Related
Im looking at a legend to replace my ominia 2 (crap pone) in my opinion. And was trying to get a general feel for how ppl feel about it.
Im interested in seeing anything you've all got to say thanks in advance
based on my experience, legend is a good upgrade from my previous hero. i really like it, its very smooth and easy to use, since you came from omnia2, try the desire as well. they have the same screen size, resolution and screen. if you have money and want to replace your omnia2, desire is a better replacement. but i prefer the build quality of legend over the desire.
I have bought Desire for me, Hero for my bro...and...a very good friend of mine has a Legend...
The best choices for android phones will be desire and legend.
Legend's hardware is somehow weaker than Desire but it has better looks and uni-aluminium-body.
Desire has more powerful hardware but way uglier compared to Legend and has only plastic body.
I found it also hard to decide Legend or Desire, but finally I have decided to choose hardware over looks.
I recommend you to choose either Legend or Desire, it depends on how you will look at the phone...looks or performance....
Both of them are very recommendable to buy!
BTW : In my opinion, Legend does have better looks than Desire.
same here. i was suppose to buy desire but i got turned off due to its color and build. i have an hd2 and that is really business phone so i went for the legend due to its build quality. but desire has better specs and screen. so its really up to you.
I would definitely recommend Android.
I would not recommend Legend because of its poor reception quality and certain firmware bugs.
If I had to buy myself a phone now, I would probably go pure Android route - Nexus One or Motorola-sans-Blur.
Frankly speaking, though, I think there's currently no winner Android phone on the market - all have some quality issues or ugly custom interfaces.
As others have mentioned reception is not great. Where I live in Canada I had great reception on my BB Bold9000, however the legend is definitely lacking. I am also currently 8 feet from my WiFi and it only gets one or two bars... odd.
That being said, amazing build quality is part of the reason I was sold. Very snappy phone, although with a 600 mhz processor I was expecting lad especially with sense and have none.
I should mention GPS is very fast, at least for me.
I can only imagine the forthcoming Froyo update will help matters....
-------------------------------------
Sent via the XDA Tapatalk App
Frankly, i would not recommend this phone to ppl tht are 'adventurous' in delving deep into android. Yup, the body is great, the app is snappy, size is just right (atleast for me) for me to flip it around in one hand BUT the buttons CAN'T make it. The Power button, the Back button, Home button are just pure mechanical buttons and often needed to be use to navigate around. My Back button already sink down after just 2 month of usage. Do consider capacitive buttons phone.
Go desire, I had it 4 one weekend and it's the best phone I ever had, I hardly use my iPod Touch now. I also considered the legend but I like the style and the performance, even 4 reception, of the desire, better than the legend. And IMHO because it has better hardware it will last longer, and you'll be able to get more upgrades. Go desire, for less than 100€ more than the legend, I've got a phone which eats iPhones for breakfast ;-)
-------------------------------------
Sent via the XDA App by HTC Desire
Its not worth 390€
I bought the Legend over 2 moths ago, and Im not satisfied.
The screen is not good outdoor. With black background wallpaper (to save battey life) I cant see icons. All I can see is just my fingerprints.
The battery is very poor. I have to charge my phone every 1-2days.
Cell reception isn't good either.
IMO right now theres no good phone on the market with the same size and OS.
I recommend you to wait 2-3 moths for someting better or wait until the price will drop to 300€ (if its possible)
raf2k said:
I bought the Legend over 2 moths ago, and Im not satisfied.
The screen is not good outdoor. With black background wallpaper (to save battey life) I cant see icons. All I can see is just my fingerprints.
The battery is very poor. I have to charge my phone every 1-2days.
Cell reception isn't good either.
IMO right now theres no good phone on the market with the same size and OS.
I recommend you to wait 2-3 moths for someting better or wait until the price will drop to 300€ (if its possible)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i recommend you go to settings>sound & display>brightness and select Automatic brightness when outdorrs . this will change hhow it looks dramatically .
never had a problem with wallpaper affecting battery life .
the batteyr you would consider poor charging ever 1 to 2 days . compared to most phones out there the others need to be charged 1-2 times a day or on a continous charging plan .
call reception . i havent had a problem AT ALL not one dropped call or static / fuzzy sounding call . clear and sweet .
to the OP'er .
this phone is by far the ebst mobile i have ever had in my pocket .
in the last 6 months i hahve had the iphone , HD2 and now the Legend .
i love it and wouldnt trade it for anything at the moment .
but again . this is my opinion .
I recently weighed up the Desire/N1/Legend and I chose the legend for the following reasons:
I prefer the smaller screen size/smaller form factor. The Legend feels way more robust than the plastic desire/N1.
I get 2~3 days battery life on my Legend with my typical (albeit low) usage pattern.
In terms of speed, the Legend is quite quick and responsive, way better than my Voda Magic. I understand that the N1/Desire with the snapdragon will be potentially faster dealing with more apps at one time? But browsing the web etc, is more than fast enough, on wifi pages load in a second or two etc.
I bought the Legend over 2 moths ago, and Im not satisfied.
The screen is not good outdoor. With black background wallpaper (to save battey life) I cant see icons. All I can see is just my fingerprints.
The battery is very poor. I have to charge my phone every 1-2days.
Cell reception isn't good either.
IMO right now theres no good phone on the market with the same size and OS.
I recommend you to wait 2-3 moths for someting better or wait until the price will drop to 300€ (if its possible)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
AMOLED screens are typically bad outdoors although I have not had any particularly bad experiences with this. So that is a valid complaint although everysingle review I read before I bought mine mentioned this so it is well documented.
Having a black wallpaper will not affect battery life either way. The screen is covered with glass so finger prints could be an issue though, again when my screen is on, I can't see any finger prints.
My legend doesn't get worse reception than my magic did, if anything it gets better reception but that is just my experience.
Phone manufacturers are almost unanimously moving towards larger 4" + screen phones so waiting 2-3 months will probably not help.
ve. said:
Having a black wallpaper will not affect battery life either way. The screen is covered with glass so finger prints could be an issue though, again when my screen is on, I can't see any finger prints.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
A black wallpaper affects batter life a lot.
You can read about it on swedroid
http://www.swedroid.se/batteritid-del-2-processorbelastning-och-skarmens-ljusstyrka
With a black wallpaper and 100% brightness the HTC desire's battery life was 15h 29m.
With a white wallpaper it was only 2h 57m.
It affects only AMOLED screens.
Thanks for the opinions guys, I ended up buying a legend and love it now. Just need to unload the 600$ paperweight that is my onmia II
raf2k said:
A black wallpaper affects batter life a lot.
You can read about it on swedroid
http://www.swedroid.se/batteritid-del-2-processorbelastning-och-skarmens-ljusstyrka
With a black wallpaper and 100% brightness the HTC desire's battery life was 15h 29m.
With a white wallpaper it was only 2h 57m.
It affects only AMOLED screens.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the link, I had heard similar rumors about my old HTC elf (obviously the elf does not have an amoled screen)which were debunked but I see I have been hasty in dismissing this. Now I just need to find version in english.
Also, maybe it's just me, but if I turn my legend's screen brightness up to 100%, it's so bright it hurts my eyes. I usually have it set just above the minimum setting or on Auto which is not so bad most of the time.
The best phone ive used (My first android) I already had topmodels from nokia s60,samsung s60, wm mobile, iphone 3gs and so on the legend rocks
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App
Hammanu said:
Thanks for the opinions guys, I ended up buying a legend and love it now. Just need to unload the 600$ paperweight that is my onmia II
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Congratulations!! It is a great phone!!
I posted this in my ROM thread but thought it may be worth moving it to the General section, as I've noticed users asking what the SGS2 is like coming from the DHD.
These are just some initial thoughts, but feel free to ask me anything about the phone that would influence your decision. Just to be clear, don't turn the thread into a Sensation vs SGS2 thread please!! That said, I have had a good play with the Sensation so can answer some questions about it.
Being a HTC Fan for the best part of a decade, I was apprehensive of making the move to Samsung. Their previous Android offerings all had major flaws and didn't cut it for me. I used to laugh at the original SGS with it's lag/GPS/lack of camera flash issues. I upgrade my phones often and naturally assumed that my next phone would be the Sensation but the whole issue with the bootloader turned my head. Even though HTC have now backtracked, I'm grateful they turned my head because the SGS2 is unbelievably good!
The battery life is a major improvement, with similar usage I now find myself with 20-30% more battery at the end of the day and no longer dread the "15% Remaining" notification.
Although my N1 is an AMOLED model, nothing prepared me for the SAMOLED+ which is just unbelievable. The blacks, colours and clarity are on another level and I know I will really struggle going back to LCD after seeing this.
The speed of the device is just insane. Coming from the N1 to DHD, there wasn't any major improvements in speed as such, just the bigger screen. You'd think that it wouldn't be very noticeable coming from a 1.3Ghz OC DHD to SGS2 but side by side, the SGS2 just chews through everything almost 2x as fast. The browser, as many have shown is buttery smooth and makes for an awesome browsing experience.
The camera is much better and the 1080p recording looks stunning on my 42" 1080p TV with the increased bitrate mod. The main improvement is in low light conditions where the DHD would always give grainy distorted images and videos. I can actually leave my digicam at home now and use the phone for most of my quick picture taking.
Build quality is awesome. People always say that it feels cheap and plastic, but if you are like me and use a case, it "feels" the same just so much lighter. I can now read longer in bed and watch videos without feeling my arm aching! My DHD used to creak slightly when pressing on the touchscreen (the SIM cover) and I have no problems like this and don't forsee any the way the phone is built.
Sound quality through headphones is not as good as the DHD which is a shame. I've had to fiddle with DSPManager and PowerAmp to make it sound good. The stock player sounds horrible and the included 5.1 mode is garbage. I can cope now with my adjustments but really I was disappointed with this. The speaker is much better though and is much clearer than the DHD, so voices are easier to hear on podcasts and radio.
TouchWiz is rubbish. They may have improved it but I HATE the iPhone wannabe look and although I tried my best to use it, I had LP back up and running after an hour or two. I prefer stock Android anyway but can use Sense if I had to. I cannot use TouchWiz.
Phonecall quality is OK. Sounded slightly better on DHD, but people can hear me clearer on the GS2. They sometimes think I have hung up because the line is so clear from background noise.
Overall I can't recommend the phone enough to any DHD users who are not reliant on SENSE UI and want to upgrade to Dual Core.
Regards.
Thanks for the insights d00d, but you really can't compare two phones one with a single core processor and the other a dual core processor in terms of functionality, speed, lag/response. I tried the SGS2 myself on a Vmobile stand in a mall and I'd prefer the matte finish of the DHD over the somehow iphone 3G-ish gloss curved plastic finish for it's case. I'm just waiting for a GSM 3D phone and my brand of choice would be HTC.
plskillme said:
Thanks for the insights d00d, but you really can't compare two phones one with a single core processor and the other a dual core processor in terms of functionality, speed, lag/response. I tried the SGS2 myself on a Vmobile stand in a mall and I'd prefer the matte finish of the DHD over the somehow iphone 3G-ish gloss curved plastic finish for it's case. I'm just waiting for a GSM 3D phone and my brand of choice would be HTC.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not trying to compare them head to head. This is more of an experiential viewpoint having used both phones and hopefully will help those considering the SGS2 as an upgrade from the DHD.
Regards.
Dude,I made the move just yesterday,and it feels like you've been in my head these two days.I can't stand the abscense of Sense.I'm so used to it that it feels so strange without it,it's like using another OS.All the other stuff though...What can I say?The phone's like a dream come true.
On a side note,Thursday night my DHD works like a charm as always.Fast,smooth and stable.Friday morning,after the call that informed me my GS2 was here,the DHD started behaving strangely.It lags like hell,it's slow and gives random reboots.Perhaps my DHD wasn't the best for overclocking as it couldn't handle 2GHz,but it felt jealous!How advanced is that?
How's the battery life? This is a big issue for me.
Thanks buddy for the comparison. From your insights I won't be upgrading then; due to the sound effects. I very much love the dolby effects, which I would miss in the S2........
Denny
sent from my Beloved Desire HD with ARHD using xda app
How about the white color on the SGS 2? It seems to me that white on Sgs 2 is blueish!
Personally I don't like Super, mega, extra, amoled because of the unnatural colors.
Meatboy42 said:
How's the battery life? This is a big issue for me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Battery life is great! While calibrating (first few cycles) it was draining quite fast when in use, but now I am calibrated I find it great. Obviously coming from the DHD, anything would seem better, but I still have a N1 and it outperforms that. The biggest differences I notice are when playing music it hardly moves, I still lose similar to standby drain (-1%-2% per hour) which is mind boggling. That said, super intensive use with lots of white backgrounds (think web browsing on 3G) can drain the battery quickly but yesterday I absolutely hammered the phone with YouTube, Music, Calls, Browsing etc and even after 17hours I was still in double figures (albeit at 10%). DHD would have been dead after 13-14 with similar usage.
vicedens2002 said:
Thanks buddy for the comparison. From your insights I won't be upgrading then; due to the sound effects. I very much love the dolby effects, which I would miss in the S2........
Denny
sent from my Beloved Desire HD with ARHD using xda app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeh, coming from the DHD it was the first thing I noticed. There is a big thread in the SGS2 section started by supercurio, the developer of the Voodoo sound mod on the original SGS, where he analysed the hardware and came to the conclusion that the DAC performed poorly. I was reading this before I got the handset and was wondering could it be that bad? It isn't terrible but it's not great either. After combining PowerAmp and DSP Manager it now sounds much better and because my ears have adjusted i'm quite happy. I would say if DHD was 9/10 the SGS2 is a 7.5/10 for music. If SQ is SUPER important, I mean you one of these people with a full flac music collection and £100 headphones, then I don't think this phone is for you (Sensation is supposed to be good for SQ). The stock player sounds HORRENDOUS.
stylus1828 said:
How about the white color on the SGS 2? It seems to me that white on Sgs 2 is blueish!
Personally I don't like Super, mega, extra, amoled because of the unnatural colors.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The whites are good, but I guess they are blueish whites. You only really notice this from an angle when the tint becomes apparent. Otherwise the whites are simply brilliant and eye burning bright! The colours can be unnatural at times, but that in a way is the appeal of the SAMOLED+. I understand on a PC monitor when you may be doing graphic and digital image work that having natural colours is important, but on a phone I really appreciate the pop and brilliance of the display. Don't take Youtube videos as a gauge of how the screen looks because to the naked eye, it simply looks AMAZING! As soon as I turned the phone on it was a jaw dropping moment. Unfortunately there is slight banding on some gradients but this is minor and doesn't take anything away from this awesome screen.
Regards.
Thanks for the replay! Why didn't you get the HTC Sensation because the bootloader will be unlocked?!
stylus1828 said:
Thanks for the replay! Why didn't you get the HTC Sensation because the bootloader will be unlocked?!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's pretty relative pal.They can unlock the bootloader,but don't think they'll make our lives THAT much easy.Nand-locks and stuff like that will almost surely be there.I hope not though!Not that I'll buy the Sensation,but I will probably be buying HTC again in the future(old habits die hard,don't they? ) and their policies probably won't change.
I have to admit though,messing with the Galaxy S 2 is easy as pie.Once you get the hang of it it's much easier than any HTC I've owned.
As a long time DHD owner and a previous SGS owner, I bought the SGS2 few days ago. Some quick thoughts:
1. I'm quite critical to build quality and I couldn't stand original SGS display bezel and back cover getting loose. Ok, why even consider SGS2 then? Well, I kind of fell in love for Case-Mate Tough case, and I'm happy with it after using it for a day.
Some quick notes about SGS2 build quality in general, display bezel seems very solid and since back cover only covers the back area of the phone (unlike SGS where the back cover went all the way to sides of the phone), and this is a good thing. It seems to be very tightly attached to the body and it has more snaps that attach than original SGS.
Back cover can be pressed a bit down and it makes a little click under camera module. But these are not an issue for me as I got the case on mine.
2. The main reason I bought it, SAMOLED+ display. Okay, first boot and I immediately noticed white is not very good white. It's blueish. I've already used to that, but that's just something that immediately jumped on me after looking at white with DHD LCD display.
Otherwise, viewing angle is awesome, but that doesn't matter much to me as I tend to look at my phone in the front.
Overall of course all the colors are very good looking and sharp. All in all I maybe expected a bit more, but I'm definitely happy with it. But I feel that moving back to DHD LCD display would not be such a big deal that I thought if I had to do that.
3. The physical home-button makes quite loud click when pressed, I'm not a big fan of it.
4. Now here's why I'm having serious second thoughts about having this device: ROM support. My main grudge of course is that there is no CM7 for SGS2 yet. I have to say that I REALLY REALLY, I mean REAAALLY miss CM7. *sigh* It's until now that I'm using Samsung's customized Android, I realize how much I miss massive number of features available in CyanogenMod.
Another thing is that as far as I can see, there is no official CWM support for SGS2, and currently users use a customized version by Chainfire. It's ok though, as long as it works.
All in all my general feelings about the phone itself is good, I like many things over DHD such as improved taking camera photos speed, camera picture quality seems a bit better and ADW screen transitions and 4D drawer runs smoother than on my DHD. But the more I use SGS2, the more I miss my DHD running CM7....
I know, my complaints are mainly related to CM7 not being available on SGS2 so it's pretty subjective view. I also know atinm and Teamhacksung is working on CM7 on SGS2, but I have no idea when it'll be ready. CyanogenMod is just that awesome.
Doesn't CM7 have massive battery issues on the DHD though?
Meatboy42 said:
Doesn't CM7 have massive battery issues on the DHD though?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It used to have,something to do with the DSP chip not sleeping correctly I think.It has been solved a looooong time now.
Well, well, looks like Sammy may beat the bionic to the punch. If it does, its hello gallaxy s2, goodbye moto bionic.
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA Premium App
Go for the SGS2! I think that is the best mobile right now
jvf.registros said:
Go for the SGS2! I think that is the best mobile right now
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+100000000 to that! best phone out there!
SolBallads said:
+100000000 to that! best phone out there!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would have to agree 100% the SGSII is hands down the best phone on the market right now. And even more so with a few tweaks the speed and performance along with excellent battery life will make it #1 for a long time.
My friend just got it. It's really very light in terms of weight. Nice!
S2
Yes it is really nice. Thin and very light. It holds better in my opinion than even the Galaxy S (1). It was the European version, couldn't get it unlocked to use on US so saw no real service on it but the menu style and camera functions are similar but those small enhancements always intrigue me.
i love my Sammy GSII
I waited patiently for the dual core handsets to come out, then hesitated many times over which one to buy. Finally got my SGS2 this week and rooted next day! I must say, Terga 2 games blew my mind, streaming FLV movies on the go is finally a possibility, Touchwiz makes more sense than 'sense' and finally the color depth of the screen is second to none.
Amazing phone, i doubt i'll need to upgrade for the next 12 months
What a phone it is , I just love my GSII. Awesome work has been done by Samsung.
SGII is my dream) the q is, buy or not to buy? I think to buy)
I have it 2 weeks ago, it's great!
Agree beste phone ever
i've had mine since the uk launch day and i haven't felt any regret about paying premium on the unbranded unit one bit.
I would have preferred to purchased the 32GB version but i guess i can just upgrade to nexus prime when it get released
If you got i9000 galaxy s .. then no need for SII
themsofian said:
If you got i9000 galaxy s .. then no need for SII
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Care to explain? Based on my experience, GS2 was a huge improvement from GS1
That is if the US even gets the S 2 and if they ever release a CDMA version. With the way its looking and Apple being a bunch of spineless uninnovative ******* we may never see the phone.
There's been rumours that there will also be an SGS2 with hardware keyboard. As hardware keyboard-zealot... I can't wait for that one. Let's hope it won't stay a rumour though.
Its a good phone but i dont understand all the praises it gets^^ Its all plastic, it overheats, it has problems with some 3d games and the screen just looks aweful in my opinion.
Maybe im just used to LCD screens but it comes down to this for me: Advantage of the sgs2 display: Black is black. Disadvantage: All other colors are way off. White is more like light blue and no comment about the green in the android market for example.
Speaker sucks too. And dualcore is just for the lulz atm. Nothing out there that is really using it as far as i know. But it takes alot of juice. That and bad software results in 1-2 days of battery life from what i've heard in different forums.
I dont see any reason why this phone should be better than my DHD which has the same screen size also a pretty bad speaker and 1-2 days of battery life. But i prefer SLCD and aluminium case, and the software/custom roms are way more advanced.
I'll wait for the next generation Ice Cream Sandwich phones from htc or samsung. Also interesting to see what will come out of Motorola now that google bought it!
Note: I dont want to bash the SGS2, its a good phone. But i dont see it being way better than everything else. Just at least take one look at the phone before you buy it to check if the display is for you and be prepared for some software issues (touchwiz + 3d games).
i've tried it...
hello every one, I've got a SGS 1 with CM7.
It works great, even 7.1.0 is in RC....
I've used for about 20 minutes SGS 2 of a friends of mine and I've seen with my eyes the improvment that Samsung Samsung have done.
If before we compare SGS 1 with the iphone 4, the SGS 2 is clearly better than iP4.
no doubt about it.
8M camera, display AMOLED so much improved, dual core....
Hope 4 a CM7 stable for both SGS 1 and 2
clouds5 said:
And dualcore is just for the lulz atm. Nothing out there that is really using it as far as i know. But it takes alot of juice. That and bad software results in 1-2 days of battery life from what i've heard in different forums.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is all I needed to read to know that you have no idea what you're talking about. 1-2 days?? Are you kidding me?? It's an Android, not a Blackberry. The DHD was maligned in every review because of poor battery life, and that poor battery life was 6-14 hours.
People who have/had a Galaxy S2 and are now using the Galaxy Note please share your toughts.
I'm thinking about getting a Galaxy Note.
Only 2 things concerning me is the size (I am big, so wouldn't matter that much) and battery life.
One Review could get 2.3 days other 1.5 day and some reviews didn't came further than 12/14hours.
On My Galaxy S2 (Rooted but stock) I unplug around 08:00 and around 22:00 I have 40% left.
My setup:
2 Exhange push, 2 IMAP (1Hour), Twitter (1 Hour), Weather (1 Hour), Facebook push, Whatsapp push. Total screen on time during a day is around max 2hours.
I am going to get a new phone end of November and thinking of Galaxy Note or Nexus Galaxy
I upgraded from the S2 to the Note. Size is good for me coz i like big screen. Battery life i will say it's better than the S2. and also, i didn't see any custom rom out there that improve the battery life for the note. so once some better rom out for note, it will be much better than s2.
I moved as well from S2 (rooted but stock as well) to this and it's the same experience albeit on a excellent and huge screen. I use my phone for multimedia purposes more than making calls so it was a no brainer for me.
The battery capacity is excellent even though it is powering a huge hd resolution screen. I have had it last all day with 2 1080p music video watching, Shadowgun game playing (10 - 15 min), web browsing (25 - 30 min), 2 x gmail (exchange) and 1 x hotmail (imap) account active as well as using to make and receive calls (15 min).
Hope it helps.
I loved the GSII, but I love the Note even more! At first I was getting poor battery life, like maybe 10-12 hrs with moderate use, but I went to running services and disabled several things that looked related to apps I had no use/desire for, and battery life has shot up. The battery usage screens are really handy. I'm now getting much better life, better than any other phone I've had. Extrapolating, I'm looking at 30-40 hrs per charge. I still need to go through and figure out which apps are keeping my phone awake and draining the battery so I can remove/disable and not have to manually stop the services after each reboot. These are stock apps/services, as I haven't installed that many apps, and none that I didn't have on my GSII, too.
Thank for the quick response.
What about the "poor" call quality (some reviews say)
I use my phone for chatting, mailing, browsing and texting...
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
xmoo said:
People who have/had a Galaxy S2 and are now using the Galaxy Note please share your toughts.
I'm thinking about getting a Galaxy Note.
Only 2 things concerning me is the size (I am big, so wouldn't matter that much) and battery life.
One Review could get 2.3 days other 1.5 day and some reviews didn't came further than 12/14hours.
On My Galaxy S2 (Rooted but stock) I unplug around 08:00 and around 22:00 I have 40% left.
My setup:
2 Exhange push, 2 IMAP (1Hour), Twitter (1 Hour), Weather (1 Hour), Facebook push, Whatsapp push. Total screen on time during a day is around max 2hours.
I am going to get a new phone end of November and thinking of Galaxy Note or Nexus Galaxy
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey Xmoo, nice to see you here too.
Your background use looks a lot like mine, you should have no problems with lasting the day with a healthy reserve on the Note (I'm finding it's battery life much better than my SGSII).
Call quality seems commensurate with the SGSII for me, I think on my end it sounds a bit better, but my fiance who is the main person I talk to on the phone says the call quality on her end may be slightly worse than the SGSII.
Call quality is quite acceptable to me; it's about the same as the GSII. I'm actually very happy with it, as I came from the Nexus One before the GSII, and while it was clear, it was way too quiet and difficult to hear. In addition, on the nexus one I couldn't hold the phone with my shoulder, as covering the second mic made it impossible for the other person to hear me. So now, I'm still very happy every time I talk in the phone because it's so much easier and pleasant, even though clarity is just average.
I currently have a SGS2 as well and it is the best phone I have owned by far. The only thing stopping me from buying the Galaxy note is reports of lag and slowness compared to the SGS2. The large size doesn't bother me, I tend to use my phones primarily for data. No shops stock the GN around where I live at the moment so cannot go and check it out for myself.
Any speed comparisons will be appreciated.
galaxy S2 to note
billu said:
I currently have a SGS2 as well and it is the best phone I have owned by far. The only thing stopping me from buying the Galaxy note is reports of lag and slowness compared to the SGS2. The large size doesn't bother me, I tend to use my phones primarily for data. No shops stock the GN around where I live at the moment so cannot go and check it out for myself.
Any speed comparisons will be appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not sure the leg that you're talking about but I think it was due to touch Wiz. I switched to launcher Pro plus and everything is just very fast. What's really different about the Note, other than everything that's been mentioned here, is the size of the screen makes for much better widget-apps placement. The S2 uses a 4 x 4 icon grid, the note can use 5x6 icon grid with everything just as readable. I just took a look at the galaxy S2, boy does it look small and my Note has much faster scrolling with launcher Pro. I imagine that ICS will be great!
True, Touchwiz was also laggy on sgs2
Gonna go play with the note
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Interesting, TW is more lagfree than LP+ for me, I'd assumed that was because of hardware acceleration which SPB Shell also offers (while we wait for ICS which has it natively).
I wish I were any of you, with my GS2 and already upgrading to a note..
Hmz... Played with it today.
Everything felt better than my SGS2.
Only issue is the size. I got big hands and it just fitted.
But having a big phone like that doesn't allow me to wear skinny jeans
I am upgrading from a gs2 as well. i picked mine up on a trip to the Netherlands. i couldnt be happier. one handed operation is a little tricky even for a guy like me with big hands (more like fat fingers), but i could care less. battery life is as expected, not that great, but wait till someone cooks up a proper rom, my gs2 had a couple hours batt life and heated up enough to cook your face, but a custom rom fixed it and i was getting stellar batt life. in that respect i can only hope that Nitr8, responsible for the gs2 insanity rom gets a note, when i ran the insanity rom i was getting 4 days batt life on my gs2. typing on the note is like using my laptop. also i find myself using the web on it and other services i would never use on my gs2 due to screen size. webpages are easy to read and navigate, resolution is great, and obviously the samoled screen is a joy to look at. the only time i feel a little dissapointed is when i look at a solid colour background and see the grid lines, whether its to do with a scaling issue, or a faulty screen manufaturing process, i still dont care. do yourself a favor and download a 1080p copy of avatar and watch it on the screen. this will be the best demonstration of why amoled samoled and regular ole' oled screens are going to revolutionize how we see movies and tv. the color saturation is a little strong, but i like it. in my personal opinion, if you can live with the little faults, and you can actually hold it properly, i def suggest getting a note.
I just got mine this morning.
I've been using it ever since and every time i go back to the GS2, it feels tiny
xmoo said:
Thank for the quick response.
What about the "poor" call quality (some reviews say)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Apparently, for at least some of the people who were having poor call quality, noise cancellation was apparently on during calls, and that turning it off during the call makes the problem go away. Supposedly, noise cancellation is supposed to be on in video mode only, not for calls, so I assume that it will be fixed. (If not by Samsung, then by this community!)
call quality is good on mine, i have had zero complaints, i even had someone talk on mine while i listened on another phone. everything sounded good. also there are no settings for noise cancellation that i could find..
Had my Note for two days now I use my phone a lot for call, my wife says it looks like a tabletop calculator at that point she picked up the calculator and held it to her head lol,
Its a lovely device but you really need to see it in the flesh cause it's BIG.
I love it but I'm still in undecided.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA App
Ive moved from the S2 to the note and back...
Im 193cm tall and Ive got large hands but I wasnt able to use the note with one hand.
Here my impressions compared to S2:
Pro Note:
Call quality
Battery life
HD Screen (watching video is great)
Contra Note:
Pen issue (its laggy and doesnt draw correct 2-3mm offset)
The note app is a joke, you cant scroll around like having a large paper
its to large for using it as a phone
its laggy comperd to my tweaked S2
To be real its not better then the S2 only larger with HD screen... The "note" function isnt worth to upgrade only the screen/size and for me its not a mobile device you can handle with one hand.
If only it came in 4.8inch.....
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Anything i should know before i buy this phone?
Like any cons/problems?
How's the battery life?
Depends how picky you are. Some people are finding problem everywhere and returning their phones for the smallest reason.
If you check the forum will will find lots of this.
Battery life ...... I had shockingly bad screen on time on the standard kernel so I flashed franco kernel and it seems a little better.
If i didnt leave 3g turned on and didnt actually do anything on the phone i could get 2 days between charges, but if used 3g the battery would go down 10% in 10 mins. But with a different kernel im getting a lot better screen on time.
As for the software its vanilla android and its virtually perfect for me and the phone is blistering fast it does everything i want very fast, also a lot of people where i live dont know what it is especially people with iphones and they are a litttle jealous when they see how fast it is.
A minus though is the phone can get very hot, I men where i live it gets down to -40 and i can use it as a hand warmer I dont know if this is heat dissipation working correctly or some other problem
Im hoping the battery and heating issues can be solved with an update which im sure they will be.
For me buy it its individual i havent seen one anywhere apart from in my pocket any problems and you can just take it straight back )))
Battery life has been fine for me, even on stock kernel (though I'm running a custom one now). As for cons, some people have problems with the phone being a little more fragile, as both front and back are made of glass. YMMV depending on how careful you are / how willing you are to put a case on it.
As far as the heating issue goes, if you flash a custom kernel and UV a bit you should be fine. Also depends on what you use your phone for. 3D gaming will obviously get you higher temps.
OP - you might get some more informative answers if you mention what phone you're coming from and what you're used to or expecting.
Battery life is about the same as any other phone in this category of the Nexus 4's specs.
The heat it gives off I would consider the same as my Galaxy S3.
Only thing that I would tell you is to have a case for it, it has glass on both sides ..I would recommend the Diztronic TPU case.
Sent from my Nexus 4 16GB using Tapatalk 2
im running franco kernel with it underclocked and i still get the heat issue. I dont use it for games i have a n7 for that. only normal phone use and stuff like social networks and looking at the browser when on the bus, or when im using 3g when using for example facebook (which i dont think is too demanding on the cpu) it gets damn HOT at the back like i said even when its -40 well maybe -20 on the bus which tbh is very bad becasue then it will condense inside causing water damage.
Im gonna wait till the next update and see if that cures it if not ill have to speak to google i think when im in the uk next month. Im not the kind of person who RMA`s for small things but my battery really is shockingly bad.
But i do agree that this kind of high level hardware is going to hammer batteries it has 4 x the power of my old xperia arc......
scampy said:
im running franco kernel with it underclocked and i still get the heat issue. I dont use it for games i have a n7 for that. only normal phone use and stuff like social networks and looking at the browser when on the bus, or when im using 3g when using for example facebook (which i dont think is too demanding on the cpu) it gets damn HOT at the back like i said even when its -40 well maybe -20 on the bus which tbh is very bad becasue then it will condense inside causing water damage.
Im gonna wait till the next update and see if that cures it if not ill have to speak to google i think when im in the uk next month. Im not the kind of person who RMA`s for small things but my battery really is shockingly bad.
But i do agree that this kind of high level hardware is going to hammer batteries it has 4 x the power of my old xperia arc......
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Out of curiosity, have you checked the binning of your processor (fast, nominal, slow)?
Sent from my Nexus 4
I got my nexus 4 just 2 days ago and I have an annoying static noise during calls while using earpiece. Will have to RMA it.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
tengen said:
Out of curiosity, have you checked the binning of your processor (fast, nominal, slow)?
Sent from my Nexus 4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I havent i will
and report back
I have something to add that I forgot to mention in my first post.
The touch response sensitivity on the Nexus 4 takes a bit getting use to..its a bit "off"
Sent from my Nexus 4 16GB using Tapatalk 2
I've had my nexus 4 since dec 13 it's the first batch.. The only problem I've encountered is back where the camera is It's got a little rattling noise .. Other than that I'm quite happy with my purchase:good:
Got my phone on day one. The issue I have had with the phone is it came with these forums. Best phone I have ever owned other then that. Lol
This phone is absolutely brilliant. I would put it at a 9/10, losing 1 point for the camera.
It's cooler than the SGS3 temperature wise, it's well built, it's super fast and has great battery life. Volumes are loud, earpiece speaker is clear and as loud as a jet engine, the screen is absolutely gorgeous.
On AOKP milestone build 1, with franko kernel, I get around 20 hours standby, and 4.5 hours screen on time with moderate use. Thats with some form of data on permanently apart from at night (standby time includes sleep at night lol)
Once google release good camera software, nexus will take over. Camera is a 6/10 for me.
biffsmash said:
and has great battery life.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don´t think/feel so. But the other points 100% agree.
I'm coming from the HTC Amaze, that has an amazing battery but I'm leaving that phone because of the battery and the reboot problem.
and can you guys give me a little more information on the camera? Like pictures you guys took, and I heard the battery can compete with the Samsung galaxy 2
kevinrubio1 said:
I'm coming from the HTC Amaze, that has an amazing battery but I'm leaving that phone because of the battery and the reboot problem.
and can you guys give me a little more information on the camera? Like pictures you guys took, and I heard the battery can compete with the Samsung galaxy 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Some people in this thread have been discussing camera issues. There are also a bunch of pictures taken by the N4 there. The gist of it is that low light performance may not be up to everyone's standards, but (again) it depends on how picky you are about these things. If it bothers you, you may be able to work around it by using a third-party camera app - there's some debate about whether the problem is hardware- or software-related.
My personal impression is that the camera is good enough for my uses, but then again I'm not a photography buff, so take that opinion with a grain of salt
I could easily recommend this phone to anyone. The battery is what it is, I get 3-4 hours of screen on time. I do have a charger at work and home and in the car, so it's a non-issue for me. The screen is beautiful. The phone is insanely fast. The heat issues I think are non-issues, the back is glass which is a much better conductor, so all that really means is the glass back heats up to cool off the processor, plastic backed phones don't have a huge thermal plate to dissipate heat. I'd call the phone a 9.5/10 especially if you can get it straight from Google for their price. (good luck)
The biggest issue this phone has is that no one can get their hands on one.
Androyed said:
The biggest issue this phone has is that no one can get their hands on one.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So true. I'm lucky I got mine!
But I love this phone. Battery isn't the best but it is still fine for me. It operates great! I love it!
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
charger04 said:
So true. I'm lucky I got mine!
But I love this phone. Battery isn't the best but it is still fine for me. It operates great! I love it!
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm still waiting for a good offer...
I'm just buying mine's in the T-mobile store