hardware just doesnt creak quite so much (for the time being). A few months later we will see 720P screens and dual core CPUs on devices that cost less all with a better, more open OS.
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New screen is nice, but its not AMOLED and the resolution is rather pointless when its still a puny 3.5 inches, i call fail on that. The resolution is a way to get around a scaling problem, not a 'feature' in itself. 720P is also nice, but hardly unique, 5MP cam is adequate. OS 4 is meh and has been since it was announced, so im not tempted away, its still a restricted, limited platform controlled by prudish control freaks. The hardware just doesnt creak quite so much (for the time being). A few months later we will see 720P screens and dual core CPUs on devices that cost less all with a better, more open OS.
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Agreed.
Its going to take allot to tempt me away from my HD2 (allot more from apple ) I'd think about the EVO 4g if it was in the UK.
But apple has never done it for me...
Overall better job though
Another useless i...e thread
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Boring... its the same thing. They need one with a bigger screen.
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+1.
all phones seem small compared to my HD2
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Agree with all above comments and forthcoming on same line
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Above all its just not good enough, it wont be a hardware leader for very long. Yes its faster than any current HTC and the screen is higher res, but 3.5 inches is not good enough its that simple. Id take 800x480 at 4.3 (or 5) over 960x640 at 3.5 inches ANY day. You have to get pretty close to see the pixels on any current WVGA screen, even the 5 inch Dell Streak.
iphone 4...
yawn...
wake me up when it innovates...
who effing cares....
EVO Ftw!!!!!!!!!!
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Above all its just not good enough, it wont be a hardware leader for very long. Yes its faster than any current HTC and the screen is higher res, but 3.5 inches is not good enough its that simple. Id take 800x480 at 4.3 (or 5) over 960x640 at 3.5 inches ANY day. You have to get pretty close to see the pixels on any current WVGA screen, even the 5 inch Dell Streak.
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A 5" screen does not a cell phone make, you might as well just call it a tablet pc with phone capabilities. If it can't fit in my pocket then it is useless to me, external cell phone holders are for narcissistic douchbags.
the screen res is one of its high points along with front facing camera but fails with teh small screen and the wifi only videochat.
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A 5" screen does not a cell phone make, you might as well just call it a tablet pc with phone capabilities. If it can't fit in my pocket then it is useless to me, external cell phone holders are for narcissistic douchbags.
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The Dell streak does fit in a pocket. I have no problems with it at all. Its just like a thinner HD2 really.
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iphone 4...
yawn...
wake me up when it innovates...
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I agree completely. It's like, it's not anything special at all anymore, now that I know Jobs is a complete tool and lies to the public ("I don't like Flash because it's not open, but here, check out HTML5 in my closed browser").
Same size and weight basically. They say it's thinner, but why are people clamming for thinner phones? That's going to crack!!!!!
720p video? I doubt the quality of this stands up to true 720p video and I dare someone to prove me wrong. I have 720p video on my Olympus EPL1 and I'm sure it blows that mini camera's quality out of the water.
Front-facing camera? Not only do none of the current US networks support this, but do you really think this will take off? Yeah webcams sure did and are everywhere now. As it is now, people using cell phones in my general vicinity are already complete tools, now video calling near me will make them into 150% douchebags.
YAWN is right
My idea of a perfect phone would be the iPhone 4's hardware with Android as software... Don't hate me for saying this, but Apple products truly look high-end.
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My idea of a perfect phone would be the iPhone 4's hardware with Android as software... Don't hate me for saying this, but Apple products truly look high-end.
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I dont hate you for it, i just think you are completely wrong. I hate Apple 'Style'. For me the HD2 is still the best looking device on the market. Its just wonderful to look at, on or off.
256mb of RAM on board a 1Ghz processor? That's like having a Ferrari with a pinto suspension...lol. That and the small screen; Psuedo Hi-Def on a tiny, non-AMOLED screen? I'm just not feeling Apple, never have, and it would take some real innovation to convert me (i.e. never).
Just my 2 cents...
~Jasecloud4
Ive had a phone with >300DPI before, the Nokia N90. It was really nice and looked odd because of the super pixels density, but ultimately a 2.1 inch screen only goes so far. Its the same here. 3.5 is just too small to make the resolution worth it.
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256mb of ram on board a 1ghz processor? That's like having a ferrari with a pinto suspension...lol
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haha awesome!
What do you think?
Motorola: more RAM, higher resolution display, dock functionality, locked bootloader?
locked bootloader.... that kills it for me
If the bootloader isn't locked on the Atrix, then I'm going with that without hesitation.
You forgot to mention, bigger battery on Atrix as well.
locked bootloader
What do you mean by a "locked bootloader" ???
does it have to do with the ability to flash non official ROMs on the phone ???
Optimus 2x has a 2MP front camera, 8MP rear camera... a big plus compared to the Atrix. With the higher resolution display you won't see much difference unless you look at your phone like you would at a letter in a dark room, more RAM is not that helpful as 512MB is more than enough for an Android device (heck, it's even enough for netbooks and Win XP).
I'd say the only proper advantage is the bigger battery which will definitely make a big difference in day-to-day use.
Atrix. Locked bootloader is only speculation, at the moment. And megapixels is not the be all, end all criteria on picture quality.
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Atrix. Locked bootloader is only speculation, at the moment. And megapixels is not the be all, end all criteria on picture quality.
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+1, but it's not sure about locked bootloader, we are not sure until we see it on the phone, remember what Motorola said:
"“We are working closely with our partners to offer a bootloader solution that will enable developers to use our devices as a development platform while still protecting our users’ interests. More detailed information will follow as we get closer to availability.”
Even if you can change by your self the 2X has the advantage to come with two loaders so you choose the LG homescreen or Vanilla.
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Even if you can change by your self the 2X has the advantage to come with two loaders so you choose the LG homescreen or Vanilla.
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Source? Would be great though.
t3alc said:
Even if you can change by your self the 2X has the advantage to come with two loaders so you choose the LG homescreen or Vanilla.
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Source? Would be great though.
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Agreed. I'd even say Awesome. I may be jealous, if that's the case.
My entire problem with the 2X has to do with it's screen. Why did they opt for an ordinary LCD screen on this phone? For me it may be too hard to go back to a regular screen after owning a samoled.
What really puzzles me is the fact that LG are releasing another phone along with the 2X that supposedly has a much better screen. I believe it's called the LG optimus black iirc. Why not give your highest end product the best screen? Bad decision if you ask me.
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This is from Norwegian amobile http://www.amobil.no/artikler/lg_optimus_2x/80296
Translated with google you can fins this in the text:
"Menu-wise, Optimus 2X quite remote from pure Android menus. LG has made some graphical modifications that resemble the manufacturer's S-Class menus or Samsung Touch Wiz. One should however be able to choose clean Android menus if you wish."
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My entire problem with the 2X has to do with it's screen. Why did they opt for an ordinary LCD screen on this phone? For me it may be too hard to go back to a regular screen after owning a samoled.
What really puzzles me is the fact that LG are releasing another phone along with the 2X that supposedly has a much better screen. I believe it's called the LG optimus black iirc. Why not give your highest end product the best screen? Bad decision if you ask me.
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It's not an all ordinary LCD, it's an IPS display
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My entire problem with the 2X has to do with it's screen. Why did they opt for an ordinary LCD screen on this phone? For me it may be too hard to go back to a regular screen after owning a samoled.
What really puzzles me is the fact that LG are releasing another phone along with the 2X that supposedly has a much better screen. I believe it's called the LG optimus black iirc. Why not give your highest end product the best screen? Bad decision if you ask me.
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Although I agree SAMOLED is great I wouldn't make such a big issue out of this. You probably only notice the difference in side-by-side comparisons and not in everyday use. Plus LCD is sharper and better in bright sunlight. Oh and it's an IPS LCD (like the iphone and ipad) so good colors and viewing angles.
Atrix now listed on amazon.com for 600 US-Dollar (= 437,062937 Euro) that would be a great price for europe...but i don't think we'll get it that cheap....
maybe i wanna get an atrix if it appears for the same price as the lg in europe and with unlocked bootloader...(cuz of higer res display, dock functionality, more battery power, bio sensor on back, 1gb ram)
get the l 2x, it will be easy to root.
@gizz68erz
Can't remember where I found it. It was on one of the German forums out there but Motorola officially said that they will lock the bootloader to make sure their gadgets like the display dock will work in a proper way.
I will definitely go on the L2X.
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Optimus 2x has a 2MP front camera, 8MP rear camera... a big plus compared to the Atrix. With the higher resolution display you won't see much difference unless you look at your phone like you would at a letter in a dark room, more RAM is not that helpful as 512MB is more than enough for an Android device (heck, it's even enough for netbooks and Win XP).
I'd say the only proper advantage is the bigger battery which will definitely make a big difference in day-to-day use.
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I bet you won't even be able to tell the difference between a 8MP and a 5MP picture. Don't forget that you will look at it on your 2MP HDTV or computer monitor. The problem is that the sensor is way too small to benefit from 8MP. MP is the last thing that we should care about a camera nowadays.
1GB RAM can make a big difference however. Especially since android phones tend to loose some memory for the GPU or something else. There is only about 300MB user accessible on the Galaxy S. I am sure that you would prefer a netbook with 1GB over 512 MB too. I think that this is even more important than CPU MHz.
The higher resolution would also have make a huge difference (especially when browsing web pages), but unfortunately I read the Atrix uses a Pentitle matrix which kills effective resolution. We will have to see which one is brighter and have the best contrast before making any judgment on the screen anyways.
I was really excited about the X2 but the more and more I read about the Atrix the more it seems like its the better phone. Even with the Locked Bootloaded and ATT usually puts and end to non market apps. This Atrix is a beast I use my phone for business so the battery is awesome. I just dont want to pay att higher prices, they are stupid expensive compared to TMO
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Optimus 2x has a 2MP front camera, 8MP rear camera... a big plus compared to the Atrix. With the higher resolution display you won't see much difference unless you look at your phone like you would at a letter in a dark room, more RAM is not that helpful as 512MB is more than enough for an Android device (heck, it's even enough for netbooks and Win XP).
I'd say the only proper advantage is the bigger battery which will definitely make a big difference in day-to-day use.
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2x have 1.3MP front camera only.
The most interesting me was the atrix have fingerprint and upgradeable to 1080p capture : )
I have asked them to have my phone replaced, and what they reply is that other manufacturer have that issue too.
Are they trying to compare with SGSII or iphone4 in screen quality things, why not with them? They dont have any screen bleeding issue, as much as whole right edge visible as a tubelight, and perfect white light.
Dear Mr. Bhanvadia,
thank you for contacting the service of LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH.
Unfortunately I have to tell you, that display bleeding is no reason for warranty repair.
This is a normal behaviour at poor lighting conditions. Devices of other manufacturers show the same effect.
For further questions or suggestions, please contact us again.
In this case, please transmit the previous correspondence.
With kind regards,
Daniel Müller
LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH
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i got screen bleeding too,, but i can exchange my phone in my country ^^
What's the problem?
All LCD screens have screenbleeding. The iphone 4 has it (My mate's is worse than my O2x actually), my TV has it, my computer monitor has it, etc., etc.
Some O2x's have it worse than others, granted, but you bought a phone with an LCD screen, so you should have been expecting it.
Do you think/know if they will release LED screen phones???
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Do you think/know if they will release LED screen phones???
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Yes. They're called AMOLED screens, and they are quite common.
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What's the problem?
All LCD screens have screenbleeding. The iphone 4 has it (My mate's is worse than my O2x actually), my TV has it, my computer monitor has it, etc., etc.
Some O2x's have it worse than others, granted, but you bought a phone with an LCD screen, so you should have been expecting it.
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Yes, fully agree with this comment..
I have to say IPS is a 100 times better than any other AMOLED or SAMOLED. I had an SGS before, seen SGS2 and the colors are just oversaturated.
A good IPS display with decent resoultion can do miracles! I just wonder when are they going to put led backlight instead.
The IPS screen is truly wonderful on the Optimus 2X, that's basically it's only redeeming feature.
Pros SGS2:
Bigger screen (but worse quality)
Thinner
Lighter
Better performance (stock ICS 4.0.4)
Better battery life
Faster IO - Apps very quick to "install".
The touchkey lights are not as bright as O2X, less annoying, only 2 not 4.
16GB internal
Cons:
Questionable strength, mine has a cracked screen, O2X has not ever cracked despite drops worse than those videos on YouTube.
Screen is really, really bad, I have high standards but christ AMOLED is the worst idea ever...
Battery needs to be removed to get SD card out.
O2X pros:
The screen is nice.
The O2X is more resistant to drops,
Better speaker (loud not call)
Cons:
Basically inferior to the SGS2 in every single way.
Camera is worse.
Heavier
Slower
Antutu benchmark
sgs2: 6595 - stock 100% ics
o2x: 5257 - nightly 08 nov CM10
Camera comparison:
SGS2 is top
o2x bottom
SGS2:
Warm colours, everything detailed nicely.
Wider field of view (Both phones were in same position when photo was taken, more or less. they were ontop of eachother.
LG2x:
Very washed out looking, not a lot of clarity to the image.
http://imgur.com/a/YE9KS
It is difficult to do a comparison, the O2X is a little faster around the operating system, opening/closing apps etc, but that's because of JB I would say.
If you think the SGS2 screen is bad, you should see the PENTILE super amoleds (e.g. gs1, ns)
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If you think the SGS2 screen is bad, you should see the PENTILE super amoleds (e.g. gs1, ns)
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ugh. I don't want to imagine anything worse than what the SGS2 has.
Yep, x2 feels outdated compared to sgs2
But the sound quality on sgs2 is just unacceptable
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Yep, x2 feels outdated compared to sgs2
But the sound quality on sgs2 is just unacceptable
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Yea I did notice the speaker wasn't great.
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Yea I did notice the speaker wasn't great.
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Good to know. I was thinking about SGS2 for replacing my O2X because IMHO external speaker of O2X sounds bad (my wife has an Xperia Neo V and to my ears the external speaker sounds better and louder), and knowing this I'll no longer consider SGS2.
Battery? I mean with 3g always on
For me it was a disaster with the LG while the S1 of my father was great, don't know much about the S2
Haven't had it long enough to test battery.
I assume its better just based on my light usage.
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I have had enought about these comparisons ..
Compare SGS2 with Ainol Novo 7 Crystal
$100 VS what ever SGS2 price right now
7" VS what ever SGS2 screen is
price to performance ..
i know its not "apple" to "apple" and its ridicilous comparing phones with tablet ..
but you making a new thread for this is silly
comparing phone with "antutu" :cyclops:
but i think yes .. if LG can make the softkey a little bit smaller .. than the screen may have something like 4.3" ,, that must be great ..
but please .. dont make another thread to compare phones .. this is O2X thread ..
IMO amoleds are worst if compared with IPS LCDs
AMOLED = saturated colours
+ black spots on screen(by product of amoled manufacturing processes)
Only good thing about amoleds are contrast ratio is good
I have both optimus 2x n galaxy nexus
And i have my nexus screen and built quality, all plastic
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seriousia said:
IMO amoleds are worst if compared with IPS LCDs
AMOLED = saturated colours
+ black spots on screen(by product of amoled manufacturing processes)
Only good thing about amoleds are contrast ratio is good
I have both optimus 2x n galaxy nexus
And i have my nexus screen and built quality, all plastic
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Also in games I notice weird little patches around effects, I just hate this screen lol.
Doubt I'll ever use my 2x again, gave it to my sister. Had no idea how much better the s2 was all this time, should have sold up ages ago, or just paid the extra $100 for the s2 13 months ago when I bought the 2x..
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I've had a SGSII and i could say that it is a great phone period. But OX2 It's better in a lot of thing's. Only in battery life, camera and memory is inferior to SGSII
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I've had a SGSII and i could say that it is a great phone period. But OX2 It's better in a lot of thing's. Only in battery life, camera and memory is inferior to SGSII
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Would never substitute my penguin o2x even if someone would gift me samsung galaxy s2...:good:
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Would never substitute my penguin o2x even if someone would gift me samsung galaxy s2...:good:
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SGSII it's a really good device, but has his problems, it's normal. But you should try cyangalop on OX2
I think buying the 2X was one of the worst decisions in my mobile history. The phone was unnecessarily slow and support was the worst ever. I should have gone with the GS2, but now I'm very satisfied with the GS3. Don't get me wrong, I really tried to get the most out of the 2X, but it's performance frustrated me.
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who cares about your samsungs, iphones or any other phones else than p990... this is o2x forum... thanks
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who cares about your samsungs, iphones or any other phones else than p990... this is o2x forum... thanks
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I think my comment was on topic here. Not sure what your point is.
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i was talking in general... not reffering to your post...
whole threads like this are offtopic in general - only my 2 cents...
You can't compare a phone to another that is 100 eur more expensive... or... you can compare it... but you would have to try to think in terms of price/quality ratio... and I would say the O2X gives you a pretty good bang for your buck. Of course if it was now I would go for the N4, not even a slightest doubt in my mind.
I absolutely hate the new qhd screens. I think its a waste of resources, battery and processing power. Im not too familiar with amoled screens. Im wondering if they look good at resolutions other than native, such as how a crt monitor is, and not like a lcd which looks horrible at anything other than its native res.
If this was true we could just run the phone at 1080p res and save a ton of resources instead of pushing all those pixles that we dont need.
All modern displays need to be run at a native resolution to make it look good. Old CRTs could change the pixels they were projecting onto the screen which allowed it to do true resolution shifts. With modern displays those pixels aren't projected onto glass. They are hard set. Consequently, you can't do it with LCD, AMOLED, LED, or Plasma. 1080p ain't happening.
However, we theoretically could push it to 720p since that is one quarter of it's native resolution. That would just mean that four pixels would be grouped together as one. I expect it won't take long for mods to make their way out for that and it could have a significant impact on battery life. Hopefully it won't screw anything up. I've heard that 720p mods on the LG G3 have screwed with some of the stock LG apps.
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All modern displays need to be run at a native resolution to make it look good. Old CRTs could change the pixels they were projecting onto the screen which allowed it to do true resolution shifts. With modern displays those pixels aren't projected onto glass. They are hard set. Consequently, you can't do it with LCD, AMOLED, LED, or Plasma. 1080p ain't happening.
However, we theoretically could push it to 720p since that is one quarter of it's native resolution. That would just mean that four pixels would be grouped together as one. I expect it won't take long for mods to make their way out for that and it could have a significant impact on battery life. Hopefully it won't screw anything up. I've heard that 720p mods on the LG G3 have screwed with some of the stock LG apps.
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Damn. Im not sure that the 720p would be enough for me. Just had a g flex and its 6 inch at 720 and didnt look the greatest. I hope next year they realize that qhd is totally unnecessary and go back to 1080 panels.
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Damn. Im not sure that the 720p would be enough for me. Just had a g flex and its 6 inch at 720 and didnt look the greatest. I hope next year they realize that qhd is totally unnecessary and go back to 1080 panels.
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Why not just buy a 1080p phone then? The Huawai Ascend Mate 7 might be kind of what you're looking for.
It's got a 6" 1080p screen, metal construction, a huge (4100mah) battery, finger print scanner, etc. It's also roughly the same physical size or a little smaller than the N6 and similar in price I believe.
Overall the reviews have been fairly strong too. It might be worth a look.
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Why not just buy a 1080p phone then? The Huawai Ascend Mate 7 might be kind of what you're looking for.
It's got a 6" 1080p screen, metal construction, a huge (4100mah) battery, finger print scanner, etc. It's also roughly the same physical size or a little smaller than the N6 and similar in price I believe.
Overall the reviews have been fairly strong too. It might be worth a look.
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Need a nexus device. Im tired of being held hostage with updates by the manufactuers for updates. They either wont fix something dumb that a dev can fix in 2 seconds, or they completely abandon the device after a year and you will never see the next version of android. I need to keep a phone that has massive dev support.
Plus that phone specifically doesn't suit me. No front facing stereo speakers, no amoled, no wireless charging, no stock android, and some weird processor that I don't trust lol
Does it actually make a difference to change the resolution? You still have to light up ALL the pixels.
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Does it actually make a difference to change the resolution? You still have to light up ALL the pixels.
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Not on an AMOLED display. Backlighting is done on a per-pixel basis. That's why blacks are so dark, because the pixels aren't even on.
seh6183 said:
I absolutely hate the new qhd screens. I think its a waste of resources, battery and processing power. Im not too familiar with amoled screens. Im wondering if they look good at resolutions other than native, such as how a crt monitor is, and not like a lcd which looks horrible at anything other than its native res.
If this was true we could just run the phone at 1080p res and save a ton of resources instead of pushing all those pixles that we dont need.
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Solution:
Do not buy a QHD phone.
Is it possible to swap the display?
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Cheater912 said:
Is it possible to swap the display?
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HA. You are funny.
Oh wait, you are serious?
GrayBoltWolf said:
HA. You are funny.
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Surely it's possible with enough work.
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GrayBoltWolf said:
HA. You are funny.
Oh wait, you are serious?
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Cheater912 said:
Surely it's possible with enough work.
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Like this:
http://highlowtech.org/?p=2182
Change the display ... really? come on, if you don't want QHD then just don't buy the phone.
Have you tried buying the nexus 5…? ?
Coming from someone with a g3, there are plenty of things you can do to make the phone snappy without having to gimp the resolution. The phone can handle it, just buy a portable battery if you are really worried.
Skripka said:
Solution:
Do not buy a QHD phone.
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OMG! I cant believe my tiny little brain didnt think of such a magical solution. Ill just pop out to the local best buy and grab a phone with the specs im looking for:
5.5 inch plus screen
Amoled
Unlockable bootloader
Front facing speakers
Wireless charging
Oh wait. That doesnt exist outside of the nexus 6................. Hey but thanks for the really helpful and well thought out post.
bigf00t said:
Does it actually make a difference to change the resolution? You still have to light up ALL the pixels.
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Absolutely it will. QHD isn't just about what the screen putting it out. It's the processor calculating what goes on that display. You are right that the power the screen consumes doesn't change. However, the processor now only has to calculate 1/4th of the graphics it used to. When you consider how much power is needed for graphics calculations on the processor, that is a MAJOR savings and can really add up over time.
Major? Like he said you still have to fire up all the pixels. It has always been my understanding that pushing the sheer number of pixels is what eats battery. I agree that it's overkill for such a small screen but regardless it's here, you can either but it or not.
on my g3, outside of playing games, reducing the resolution did not increase my performance or battery life.