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I will have to admit that I have been a HTC WinMo fan boy for the last 6yrs. Wm was not perfect but, it got the job done. Custom roms were good but, they always had bugs. So when I got my EPIC an my first android phone I was blown away. The speed how well everything worked together. I was amazed how people complained about touchwiz. I don't see anything wrong with it. Maybe because I don't know of any better interface. It not as flashy as HTC sense but, it seems fast.
I hear alot of nitpicking here about the phone. They compare stock EPIC roms to Custom roms on other phone. Not realizing that everyone doesn't like the custom rom you love. I don't know of anything being perfect. But, some of the people that bought this phone were expecting more.
I love the phone. I just wanted to know what others think.
I'm amazed by it. Every time I get a spare second, I want to pick it up and play with it.
I really like the design of the phone more than the other Galaxy S variants. The soft touch back reminds me of the EVO, and the screen looks so good sitting there with the phone turned off. Which brings me to my next point:
This screen is so brilliant. I've not noticed any of the issues people complain about. It's gorgeous. HD movies look better on the Epic than any other phone I've seen (EVO and iPhone 4). I constantly want to change my wallpaper.
The speed of this phone is fantastic. It's faster on 2.1 than my EVO is with CM6 (Froyo). I never used sense on my EVO. I actually stuck with touchwiz for a while before I finally installed launcher PRO. Again, Launcher Pro AND Touchwiz are faster than anything I put on my EVO. Menus scroll with no lag at all. Apps open very fast and games are perfect. I didn't like that a lot of games ran slow on the EVO... and some were downright unplayable. I'm a big gamer, so this is important.
The keyboard is pretty convenient. I use swype for most things... like texting, emailing, etc. But I love the keyboard for when I need to type numbers, usernames\passwords, website URLs, etc. I also use it for games\emulators.
All in all, I'm very happy with this phone. It's not for everybody, but it is definitely for me. I've actually made a few iPhone 4 users jealous. They were never jealous of my EVO
I love love love this phone. its deff worth the move after being an iPhone user for 2.5 years. I love the freedom I have to make and customize the phone to my taste vs just having a glass screen with shortcuts all over it. every time I wake my phone I swear I get more and more amazed by the screen quality lol.. the phone is very fast and snappy. the only complaint I seem to suffer from is my battery life =/ .. other than that this is deff an iPhone killer in my eyes.
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I freakin love this phone. So quick and buttery smooth. And it hasn't even gotten froyo yet.
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b1indsided said:
I freakin love this phone. So quick and buttery smooth. And it hasn't even gotten froyo yet.
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yea once it gets froyo, this phone.is gonna be tooo nasty
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surveysays said:
yea once it gets froyo, this phone.is gonna be tooo nasty
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Dude.. when froyo hits this.. its gonna look like the Pillsbury Dough Boy Massacre! This ishow the other phones will look...
http://sickpigs.com/wp-content/potd/doughboy.jpg
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ehh.. it's ok
REally want to see an update for the phone. +1 for the camera and keyboard and 16GB Sd. I still like the Evo but we'll see if that changes.
surveysays said:
yea once it gets froyo, this phone.is gonna be tooo nasty
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Rofl man I can't wait.
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b1indsided said:
Rofl man I can't wait.
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Imagine when we get Gingerbread? Oh wait, we already did!!
I do love some of the necro'd memories. I was still a guest lurker during this post.
The dev has fixed a majority of the battery drain by fixing this issue of the launcher always running in the background,now it is at 0% cpu and 7-8mb of RAM being used...
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Thanks for the heads up. I really like playing with this launcher. I was actually able to convince a coworker I managed to hack the samsung focus wp7 rom onto my epic on april 1st. It worked right up until he saw the android market icon
Thanks for that man, i didnt know
ecooce said:
The dev has fixed a majority of the battery drain by fixing this issue of the launcher always running in the background,now it is at 0% cpu and 7-8mb of RAM being used...
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I've got some real nice HQ tiles,Ill post this weekend...
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That'd be nice. I found out he hasn't updated the free one in a while, even though the paid one is supposed to be donate only. Oh well, its still nice
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Oh,I didn't even notice that,that's a shame,I've been on the donate version since day one ,but I flash so much now I rarely use it atm.I really like the look of the tiles,I know android UI's are better in most aspects,but I like simple and clean...
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ecooce said:
Oh,I didn't even notice that,that's a shame,I've been on the donate version since day one ,but I flash so much now I rarely use it atm.I really like the look of the tiles,I know android UI's are better in most aspects,but I like simple and clean...
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Ya, I don't want a wp7, but I keep coming back to launcher7.
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zanderman112 said:
Ya, I don't want a wp7, but I keep coming back to launcher7.
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I played w/ it for a little bit and felt that it wasn't very customizable and if THATS how WP7 is, boy is microsoft in for some pain.. hell, the iPhone is more customizable than WP7 appears to be (if this launcher closely mimics the customizability of WP7 very well)
just sayin'
Has anyone made one? Do you think its worth porting?
Most people with touchwiz want to get rid of it. Those who don't have it want it. Lulz.
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I love the contacts app for touchwiz, sliding left or right to send messages or call, easier then opening the contact then clicking call or message (because you dont have to open it, less to load, less time wasted).
I think touch wiz is pretty. i love the dialer as well. surprised no one ported it yet
Touchwiz is great. Some people hate the launcher and are misinformed to think the launcher is what lagged out the vibrant. My kb5 vibrant with touchwiz runs great...I love all of the touchwiz features.
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allthrottle said:
Touchwiz is great. Some people hate the launcher and are misinformed to think the launcher is what lagged out the vibrant. My kb5 vibrant with touchwiz runs great...I love all of the touchwiz features.
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Lol I know. Samsung needs to learn how to use proper file systems and they would be alot better off. They finally did with the vibrant 4g, too bad there is ZERO dev interest. I actually owned it for awhile till I realized it was never gonna go anywhere. They barely have a half broken clockwork mod that has not been updated since 4/24 or even a much as an update from the dev about what is going on. Makes me EXTREMELY thankful for our wonderful community.
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xsteven77x said:
Lol I know. Samsung needs to learn how to use proper file systems and they would be alot better off. They finally did with the vibrant 4g, too bad there is ZERO dev interest. I actually owned it for awhile till I realized it was never gonna go anywhere. They barely have a half broken clockwork mod that has not been updated since 4/24 or even a much as an update from the dev about what is going on. Makes me EXTREMELY thankful for our wonderful community.
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It just came too late, unfortunately.
Ive hated motorola since I had the abomination that was the rokr. theyre phones have always screwed me over sooner or later on the software side, but this phone is calling to me.. its nice.. idk I think there's something wrong with me. I wouldnt get it over the gs2... but id definitely consider it. What do you guys think?
Hey I dont like motorola also!! But the photon looks like it kicks ass. i would consider it but my upgrades not till may and they're gonna have a better phone by then...
Sywped from mah Supasonic!
I'm getting it I never want another Samsung phone unless the dev community is past amazing
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I would not get it. The community is so anti development!!!!
jamice4u said:
I would not get it. The community is so anti development!!!!
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Moto dont have good dev community?
I was thinking that droids get alot of roms and cyanogens.Its probably just for their latest locked down phones.Have Atrix been rooted yet?
i dont like moto eather but Atrix was nice and screen on it almost as nice as my s amoled
To me, it just seems pretty basic. Not really feature packed.
hayabusa1300cc said:
To me, it just seems pretty basic. Not really feature packed.
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That statement right there means you need to go into a store and play with one. It has a ton of features built in.
@OP: I share your exact same sentiment. I'm waiting for the within, and I hate motorola, but this phone is definitely enticing me. I feel like I'm under some sort of spell lol. The webtop alone is enough for me to consider it. It would be so nice to just throw it on the dock when I get home and fire up netflix or hulu. And have all my texts come through my tv. Ugh...its so tempting.
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That statement right there means you need to go into a store and play with one. It has a ton of features built in.
@OP: I share your exact same sentiment. I'm waiting for the within, and I hate motorola, but this phone is definitely enticing me. I feel like I'm under some sort of spell lol. The webtop alone is enough for me to consider it. It would be so nice to just throw it on the dock when I get home and fire up netflix or hulu. And have all my texts come through my tv. Ugh...its so tempting.
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EXACTLY!!! The features on the photon are killer! WORLD PHONE?? GSM? The more I think about it lol
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Feels laggy, specially for being a dual core processor device. Screen is pretty good, nothing to write home about though sadly. Just using it for half hour made me appreciate my nexus way more, I wouldn't grtbit unless iI knew dev community was huge and custom roms were outout
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The only interesting thing for me is has a sim slot, but nothing else to brag about.
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There isn't that's the thing lol other than the docking features and a few other things there's really nothing amazing about it.. but it still appeals to be for some huge reason. When the time comes to upgrade I'm gonna play with the photon first, then the within.
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Will continue to wait it out for the GS2
Honestly were at the point there's nothing huge about any phone that comes out
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afive720 said:
Feels laggy, specially for being a dual core processor device. Screen is pretty good, nothing to write home about though sadly. Just using it for half hour made me appreciate my nexus way more, I wouldn't grtbit unless iI knew dev community was huge and custom roms were outout
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They say it is Moto Blur that causes the Motorola devices to be laggy. Which is 100% true. Look at the Atrix
Korey_Nicholson said:
They say it is Moto Blur that causes the Motorola devices to be laggy. Which is 100% true. Look at the Atrix
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Yea it's the ui install another launcher and you'll see
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MOTO has always had horrible UI's. That was true even for their basic flip phones. I had the MOTO KRKZR years ago with Sprint... and the lag was awful.
I just felt like complaining a little and wanted to know if anyone else is annoyed with the new version of the market. The ui took a little getting use to, but my biggest complaint is how screwed up the reviews of apps are. The most recent are not at the top like they use to be. Now its a mix of anything from a week to a year old. We can't make a decision about an app based on reviews of versions that are outdated. Sorry, just had to vent.
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Nope I love it, it's the bees knees.. :-*
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I hate the fact that it will show an update is available for the app however, unless you have multiple and can therefore click "update all", you have to wait at least an hour or two to select update.
Indeed. The reviews are the only thing I'm not liking. It doesn't even make sense. I like checking the mentions when an app gets an update and this totally kills it. There is no structure / reason to it.
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Idk I still have the old market
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patrick0823 said:
Idk I still have the old market
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Same here...goooooo CM7.
CM7 here too ... new Market got bumped over a couple days ago. I love the new look, but the ass backward reviews are ridiculous and rage inducing.
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I hate the fact text and background color is so similar. Also stars are gray on a light gray background, makes it look like theyre missing. Make em gold like they use to be.
Not impressed too much by it.
They must've fixed the reviews, now I see the most recent ones first and in order
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It's fine; I have no issues with the new market and like the look better than the old market. Other than that, it is the venue through which I get apps on my phone so in that respect it has not changed for me.
metalfan78 said:
They must've fixed the reviews, now I see the most recent ones first and in order
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Yes! Nice to see. All is well.
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Yes it's been fixed and I love this new market entirely better than the old version
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Im definitely happy with it now. Now they need to add a music section, that would be sweeter.
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How do I get the new market. I'm not rooted and I'm in Phoenix, Az.
I'm not rooted either here in jacksonville fl still the same old market
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patrick0823 said:
I'm not rooted either here in jacksonville fl still the same old market
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/android-applications/102677-new-android-market-apk-here.html
I thought this was an OTA update, do we need to load the .apk file to get the update, or is pushed OTA
You don't need to be rooted. Just put it on your SD card and use a file manager to install it.
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Invisibility said:
You don't need to be rooted. Just put it on your SD card and use a file manager to install it.
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I guess my post should have been clarified, the only way to get the update is to load the .apk file. There is no OTA push for this new market
I think its gorgeous
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