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Which Phone Should I Get?

I have around $250 to spend on a used phone. Please don't suggest any upcoming phones or that I should wait, only what's listed in the poll. I'm looking for something that wont be too ancient by next year, software and hardware wise. Basically an all around best phone . Software upgrading is pretty important as well as hardware. If there is something not up there, that you feel needs to be suggested, for my price range please tell me Thanks in advance!

The ZTE Blade (or Orange San Francisco as its known in the uk) looks a fairly decent spec to say its a cheap phone. Not sure about updates though.

gazneale said:
The ZTE Blade (or Orange San Francisco as its known in the uk) looks a fairly decent spec to say its a cheap phone. Not sure about updates though.
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There is brilliant support for it over at MoDaCo!
They have FroYo and recovery on it.

I paid $255 on eBay for my Samsung captivate. It took me a week or so to find the right auction but that was including shipping when other phones like it were selling for $400.
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Hate to say this but the best Androids are the flagship lines and HTC.

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Captivate would be your best bet, for that price range at least..
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Go to marketplace section and get one of the hot deals found there!
If you are lucky you can get even a Tmobile HD2 for that cash
I would choose an HTC definetly

a HTC Desire, hands down.. I my opinion its better then SHS (have used it for 3 days, returned it).. and now cant live without out it!

I think you should look at phones rom potential before you choose. Make sure your phone is well supported and with the stuff you like. Secondly make sure your phone has a quality build. HTC as other people have said makes great phones. Samsung makes great hardware but make sure you flash any Samsung product you get with a rom or you'll hate the phone. For instance I didn't care much for my captivate until I flashed it. It was buggy and poorly supported. New rom made it rock solid. Thanks XDA
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If you can find an unlocked HD2, you can use it on AT&T, but only on edge speeds. Tons of support for the HD2, but the X10 is doing pretty well on getting an Android 2.2 build.

I have an X10 running XFree Beta 2.2 it is quite decent but still lacking. Or so I think it is lacking. It is my first android device (other then idroid on my iphone 3g). I got it cause it was free and seemed like a good choice at the time. The X10 devs have been pretty quick to patch and update as of late. But I have only had the phone for ~2 months. I am looking to buy a captivate so I can compare. Till then you'll have to take this with a grain of salt. It seems like there are more devs for the captivate.
Thats my .02

DO NOT get a samsung if you want updates or support or want to install custom roms. I would look into HTC that would be your best bet
HTC Incredible OMFGB 2.3.1

jaysckap said:
DO NOT get a samsung if you want updates or support or want to install custom roms. I would look into HTC that would be your best bet
HTC Incredible OMFGB 2.3.1
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Why do you say "want to install custom roms"? There are plenty available?

jaysckap said:
DO NOT get a samsung if you want updates or support or want to install custom roms. I would look into HTC that would be your best bet
HTC Incredible OMFGB 2.3.1
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=706
The Captivate section begs to differ on custom roms.
Although the lack of updates is pretty true.

Im just not a fan of samsung at all i dont like the way they treat their customers i know a few people that have samsung and regret getting them just my personal opinion
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=706
The Captivate section begs to differ on custom roms.
Although the lack of updates is pretty true.
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HTC Incredible OMFGB 2.3.1

Count me in!

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I'm very very happy to say that my very own HTC One is arriving today!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on it. I'm climbing the walls literally, much better size than the 5 invh dvtrrn. It's a 'prettier' design by far.
Any suggestions on what I should do firsrt? Perhapss some updates or upgrades?
All and any help is deeply appreciated

I would just spent time getting to know it before you start pulling it about, honestly this is the best out of the box mobile ive ever had, mine is still stock after nearly a year . The screen is awsome, terrific sound from the speakers, even blink feed is, in my opinion, a great fearure. The camera is ok probably the weakest feature on the phone but play arounds with it, but the Zoe feature is really awsome especially in combo with the video highlights. Get some NFC tags and play about with the NFC to.
Enjoy you One
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Amer28 said:
Hello!
Guess what THIS is??? (and the WHEN is highlighted in red!
I'm very very happy to say that my very own HTC One is arriving today!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on it. I'm climbing the walls literally, much better size than the 5 invh dvtrrn. It's a 'prettier' design by far.
Any suggestions on what I should do firsrt? Perhapss some updates or upgrades?
All and any help is deeply appreciated
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Congrats, good choice! (Even you could have waited 8 more weeks for the new HTC One 2014).
Advices:
- unpack it and put it to charge (should be always started first time with full battery)
- start, follow instructions (you'll get there possibilities to import your old phones contacts, calendar, sms,...)
- Phone will come with Android 4.22 and sense 5.0, you'll get Upgrade notification (based on your location 4.3 or even already 4.42 each with Sense 5.5), do the upgrade! (Better performance, battery time, no more blinkfeed as homescreen)
- Make some pictures. Pictures have a violet/pink touch? Then you were lucky to pick up a unit with defective camera. Wrap up the device back and ask for another working one (probability is very low; but when the ONE was released almost every third or fourth customer had this problem)
- If your device is fine, just use it, explore the possibilities...
I get notifications on this thread, if you have questions just post them here and I'll try to answer them. Don't root too fast (HTC is in this point al little *****) and look if you can use the ONE without root and custom rom (I can, have my device since half a year and still completely stock; even launcher... Wasn't the point with any of my Samsung devices...)
Don't worry if your phone won't pass a whole day on one battery charge, it must first calibrate. The fourth charge or so you'll experience a much better battery performance
Sincerly
Snew

Amer28 said:
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Guess what THIS is??? (and the WHEN is highlighted in red!
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I'm very very happy to say that my very own HTC One is arriving today!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on it. I'm climbing the walls literally, much better size than the 5 invh dvtrrn. It's a 'prettier' design by far.
Any suggestions on what I should do firsrt? Perhapss some updates or upgrades?
All and any help is deeply appreciated
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Before you do anything to the device, please read and make sure you understand what you are doing:angel:. If you gonna mod your phone then make a full nandroid backup before and make a copy to your computer:angel:. Also you should consider S-OFF you device if you are going to flash stuff, pretty much easier to back to stock with S-OFF if you screw something.:good:
solidsnew said:
- unpack it and put it to charge (should be always started first time with full battery)
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BTW not true for newer devices like htc one. You can enjoy your device right out of the box, no need to wait until its fully charged.
solidsnew said:
- Make some pictures. Pictures have a violet/pink touch? Then you were lucky to pick up a unit with defective camera. Wrap up the device back and ask for another working one (probability is very low; but when the ONE was released almost every third or fourth customer had this problem)
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This issue is caused by heating of the device so he will probably not be able to detect it ''out of the box'' imo.

strait out the box unlock it,, twrp it,,nandroid bk..up s.off ..supercid,,,,and then flash the hell out off it enjoy

[Discussion] Sense 6 update rolling out for 2013 models...

https://twitter.com/LlabTooFeR/status/464449952505401344
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I guess we can't be too far behind now.
HERE's a full list of improvements to Sense 6 for the M7
Thanks to @thoughtlesskyle for the below downloads.
OTA.zip on DevHost
Download it here
Firmware zip from OTA (pulled directly from it, haven't tested though)
Download here
Modified Firmware zip (removed boot.img/recovery.img/Hboot.img again still haven't tested)
Download Here
Stock rooted ROM
Thread is here

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Kind of makes me wish I bought a One Max.

A lot of people myself included were pissed that the max had the s600 chip in it. I would have got one if it weren't for that
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Sprint first to the party is not surprising. Though the One Max being the first is a bit different.

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Sprint first to the party is not surprising. Though the One Max being the first is a bit different.
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Yeah, that caught me off guard. People in the One max section are confirming the update. I'm hoping we'll see an update soon.

eXplicit815 said:
Yeah, that caught me off guard. People in the One max section are confirming the update. I'm hoping we'll see an update soon.
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I keep an eye out here: http://support.sprint.com/support/a...e:FindAndUpdateTheSoftwareVersionOnYourHtcOne
Every update so far has been posted there before it is released.
Case in point One max: http://support.sprint.com/support/a...indAndUpdateTheSoftwareVersionOnYourHtcOneMax

Telus got their update today. Hope Sprint's coming up next. I'm getting impatient.

eXplicit815 said:
Telus got their update today. Hope Sprint's coming up next. I'm getting impatient.
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Well damn another curve ball. I figured sprint would have it out before Canada.

Kraizk said:
Well damn another curve ball. I figured sprint would have it out before Canada.
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Yeah, I'm kind of wondering what's going on. I'd hate to see Verizon get it before us, haha.

eXplicit815 said:
Yeah, I'm kind of wondering what's going on. I'd hate to see Verizon get it before us, haha.
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Don't even joke....

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Don't even joke....
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Yeah, that'd be pretty harsh. Could you imagine though? It gives me the chills.

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Yeah, that'd be pretty harsh. Could you imagine though? It gives me the chills.
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It's as unbelievable as them offering the GPE of the M8....
I'm also slightly surprised our "insider" Tommy Jones hasn't heard anything.

Kraizk said:
It's as unbelievable as them offering the GPE of the M8....
I'm also slightly surprised our "insider" Tommy Jones hasn't heard anything.
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I've tried asking llabtoofer if he knows anything about the Sprint M7, both when he announced for the One max and the One for Telus, and I haven't gotten a reply. I even went as far as asking Jason MacKenzie, thinking he'd say something like "before the end of the month," but haven't gotten any replies back.

Rogers and bell just received the official sense 6 update, hopefully Sprint will be next.
http://mobilesyrup.com/2014/05/12/htc-one-m7-sense-6-0-update-now-rolling-out/
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Kraizk said:
Well damn another curve ball. I figured sprint would have it out before Canada.
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Yeah, I'm kind of wondering what's going on. I'd hate to see Verizon get it before us, haha.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Canada get 4.4.2 before we did? And then Sprint got it a few days later. If they are following the same trend, we should be next......hopefully

DNarsingh said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Canada get 4.4.2 before we did? And then Sprint got it a few days later. If they are following the same trend, we should be next......hopefully
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I could have sworn we got it about a week before them but I could be wrong. Either way I'm sure its on the way for us.

The One max for Sprint got it at 10am EST. I'll be checking my phone every day between 10am and noon EST to see if we got it, lol.

sense 6 update on the HTC One Max first before the HTC One? what's the reasoning behind that? :silly:
wonder if we will get the motion gesture features too? that would be sweet

Digitalkarma said:
sense 6 update on the HTC One Max first before the HTC One? what's the reasoning behind that? :silly:
wonder if we will get the motion gesture features too? that would be sweet
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@LlabTooFeR says no... I don't think we have the hardware for it.

Lollipop release 90 days after Google's code release

http://www.htc.com/us/go/htc-software-updates/
HTC Customers and Enthusiasts,
HTC is excited about the new features in Android L release and we can’t wait to share them with you. We are committed to updating our flagship HTC One family as fast as possible as part of our HTC Advantage program. We will begin rolling out updates to the HTC One (M8) and HTC One (M7) worldwide within 90 days of receiving final software from Google, followed shortly thereafter by other One family members and select devices. HTC Advantage protects your smartphone investment, ensuring you have the best smartphone experience long after purchase.
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Pretty interesting promise. :fingers-crossed:

Just means Sprint gets their hands on it, we still have to wait.

Given Sprint's recent track record, we might have it early as well. They have been the first to release updates to flagships a few times lately.

And who said it would be lollipop? The fact that they haven't announced a dessert indicates that they may be trying to work out another sponsorship deal (lemonhead? life saver?).

It could be licorice, laffy taffy, lemon merengue pie, etc.
Or:
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My sources tell me that they're going away from candy and naming it Android Love.
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Nothing interesting here.... They always give the 90day from release talk with all main devices set to get the update...

Konfuzion said:
Just means Sprint gets their hands on it, we still have to wait.
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Ever since I started working for Sprint as a tech I've never seen any other carriers bring updates as fast as them. I had att when I first joined rocking note 3 so when Kit Kat was released I seen it release for sprint then waited 3 month to get my update plus all the locked bootloader blah blah... blah... I hate att as a customer standpoint can't wait for tmo and sprint to join.

dincdoes.me said:
Ever since I started working for Sprint as a tech I've never seen any other carriers bring updates as fast as them. I had att when I first joined rocking note 3 so when Kit Kat was released I seen it release for sprint then waited 3 month to get my update plus all the locked bootloader blah blah... blah... I hate att as a customer standpoint can't wait for tmo and sprint to join.
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Doesn't matter which carrier is the fastest at releasing it, it still doesn't change the fact that all that means is we have to wait after Sprint gets their hands on it. Right? If you want to talk about which carriers are the fastest at releasing go ahead and do so without quoting me and trying to make an invalid point, thanks!

I hope they make it Lifesavers.
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The carrier piece will most likely be part of the 90 days. Verizon and AT&T will be the longest and may go a little beyond that but HTC has been good lately at getting code out of their shop in 30 days and getting the first runs to carriers.
Like anything else time will tell...
MG

I'm very happy with my one. I haven't had the need to hop on here in a while just because of how perfect everything is!

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Are you growing impatient? What do you think, about with what you know of the device?
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Cell phones... Does anything (atm) even compare to this bad boi?
Ideas you've seen in other roms, of which you would like to see incorporated to this device.
Your favorite song.
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Cake recipes... YUM
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The release date is close... who's waiting for theirs?

I do it for the $$ folks

​I'm going to start off by saying, I will be jumping the gun and getting an HTC One M9. Who else will?
Register for more info:
https://explore.t-mobile.com/htc-one-m9

So getting it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz-8CSa9xj8

I really like the One M9, but I'm also seriously thinking about getting the S6 over the One M9. Someone please talk me out of it.

XxKINGxX2580 said:
I really like the One M9, but I'm also seriously thinking about getting the S6 over the One M9. Someone please talk me out of it.
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if you want worse battery life then get the s6

PlatinumNick said:
if you want worse battery life then get the s6
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The battery on the S6 is still to be determined. Both devices will be amazing to watch when they hit the streets.

Based on the s6 reviews its already determined its not better than s5

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Based on the s6 reviews its already determined its not better than s5
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lol, wait, I thought we were comparing the M9 to the S6... How was the S5 dragged in:silly:
Regardless, this is a moot point until they are both released.

TonyStark said:
lol, wait, I thought we were comparing the M9 to the S6... How was the S5 dragged in:silly:
Regardless, this is a moot point until they are both released.
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Lol I was saying m8 and s5 battery was about the same then if s6 is worse than s5 that means m9 will be better but your right the waiting game begins

If I had the funds, I so would buy this phone. Probably going to wait for discounts or when I make more money.

i have a htc m9, AMA
hey guys,
I have a htc one m9, ask me your questions regarding the tmobile version and ill answer them the best I can!
I'll reply as much as possible but i'm heading to bed right now!

Well this is exciting~
When you're all ready for it:
[NOOB Friendly] Root and Install TWRP on HTC One M9
Latest version of M9 TWRP, direct DL page:
http://teamw.in/devices/htconem9.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/303tnp/i_have_a_htc_m9_ama/?sort=new

expertzero1 said:
hey guys,
I have a htc one m9, ask me your questions regarding the tmobile version and ill answer them the best I can!
I'll reply as much as possible but i'm heading to bed right now!
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I'm only worried about battery life looks like you got it earlier today so what's your battery life now after using it? Screen on time? Any reasons for concerns?

Rydah805 said:
I'm going to start off by saying, I will be jumping the gun and getting an HTC One M9. Who else will?
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Surprised there's not much hype on this.
HTC One M9 Pre-Orders Going Live At 12:01AM On March 27th, Unlocked Device Priced At $649

TonyStark said:
Surprised there's not much hype on this.
HTC One M9 Pre-Orders Going Live At 12:01AM On March 27th, Unlocked Device Priced At $649
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^I just found out. T-Mobile is putting it up at 9am eastern time tomorrow.

xxquicksh0txx said:
^I just found out. T-Mobile is putting it up at 9am eastern time tomorrow.
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Wow! What's your source?