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Been looking at the Evo 3D...and it looks pretty cool. But there is just something about it that doesnt appeal to me. I think I might wait for the Galaxy SII to drop!
Ya I loved everything about the phone until I saw the 2d-3d toggle switch next to the camera button... not sexy.. I figured that the setting for that would be a widget just like everything else on the phone... makes it look cheap.. oh well I guess ill be walking around with the cheap ugly thing soon enough though! ;-)
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Ill wait for the galaxy s2 as well; I long for the day where TouchWiz is smooth, kuz its not really a bad concept...just choppy
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EVO 3D for me!
I'm happy with my Epic, I'll upgrade once there's a SAMOLED Galaxy S2 3D
Been burned too many times by samsung, never again. But not doing evo 3d either.
Looks to me like 3D might finally take off. But I'm not downgrading from SuperAmoled to dim looking LCD. I might consider getting a new phone when Samsung comes out with a Galaxy 3D LTE [since wimax is in the brinks of it's final days]- with a Qwerty keyboard.
Waiting for physical keyboard.
Truthfully for me if the epic gets the real stock up date soon I'll stay with it.
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Neither
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I'll get what ever the best phone is at the time of my upgrade. If I don't think one is better than my epic I'll wait until there is one.
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Waiting for the Nexus S 4g
What are the specs for GSII?
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Nexus for me likely.
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I could care less about 3D. I'll wait until my upgrade rolls around or something really blows me away before I start considering another phone. Nice to see sprint is finally beefing up their phone lineup to an acceptable level compared to the competition.
When HTC/Moto comes out with a brilliant screen like the Galaxy S/Iphone then I'll be picking that up.
Never going Samsung again.
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Ya I loved everything about the phone until I saw the 2d-3d toggle switch next to the camera button... not sexy.. I figured that the setting for that would be a widget just like everything else on the phone... makes it look cheap.. oh well I guess ill be walking around with the cheap ugly thing soon enough though! ;-)
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The switch is for 2d/3d camera, not the screen itself..that's controlled within the settings.
Either way, not for me..3d is too much of a gimmick and I'll wait it out a bit.
I am going back to htc. Dunno about the evo 3d tho next phone shpukd be out in another 6 months right
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When.is evo3d coming out?
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When.is evo3d coming out?
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Summer 2011
Does anybody want to trade their Nexus S 4G for an Evo 4G? Thought I would ask...gf likes the nexus better because it's smaller. Evo is mint btw.
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What color?
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What color?
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Black. It is in mint condition.
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Black. It is in mint condition.
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I've heard that before... the next morning I woke up without a kidney. -.-
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You would have to be crazy to trade a nexus s for an Evo.
Well I'm hoping to meet a crazy person.
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As much as I love my NS4G, I would be willing to trade it for a EVO in a few months, based on these things:
If there isnt any sort of update to address reception issues.
If the Photon's bootloader is locked
How many issues the 3D ends up having.
I obviously dont want to take a step back going to the EVO, but I really dont want to be stuck with a POS either. I have a sprint tower a few blocks from my house and have to have my airave plugged in for my phone to work in my house. Thats unacceptable. I was a little more ok with it a few weeks ago when I figured an update would be right around the corner. Every day that goes by makes me doubt that it is anything an update can fix. I really want the Photon, I love Moto devices. I had the Droid 2 and the Droid X and both were very solid phones with great radios and battery life. I expect more of the same from the Photon. But if its locked I dont think it will work for me. The 3D will be a buggy device for quite a while and I dont really want to deal with that, I just sold my Thunderbolt because of the issues it had.
I guess my point is to be patient, someone will want to make that trade eventually, maybe with some cash included also
A tree took my cable wire out yesterday. I had no internet, so no airave. Well, my NS4G was completely useless til they came and fixed the internet. I had to sit outside to use the phone. Wouldn't even send a text.
You sure you want this phone?
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I too have noticed slightly lower signal reception... however at work I would be stuck on 1x or no service on my EVO... with the NS4G I always have service, even if it's roaming.
Yea, don't get me wrong, I live in a basement apartment so every phone sucks down here. But I didn't have the airave til about a week before I got my NS4G and my Evo and epic both worked, the Evo better than the epic. NS4G won't work at all down here. I left for work this morning and got flooded with emails and text messages that weren't coming through because I had no service.
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I too have noticed slightly lower signal reception... however at work I would be stuck on 1x or no service on my EVO... with the NS4G I always have service, even if it's roaming.
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Is the epic 4g going be the last smartphone with a full keyboard? I was kinda excited about the new epic 4g touch but without a keyboard I can't see myself getting it. A touch screen keyboard can never fully replace a real keyboard. I'm really hoping we a epic 4g 2 or a epic 3d.
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I'm sure some manufacturer will make another keyboard phone. That's the beauty of Android, you can have different phone choices to satisfy a market niche.
Other than that, there's always Blackberry.
Nvm /10char
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I wouldn't say it would be the last keyboard smartphone, Sprint has the Photon which has a keyboard,so if people wanted a newer keyboard smartphone they could get that.
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The photon? This is the first I've heard of this phone. Who makes it and what are the specs?
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It's made by Motorola and here are some specs for it.
http://m.cnet.com/CReviews_Review.r...a-photon-4g-sprint/4505-6452_7-34830808.html?
Edit: some pics too
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Motorola-PHOTON-4G-Review_id2797
My fault, there's no slide-out keyboard
Ok, unless i'm mistaken (and please prove me wrong) the Photon does NOT have a slide out keyboard like the Epic. The only keyboard the Photon has is the webtop dock, something very few people would take advantage of...
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Ok, unless i'm mistaken (and please prove me wrong) the Photon does NOT have a slide out keyboard like the Epic. The only keyboard the Photon has is the webtop dock, something very few people would take advantage of...
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Oops you're right I was thinking about another phone when the Photon came to mind
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Ok, unless i'm mistaken (and please prove me wrong) the Photon does NOT have a slide out keyboard like the Epic. The only keyboard the Photon has is the webtop dock, something very few people would take advantage of...
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It don't have a slide out keyboard just seen a few reviews on youtube. I guess the epic is the last slide out keyboard phone. Well I guess no upgrade for me
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Oops you're right I was thinking about another phone when the Photon came to mind
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What phone was you thinking of?
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lol how can you assume it will be the last slide-out android phone?? they're still making them for other carriers, just not Sprint. But not much has come out yet for Sprint since the Epic, except for the Evo 3d. But I know they are coming out with the Droid 3 on Verizon, which has a slide-out. Don't give up hope. The true Epic upgrade will arrive someday. Let's hope with at least a 1.5Ghz processor and a LOT more internal memory and RAM.
EDIT: LG Optimus SLider is coming out this month for Sprint. SPH-M930 (slider) coming out in October.
Yea' I was thinking about the droid 3 then the photon commercial came on.
They cycle the releases of phones with kb and no kb to maximize sales. So don't worry in a few months there will be another samsung phone with a kb. I'm the same way I will not get a phone without a kb again
Rumor has it that an Epic 2 is coming out
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I sure hope they continue the epic line with keyboards....the new one coming has no keyboard...but its called epic touch, so maybe they will go with a keyboard on the actual epic 2
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Yup, I like my phones with spring slide out kb. I dont ever use it but I love mocking the isheeps with its slide out noise. Ohhh yes.
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Same here... a smartphone without a keyboard is like a smartphone with only a 2g radio. Oh wait...apple already did that in 2007
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They cycle the releases of phones with kb and no kb to maximize sales. So don't worry in a few months there will be another samsung phone with a kb. I'm the same way I will not get a phone without a kb again
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Never again. This phone was the reason I traded my evo last year
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I hope they come out with a new phone with a hardware keyboard before my next upgrade (march 2012).... I'll be waiting, epic in hand...
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Never again. This phone was the reason I traded my evo last year
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Night and day between htc devices vs. samsung devices huh? Chrome dont peel on samsung. Screen actually last a full year without some weird shat like ghostly white dots with baby half bread cousin. Or just having the lcs crap out on the 31st day of purchase only to gave the CS repair boon give you a refurbished replacement. Or have a gpu with a hyper fance code,name that actually is the opposite of its true nature. (snapdragon = snapsnail). Yeah. Htc... Good job yu POS!
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Night and day between htc devices vs. samsung devices huh? Chrome dont peel on samsung. Screen actually last a full year without some weird shat like ghostly white dots with baby half bread cousin. Or just having the lcs crap out on the 31st day of purchase only to gave the CS repair boon give you a refurbished replacement. Or have a gpu with a hyper fance code,name that actually is the opposite of its true nature. (snapdragon = snapsnail). Yeah. Htc... Good job yu POS!
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Care to explain what you are trolling about? I love my epic
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http://www.technobuffalo.com/compan...es-goodbye-to-samsung-epic-4g-and-conquer-4g/
That's too bad. Its not eol in my book will always be a kick ass phone.
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Haha! That means SGS3 slider for Sprint!!!
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I'm only concerned when we get sent to the legacy device forum.
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Haha! That means SGS3 slider for Sprint!!!
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My thought exactly .... ( hopefully )
Well ill actually get wimax 4g when I go to philly this year, so even if the sgs3 is a slider, I definitely won't switch this year.
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Haha! That means SGS3 slider for Sprint!!!
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I hope
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I'm only concerned when we get sent to the legacy device forum.
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I LOL'd
One of the best phones Sprint has ever had...
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One of the best phones Sprint has ever had...
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It was my first Sprint phone... does this mean it will be all down hill from here?
I hope not... lol
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Hmmmm, fry the board and get a so called "upgrade" or just keep my tried and true epic until my next official upgrade. Decisions decisions.
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........been a good run, yet it's not over til it's over.......oh, there goes the back-lit keyboard light!.......JK
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Was tryna a few things with the parts of the 2phones I had. Then realised something n I got 2 new/refurbd epics for the return of 1 yesterday n 2day...didn't wana do it to them butthey owed me for a claim I didn't need to make with asurion in nov. So sprint were kinda even (not really). But they should last until or pay for my next upgrade
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hmm was it SRF 1.1 with vision kernel 1.0 that had a nice time bricking epics? i think mine lasted about a week on that kernel because of the ram under volts or something. i just got my epic replaced a week ago though, so i cant get this one replaced for a little bit. but it loves cm9. (it didnt have to get replaced for software reasons, it had some water damage about a year ago that i didnt really worry about, but the microphone was toasted, so i had to yell for anyone to hear me. but it got replaced as just having a bad mic. =) )
edit: was it VisionKernel 1.2 or Twilight Kernel 1.0.2? both were removed i cant remember which one it was though, but it took about 2 weeks and then it was bricked.
saw this in the comments thread... that would be areal bummer, IMO
Nah the Epic replacement is that new LG slider that just leaked. The 4" dual core 1.2 GHz one.
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hmm was it SRF 1.1 with vision kernel 1.0 that had a nice time bricking epics? i think mine lasted about a week on that kernel because of the ram under volts or something. i just got my epic replaced a week ago though, so i cant get this one replaced for a little bit. but it loves cm9. (it didnt have to get replaced for software reasons, it had some water damage about a year ago that i didnt really worry about, but the microphone was toasted, so i had to yell for anyone to hear me. but it got replaced as just having a bad mic. =) )
edit: was it VisionKernel 1.2 or Twilight Kernel 1.0.2? both were removed i cant remember which one it was though, but it took about 2 weeks and then it was bricked.
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I think it was 1.2 I was so new then that I stuck with SRF 1.1 and Vision 1.0 and left well enough alone then got comfy with flashing and sorts. SRF was my first ROM.
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saw this in the comments thread... that would be areal bummer, IMO
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That would SUCK! Would mean I would have to get one of these for the wife. Then I am going to stick with Sammy but might go with GNex if I don't like the specs of the "GS3"
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It was my first Sprint phone... does this mean it will be all down hill from here?
I hope not... lol
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Same here this is my first Sprint phone.
EDIT: The funny thing is they are still asking 99 bucks for on contract for this phone. At least at the store I was in last weekend.
Does this mean supply of og epic will be dwindling? What about warranty replacement? Will they go with epictouch?
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hmm was it SRF 1.1 with vision kernel 1.0 that had a nice time bricking epics? i think mine lasted about a week on that kernel because of the ram under volts or something. i just got my epic replaced a week ago though, so i cant get this one replaced for a little bit. but it loves cm9. (it didnt have to get replaced for software reasons, it had some water damage about a year ago that i didnt really worry about, but the microphone was toasted, so i had to yell for anyone to hear me. but it got replaced as just having a bad mic. =) )
edit: was it VisionKernel 1.2 or Twilight Kernel 1.0.2? both were removed i cant remember which one it was though, but it took about 2 weeks and then it was bricked.
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I don't want to start a whole arguement as it already had long time ago. But I never had problems with my Epic and he did warn everyone just like your supposed to say in the OP before flashing anything.
My Epic had no issues with any of his kernels not to mention it was the best for my phone. I mean I could Undervolt that sucker big time. For ex. 100 MHz was Uv'ed down to 450mV and still worked running that low.
Vision 1.2 ran on my phone for more than 2 weeks and still had no problems.
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Nearly 2 years before going EOL, not bad at all....
Even if you have to have a DHRP ordered for you by a Sprint S&R store or one of their ASCs, it'll be quite awhile before Sprint runs out of refurbished Samsung Epic 4Gs as replacements. Part of the reason they have an abundant supply of refurbished handsets people is because Sprint is proactive in their corporate retail stores to have their L/RCs buy back customers D700s for credit during a handset upgrade. They've been doing the same thing with the HTC EVO 4G, EVO 3D as well as the EVO Shift 4G, all frequent handsets showing up for repair in the S&R and ASCs.
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I loved both of those kernels, they were fast as hell. And I wasn't really worried when my phone bricked, as I had insurance lol. I also had backups, so I didn't lose much. I was actually jokingly making a suggestion for getting phones replaced through TEP using the kernel that bricked phones. I don't remember which one it was for sure though, but there was a massive thread about it back in the day, and the cause of the bricks was too much RAM under voltage for some of our phones. But I still went back to that kernel when I got my new phone, just not that version of it lol
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I got my replacement Epic after true bricking the other. After two years with this phone my first true brick. Even Sprint couldn't Odin it.
Anyways, maybe its my imagination, but the modem and wi-fi seem stronger, and it seems quicker? Is it possible the rev'd the hardware in this? Probably not, but don't ruin it for me.
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I am probably completely wrong about this but I feel like phones start to slow down over time. I had an Evo 4G that I constantly flashed new ROMs onto and over time it started to get really sluggish. I went back to my go to smooth and stable ROMs and even those did the Evo no justice. I have a friend that says it's exactly the same with his HTC Inspire.
This is exactly how I felt about my Samsung epic 4g. It felt as if the hardware wore out, (particularly the hard drive) due to dozens, maybe hundreds of flashes.
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I am probably completely wrong about this but I feel like phones start to slow down over time. I had an Evo 4G that I constantly flashed new ROMs onto and over time it started to get really sluggish. I went back to my go to smooth and stable ROMs and even those did the Evo no justice. I have a friend that says it's exactly the same with his HTC Inspire.
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+1 I just got a replacement Epic yesterday and it do seem a lot faster...
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I've been really impressed with it. I also didn't realize how loose the hinge for the keyboard had become, nice and tight now.
I don't think I will need to upgrade anytime soon.
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I've been really impressed with it. I also didn't realize how loose the hinge for the keyboard had become, nice and tight now.
I don't think I will need to upgrade anytime soon.
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My replacement has a loose keyboard hinge.....smh...But my old one didn't....Should I get my new one replaced....? Or will Sprint do anything....
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My replacement has a loose keyboard hinge.....smh...But my old one didn't....Should I get my new one replaced....? Or will Sprint do anything....
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I would definitely bring it in... if you have TEP they will fix it for free...
Nah, its just two different phones. My wife's Epic has always had a faster radio than mine. Your new one is probably faster than the old one.
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