Christmas! and the arrival of my first HTC smartphone ever, cant wait
Im looking forward to the large 4.3" screen, the custimization, the capacative touch screen and so much more
Oh and when I get back to school, I cant wait to rub it in the face of my 16gb Iphone 3GS owning friend
Just wanted to go into christmas on a postive note, as there are too many compaints with the HD2, you gotta appreciate it for all its beauty and hardware and shizzle ( although to be fair, I expect I'll be on soon complaining about problems to
So yeah, merry christmas everyone, and a happy new year
Hehe, nice to see enthusiasm! I'm waiting for mine too. Probably on 28th
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Hehe, nice to see enthusiasm! I'm waiting for mine too. Probably on 28th
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lol thanks Im loving it
Hope yours came today
And I just looked at your sig, I had the samsung E250, infact it was the phone I had before my leo
Have you had it yet? First thoughts?
WB
Sweet.
I Just register'd since my HD2 just came today. Im at work now but cant wait to go home and unbox that piece of beauty!
No, not today. I called the shipping company and they said tomorrow.
So, 29th is the lucky day for me
I'll keep you posted.
Enjoy your new phone, Lorin. I guess that's Florin, actually.
Anyway, get ready for a great experience.
hey don't get too worked up... I've had mine for like 3 weeks now and... it's FREAKING AWESOME. =)
the only thing the iphone is better is battery consumption and internal storage. in all other points the hd2 pwns the iphone 3g(s) by far.
OK, i officially have the device.
First impressions:
1. Its smaller than i thought, which is good!
2. The screen is so cool.
3. The earpiece and the external speaker are OK, i don't have the problems some are stating. The external speaker doesn't have bass frequencies but its OK. The TP2's speakers are way superior.
4. SMS's are fine, they go through without a problem.
5. When i play with my TP2 i wanna go back to the HD2. My TP2 looks outdated now. I don't wanna look at it anymore. Not to mention that for the first time i feel how bulky it is
6. The typing for me its OK. It might be a little too sensitive but i can get used to it.
So far i like it a lot and i'm already convinced that it will be my main device from now on.
@pedmond: No, its actually Lorin.
Related
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/huawei-to-release-t-mobile-android-g3-in-late-2009-probably/
Just read this, my friend whom has some connections actually has a prototype of this phone already, ill get more information from him tomorrow.
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/huawei-to-release-t-mobile-android-g3-in-late-2009-probably/
Just read this, my friend whom has some connections actually has a prototype of this phone already, ill get more information from him tomorrow.
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Cool, good news! I been waiting for a more higher end Android model. I heard this one will have the sex appeal of the iphone and HTC Touch Pro II plus the functionality of WM and SE including the Cupcake OS (forbidden word ) plus a 3.5mm headset jack (wtf is that?! HTC users might ask, lol!). Looks like a great phone and am looking forward to it after I get my Touch Pro II (yeah, I will get burnt for saying that in this tiny, little Android thread surrounded by a million WM users, heheheh!) I do worry though, the article and some others state that this might be a DT thing and NOT T-Mobile USA release. Do you have any confirmation from your friend that this WILL BE coming to T-Mo. US?
this is too good to be true
Yes, he confirmed to me that it was coming to TMobile, but he didn't give me an exact date. Like I said, he has the prototype model, so I will try to snap some pics if he chooses to show me tomorrow, as he really isn't supposed to. Haha I ever offered to buy it from him, of course he said he had to decline, not because he didn't want to but because he couldn't. OH and one more major thing, is that the G1 will be released in several new colors, including red, green, and silver during the second quarter. However, that is just coming from him, no confirmation yet.
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Yes, he confirmed to me that it was coming to TMobile, but he didn't give me an exact date. Like I said, he has the prototype model, so I will try to snap some pics if he chooses to show me tomorrow, as he really isn't supposed to. Haha I ever offered to buy it from him, of course he said he had to decline, not because he didn't want to but because he couldn't. OH and one more major thing, is that the G1 will be released in several new colors, including red, green, and silver during the second quarter. However, that is just coming from him, no confirmation yet.
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cant wait
the fone looks awsomee
when it comes out i might give up my g1 for it
Will it have wi-fi?
Mikey1022 said:
Will it have wi-fi?
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According to the article, it will have wifi.
It looks nice, has some good updates from the g1, BUT it does not have a slide out keyboard, only soft keyboard. The reason I get HTC phones only now is for the slide out.
I'm excited
This phone is uber sexy. The moment they release this phone you can bet. Ill be trading this phone in. I'm just wondering how they will root it without a hard keyboard?? Will it be rooted like the iphone is jailbroken??
A nice looking phone, but I too need the QWERTY love.
Definitely glad to see more Android phones on the market, though.
-bZj
i think the g1 looks way better then that cheap looking phone, i think all stay with a keyboard
idk, no slideout keyboard? i might have to pass on this one. it looks good though.
Wow I never thought about it. No alt-s with no keyboard. There's gotta be a way though, I mean, there has to be a recovery mode, etc.
whatever happened to this phone? It looked like a nice phone. Anyone else think it has an uncanny resemblance to the iPhone 4 which came out a year after the announcement of this?
Haha yea I agree about it looking like an iphone 4- thats exactly what I thought when I first saw the picture..
And I have no idea what happened to it, perhaps it disappeared into the rumor mill abyss. Also did you read his comment about the g1 coming out in different colours??! pink and blue, etc.. Craziness.. As far as I know that never happened either..
Wow.... So old and how naive we were back then lol.
Hey All
Just ordered myself a HD2 off of Ebay. Paid $750aud inc shipping. Finally decided to retire my slow old Xperia X1, will prob just keep using it to test new rom's that come out....
Now I have a few questions. Are they're any special tweaks or cabs to install to make it better? What case's are people mainly using with the HD2? Any general problems or things I should know?
Thanks everyone
I think that is very personal.
I am using cookie tab now and it is very good for what i like about a phone. Just look around this forum and read, try and experience !
It`s very nice to try tweaks especially if they are in a cab. If you don`t like it, just uninstall. If anything is not good the folks here will help you set thing right again.
Its a great forum for a great phone
kk
oliverflavel said:
Hey All
Just ordered myself a HD2 off of Ebay. Paid $750aud inc shipping. Finally decided to retire my slow old Xperia X1, will prob just keep using it to test new rom's that come out....
Now I have a few questions. Are they're any special tweaks or cabs to install to make it better? What case's are people mainly using with the HD2? Any general problems or things I should know?
Thanks everyone
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You will not be disappointed... I was worried about the lack of keyboard when I made the change from the X1 to the HD2 and I can tell you its not a problem... for tweaks a must is BSB Tweaks (found on here in a sticky I think), has loads of tweaks that are very handy... there is also a thread on things to do with your HD2 when you get it... some of them are covered by bsb others not so much all handy... I have not yet had a problem with my HD2 but some do... again there are loads of threads about this problem or that... so far (touches wood as probably just jinxed myself) its been all gravy...
I reckon you should stay with the oem rom for at least a week and research this forum. customising your hd2 is a very personal thing, what suits one will not suit another. there's a thread which people post there must have apps, I would try there first. that's my opinion
It is interesting to see how fast the pricing of the Leo drops from 820AUD at the end of Jan to 750AUD now.
But anyway I recommand you to test your device for few days before doing some flashing or customising to see if there is any hardware issues
If I were you I would install several tweak softwares like BSB and HD2Tweak.
just to cover all the available reg tweaks
Just my tiny bit of advice
The Leo should amaze you lol
Cheers
CN23
hi guys, i want to ask~
is AU's telstra version hd2 using exactly the same frequencies with US's T MOBILE versions?
thank you.
im not sure if AU's version can use China's WCDMA frequencies.
Ebay
I just hope you get it. I ordered a phone via ebay before and got burnt along with many others, had a good rep etc. Anyway Ebay are basically useless in terms of assisting to get any $ back.
Other than that you'll love it, its a great phone and very customizable.
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I just hope you get it. I ordered a phone via ebay before and got burnt along with many others, had a good rep etc. Anyway Ebay are basically useless in terms of assisting to get any $ back.
Other than that you'll love it, its a great phone and very customizable.
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Its not true. Paypal buyer protection is very good. They always return my money when they should. And the seller must prove that you got the parcel.
Yer I was planning on staying on the stock rom for a bit....funny I used to flash my xperia to be like a stock HTC phone, so yer the stock rom should keep me happy for a few weeks...
Yer I was a bit skeptical about having only an onscreen keyboard, one of the things I loved about the xperia was the HW keyboard
Cant wait till it arrives, it looks like an amazing phone
you should have waited for wp7 phone
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you should have waited for wp7 phone
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lol, you are SO gutted aren't you? want to sell me your hd2?
I geeve yoo plenty good priceee
hoss_n2 said:
you should have waited for wp7 phone
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As far as has been put out by Microsoft we won't see any WP7 phones till holiday time, i.e end of year. That's a mighty long time to wait.
LordLugard said:
As far as has been put out by Microsoft we won't see any WP7 phones till holiday time, i.e end of year. That's a mighty long time to wait.
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only 6 monthes
samsamuel said:
lol, you are SO gutted aren't you? want to sell me your hd2?
I geeve yoo plenty good priceee
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don't you already have one ?
LordLugard said:
As far as has been put out by Microsoft we won't see any WP7 phones till holiday time, i.e end of year. That's a mighty long time to wait.
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I had asked HTC on twitter when the new win7 phones will be coming out since I was interested in the hd2, they told me that the first phones will be for sale in Q4,
Right now i dont know exactly what to do. But ill give it a chance and hope for an update. So ill be getting the HD2 tonight.
I bought an xperia last year in feb and was really dissapointed when there werent any new official panels, thnx to XDA I pimped my phone a little bit. But now when I recieve my new phone tonight, ill give my old Xperia to my mother who needs a new phone
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Its not true. Paypal buyer protection is very good. They always return my money when they should. And the seller must prove that you got the parcel.
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Unfortunately not in my case and with 32 other people. Thats how many people this guy stung. Through letters from all victims, QLD police investigated, and the guy was tracked down and currently behind bars, this was the update from the police however still no money despite chasing for it.
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Like 6-7 month you mean ? Sure that a good idea.
Hello All,
I feel like I hit the Lotto, My Nexus one is schedule to be here friday by 3pm. I got the confirmation phone call from Fedex today. Im coming from a G1. I feel so excited to finally have the N1 in my hands. I have so many Q's for you all but Ill start by reading the do's and dont's. But give me some love everyone...
You wont regret it, thats for sure.
I hope not the $576 was pretty brutal.
Great device - certainly worth the money with all of its capabilities.
Congratz! Once you get it in your hands, your whole life will change for the better!
You'll love it man... You'll notice you'll grow more beard too once you get it, lol... Well maybe its just me. hahaha! Enjoy!
I also ordered it yesterday, should be here today =D cant wait.
Using it in the Netherlands, hope i wont have problems :O
By the way I paid 580$ for mine... I think I got ripped off! lol...
To get you guys even more excited, Compared browser speed and I just saw my nexus one owned my coworker's iPhone 3Gs first hand, and he asked for a rematch this morning. He got owned again. Specially after using dolphin browser. thought I'd share.
It's an awesome phone. I was nervous about finally moving away from a physical keyboard, but I'm so glad i did. It also makes my iPhone friends jealous. Mostly because of the live wallpapers, lol.
Thanks Everyone, I just woke up and all im thinking about is when the Fedex courier will be here. I cannot wait.
mine got delivered on trash day and when i herd that truck at 9am I was soooo excited just to see my damn trash man :-(. do yourself a favor and dont looke window everytime you think you hear a truck.
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By the way I paid 580$ for mine... I think I got ripped off! lol...
To get you guys even more excited, Compared browser speed and I just saw my nexus one owned my coworker's iPhone 3Gs first hand, and he asked for a rematch this morning. He got owned again. Specially after using dolphin browser. thought I'd share.
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Haha too funny because at my office I was the man with Kings Eclair Rom with live wallpapers on my G1. Until a coworker got a Droid. So Monday morning I'll be holding my head high and regain the title at work as, Top Phone Guy and Phone Guru again..
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mine got delivered on trash day and when i herd that truck at 9am I was soooo excited just to see my damn trash man :-(. do yourself a favor and dont looke window everytime you think you hear a truck.
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haha, You guys are killing me because I just did that. I took off work today and I awoke to a sound. I ran to the window and it was trash pickup. I heard that diesel sound. haha
I just got my NExus one, its charging now...im scared to even touch it..
i got mine today after days of frustration with tmobile! at long last i thought! what a beautiful little slab of magnificence......i had it for all of twenty minutes before my wife nabbed it! now its here phone and i'm stuck with my bloody touch pro2. gutted!
nothing new here...just thought i'd warn y'all!
back hand the woman and tell her to get back into the kitchen and make you some food!
j/k =)
smart wife!!!
I bought my wife a HTC Diamond 2 a day before I ordered my HD2.
She gets mad when I won’t let her touch my HD2 w/o my supervision....
Oh well, I have seen her drop her phone 6x on the kitchen floor in the past 1.5months she's had it. I'm not taking the risk!
Just buy her one too. I always ask my wife if she wants one, when I get a new phone.
Problem solved
send your gf/wife to a finger nail artist at your expense, it's almost impossible to use a touchscreen phone with those long finger nails
Luckily my gf would find this phone too big for her tiny little hands. Small hands make anything she holds look far bigger!
They're buy one get one free, go back and get one for yourself!
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send your gf/wife to a finger nail artist at your expense, it's almost impossible to use a touchscreen phone with those long finger nails
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LOL inventive
yeah i got the wife one also lol.....i was going to give her the htc pure (my old phone) but when she saw the screen she was like .....i said they are buy one get one free she said i'll take one lol
Peteryoung said:
i got mine today after days of frustration with tmobile! at long last i thought! what a beautiful little slab of magnificence......i had it for all of twenty minutes before my wife nabbed it! now its here phone and i'm stuck with my bloody touch pro2. gutted!
nothing new here...just thought i'd warn y'all!
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Remember don't be gutted, it takes forty-two muscles in your face to frown, but it only takes four muscles to extend your arm and ***** slap that mofo!!!
Gellenole said:
back hand the woman and tell her to get back into the kitchen and make you some food!
j/k =)
smart wife!!!
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Ohhhhhh SNAP!
No really, shes a smart woman!
my girlfriend doesn't understand why im 'wasting' so much cash on my phone
haha funny thread
luckily i'm 16 and theres atm no gf or even wife
wouldn't give her my hd2...
my mom got one day the ipod touch of my brother in her hands and it fell straight down to the floor
i told her not to touch my hd2 if she hears a sound or vibrations she is allowed to tell me, nothing more
DN41
neil_swann80 said:
Luckily my gf would find this phone too big for her tiny little hands. Small hands make anything she holds look far bigger!
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Buahahahaha, i craped my pants
I thought I should share. in Dec 2008 I bought an iPhone for my wife and Xperia X1 for myself. She still has that iphone but I moved from X1 to X2 and then HTC european version and then Austrlian version which works on ATT US.
Now she tells me that iphone is the best since she has not changed it then where I got 4 phones.
Now we have fun bashing each others phone.
Well, I was thinking about X10
My wife doesn't touch the HD2. She thinks its too complicated to use compared to her mytouch.
She wants my iPhone though, but I'm keepng it.
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Luckily my gf would find this phone too big for her tiny little hands. Small hands make anything she holds look far bigger!
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hehehehehehehehe
ryuu55 said:
I bought my wife a HTC Diamond 2 a day before I ordered my HD2.
She gets mad when I won’t let her touch my HD2 w/o my supervision....
Oh well, I have seen her drop her phone 6x on the kitchen floor in the past 1.5months she's had it. I'm not taking the risk!
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v.wise
*clears throat*
Excuse me my dear sweet husband . . . .
Lets please be reminded who is paying for this phone. AS for you carrying the phone I think it is only fair I carry the HD2 because you said I'd love the Motorola cliq and that was a lie. It was clearly nothing like the G1 and I trusted your geeky opinion. I think they should revok your membership here clearly on the basis that you have no clue.
AS for the wet farts who told you to ***** slap the mofo exsqueeze me. you should be shaking the hand of a woman like me who can appreciate the value of a extraordinary phone. i may not be the triple tapped gadget calendar girl but trust me you will rarely come across someone who posses a vagina who will put down that kind of money for a mini computer.
And as a woman with small hands it does look rather large in my hands but as any man can appreciate the tight grip i hold on it without it actually being dropped and smile with pride because a girl gets it is all I need. And as for my nails I had them done last week and they are sports cut to enhance my qwerty keyboard speed. Ninja like moves, cat like reflexes!!
xxxx
wow...NOW who got ***** slapped!?!?
damn i should never have shown her this!
damn man better luck next time...lol Busted
This thread is a bit of a waste really but i just thought i would share my opinion !
well my sister came around yesterday and started flashing her new ipony4 about, so i grabbed it and had a play and at first glance I liked it over the old 3gs, the screen res for a smaller screen than my hd2 was impressive but then my sister start telling them all the problems she is having with it in the last 2 weeks oh how i laughed !!! ha ha
but getting back to me playign about with it it wasnt even 5mins later i was borrrrrred to death with it !!!!!!
I cannot work out for the life of me what the big fashionation is with the iphone! I think its like marmite, you either love it or hate it and I Hate it!!!!
Same with me.
Work colleague got it recently and must admit screen does look impressive, much better clarity than older models.....but that is basically it, there are no other new features that impressed me despite how much she tried to show it off
ha - also they are paying £50/month plus £15/month insurance 18m contract............and they also had to pay money towards handset...........I am not kidding! oh yeah, and she had to buy a case for it in order to use it for its most basic of functions, calling people.
They said to me, "Aren't you tempted by it?"
"Lol I pay half that for a phone I got 8 months ago which is still better in every way"
Its all down to how they have had it advertised, as with all Apple products.
There not mind blowing, just cleverly advetised.
I don't think I'd ever want to go back to a smaller sized screen. The new iPhone may have a better resolution or clearer screen or whatever, but it's still small.
I know what you all mean - once I've had my leo, I cant seem to like anything else. Besides, the HD2 has come a loonng way since it came out. With the amazing job that people here at XDA are doing, I'm now thinking this phone is 100 times better! I've just flashed my latest ROM after not having an HD2 for a few weeks and everything is so smooth like butter! If I compare my phone now with a stock HD2 it will look like I'm using different phones, it's amazing!
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I don't think I'd ever want to go back to a smaller sized screen. The new iPhone may have a better resolution or clearer screen or whatever, but it's still small.
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I have to agree, I'm so used to my hd2 that whenever I use my ipod touch, I get frustrated with the size. Especially the keyboard!
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This thread is a bit of a waste really but i just thought i would share my opinion !
well my sister came around yesterday and started flashing her new ipony4 about, so i grabbed it and had a play and at first glance I liked it over the old 3gs, the screen res for a smaller screen than my hd2 was impressive but then my sister start telling them all the problems she is having with it in the last 2 weeks oh how i laughed !!! ha ha
but getting back to me playign about with it it wasnt even 5mins later i was borrrrrred to death with it !!!!!!
I cannot work out for the life of me what the big fashionation is with the iphone! I think its like marmite, you either love it or hate it and I Hate it!!!!
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ipony4... This makes me giggle.
i love both but i lean more towards the iphone but i lost that a long time ago
pmsl since I posted the 1st post I have just found out that my sister has returned the phone due to keep freezing and locking up and they wont take it back hahaha but she did ask the salesman what other phones would he recommend and he said xperia x10 or the htc hd2 and then she said what phone do you own and he said the HTC HD2..... I rest my case.....
my sister is not impressed !!!! anyone want to buy an iphone4 hahaha
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then she said what phone do you own and he said the HTC HD2..... I rest my case.....
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lol! Brilliant
Warning: link contains some explicit language!
This is what most iphone owners are like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg
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am with you man !!! this is the phone and screen i want and im not going back !!!!!
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Warning: link contains some explicit language!
This is what most iphone owners are like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg
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Hilarious, I nearly fell off my chair.
This just about wraps it up.
Like said earlier its all advertising hype. They did a fantastic job selling the "basic" 3GS model & then totally screwed up by trying to step it up a notch.
I think the way iphone's been sold is by having people convinced (without actually saying so) that apple are actually pioneers in the big/touch screens.
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This is what most iphone owners are like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg
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There's a counter one at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOtC9QfXac&feature=related.
Phantoms said:
There's a counter one at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOtC9QfXac&feature=related.
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Unfortunately, the counter video is nowhere near as hilarious as the original. The original is just awesome, even my friend with an iPhone 4 thinks so
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There's a counter one at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOtC9QfXac&feature=related.
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thats not a conter, it needs to be better then the original to be a counter.. this one is like made of 10 year old kids who got depressive in comparing their iphones to other devices like the evo.
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Its all down to how they have had it advertised, as with all Apple products.
There not mind blowing, just cleverly advetised.
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completely agreed. all the way. and because of this, some people think its "magical" <--- WTF!