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Check the poll: http://gizmodo.com/5657404/if-you-had-to-buy-a-smartphone-today-which-would-you-buy?skyline=true&s=i
Why did they graph the phones by OS, when people weren't voting on the OS. iPhone is at a disadvantage here, because it has so many other phones to compete against that share the same OS. The graph doesn't show that over 40% of people chose the iPhone.
Statistics...you have to love them. You can make them say anything you want.
p.s. I did vote for my lovely EVO.
I think I would get....the Evo!
Out of the current market I am still very happy with my Evo. If carrier were not an issue maybe I would get one of the new HTC line but only because they are slightly higher spec. There's nothing else out there that I am itching to get at the moment and I see myself staying that way until next summer when something new comes out that is a significant enough bump up to justify my yearly $199 gift to myself.
iphone 4 no just kidding im an evo fanboy
I miss my Dash (Excalibur)
It's not on the list but I would snatch up the Nokia N9 in a hot second! That thing is shmexy!
Another EVO4G!!!!!!!!!
Duh
the Evo what else?!
Other than an Evo, probably a Nexus One.
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Still dig my Evo, its the best on Sprint if you ask me, not a fan of the epic. Since I like Sprint I'll stick with my Evo.
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I choose phones based on carrier...so EVO for me. If I was out of contract I'd consider the G2 or DroidX...but I'm afraid of what the iPhone on Verizon would do to their networks.
I really like the Sanyo zio shell. Give me that body with evo insides and I'm game
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If it worked on a US carrier: Desire HD w/ a AOSP ROM.
If I could only choose one current phone: iPhone 4.
...but if it didn't have the rootkit or if it was guaranteed to be cracked: the G2.
I would get an iPhone 4 straight up.
EVO
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Out of those listed, probably the Torch.
Good and heavy paperweight.
I had an Epic before I exchanged it for an EVO. Give me the Epic but with HTC Sense. I hated Samsung's cheeze whiz UI. Too cartoony and child like for my tastes. But since I can't have that, the EVO simply does it for me. The thing is sexy!
I had the first gen Iphone, switched to G1, then mytouch then now my EVO... and definitely EVO tops all of the above mentioned!
Gave up 2 etch e sketches (iphones) already for 2 EVOs thanks to AT&T screw you customer attitude.
As far as smartphones..they are all dumb phones until rooted. That is when the rightful owner.. yes the consumer..us.. gets to take full advantage of their potential.
Don't get me wrong, I love my Evo, but seeing all these new Android phones just revealed makes it feel like the Evo is getting quickly outdated. The specs on all these new phones seem so much better than the Evo. Kind of sucks no longer being one of the best Android phones with the biggest screen. Nexus S, Droid Bionic, whatever other new phones there are, all with better specs than the Evo now...
That's technology for you.
danman132x said:
Don't get me wrong, I love my Evo, but seeing all these new Android phones just revealed makes it feel like the Evo is getting quickly outdated. The specs on all these new phones seem so much better than the Evo. Kind of sucks no longer being one of the best Android phones with the biggest screen. Nexus S, Droid Bionic, whatever other new phones there are, all with better specs than the Evo now...
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Smartphones now are what computers used to be in terms of getting outdated.
Technically speaking computers are still outdated by time they come out or 6 months after but for people like me the improvements aren't enough to make want to switch. Personally I'm happy to upgrade my computer every three years.
However, I remember when the advancements in computers was such that I felt the way you do now about the Evo.
But look at it this way. Phones have a long way to go before we'll probably be happy to keep what we have for a few years. Plus upgrading phones is cheaper than computers or most computers anyway.
The Evo still has and probably will maintain a strong fan base and development community for a while so don't worry.
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Yup New technology comes out every 6 months
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That's how it will always be. Actually though, I was really excited that they're stepping up so quickly. It will make it harder for Apple to keep up, which leads to more high quality development for Android.
evo was dated the day it was released lol sad
danman132x said:
Don't get me wrong, I love my Evo, but seeing all these new Android phones just revealed makes it feel like the Evo is getting quickly outdated. The specs on all these new phones seem so much better than the Evo. Kind of sucks no longer being one of the best Android phones with the biggest screen. Nexus S, Droid Bionic, whatever other new phones there are, all with better specs than the Evo now...
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So go get the thunderbolt and have fun for the next 20 months...
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Please explain what feature or features are missing from the Evo! Im not sure what more could be asked from a smart phone. Most of the new phones coming out just have sales pitch stats. Just like the HDMI out is on the Evo. I know alot of people with the Evo and not a single one has or ever will use the feature.
Just my 2 cents.
P.S. Android will always be pushed to have higher specs to improve performance when all that is needed would be Hardware acceleration.
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Jason
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There are two types of phones, experimental and obsolete.
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Just remember what phone started all this.
give the evo some credit for effing sakes, sheesh
i can whip out my evo in public and i still get people questioning me.. sure, us enthusiasts think the phone is outdated but theres millions of people that would be in awe of such a pwerful big screen phone the evo is.
but thats technology. once they see we're willing to give up dollars for a 6month upgrade, then the manufacturers and cell providers will start dishing them out.
that time is now.. and the mobile market will now be much more competitive and will bring on more and better technology so we can CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME.
technically the evo is outdated. it's beyond 6 months old now. trust me as im already looking into my next phone.
danman132x said:
Don't get me wrong, I love my Evo, but seeing all these new Android phones just revealed makes it feel like the Evo is getting quickly outdated. The specs on all these new phones seem so much better than the Evo. Kind of sucks no longer being one of the best Android phones with the biggest screen. Nexus S, Droid Bionic, whatever other new phones there are, all with better specs than the Evo now...
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The HTC Thunderbolt won't be released until the end of March, and it's only improvements over the EVO are an SLCD screen and a marginally faster processor. Considering the EVO will be 9 months old in March, I'm not too upset.
I was upset, however, when I purchased the Hero in Oct. 2009 and a month later the original Droid was released. For comparison proposes, the Hero was 9 months old when the EVO was released and the EVO was a big step up from the Hero, whereas the Thunderbolt is only a marginal improvement.
Therefore, you shouldn't be so down and out about these upcoming phones. Most won't be released until the summer, anyway.
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Just remember what phone started all this.
give the evo some cedit for effing sakes, sheesh
i can whip out my evo in public and i still get people questioning me.. sure, us enthusiasts think the phone is outdated but theres millions of people that would be in awe of such a pwerful big screen phone the evo is.
but thats technology. once they see we're willing to give up dollars for a 6month upgrade, then the manufacturers and cell providers will start dishing them out.
that time is now.. and the mobile market will now be much more competitive and will bring on more and better technology so we can CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME.
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Well said. And with the poster earlier, I agree it looks like smart phones are following in the steps of computers. Technology comes out so fast for them it's unbelievable, but I will be plenty happy with my Evo for a time to come. It's plenty fast for me. Same with my Laptop, about 2 years old now, but still works great, and why get rid of something that has no problems. It's just human desire to have the latest and greatest, but I'll live with it now. I got my Evo in November, plenty of time after it came out, and it is a HUGE step up from my Hero. It will have the power to do what I want with it, plus experimenting with it and always updating ROM's etc keeps it plenty fresh for me.
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Don't get me wrong, I love my Evo, but seeing all these new Android phones just revealed makes it feel like the Evo is getting quickly outdated. The specs on all these new phones seem so much better than the Evo. Kind of sucks no longer being one of the best Android phones with the biggest screen. Nexus S, Droid Bionic, whatever other new phones there are, all with better specs than the Evo now...
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Welcome to the 21st Century.
When the EVO was available for retail it was already outdated. You are not a slave to the phone. There will always be choices.
I think I'm going to hold on to my evo until android rolls out a full hardware acceleration version..
Some people are never satisfied.
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Technology moves fast and I generally keep pace with it. Thats the main reason I said I know im not going to have this evo much longer. If I have to switch carriers so be it.
Technology will always outdate itself after a little bit, but in terms of the new specs coming out, they aren't as rEVOlutionary (I love that little pun there) as the Evo/Incredible release of last June. Before those phones, people only dreamed of Nexus 1-style phones. Then the Evo and the Incredible came out and blew the market away. The Evo especially. Huge screen, 1Ghz processor, ffc, kickstand, a good amount of ram. We're going to get Gingerbread for sure.
So when you look at it, the phones coming out aren't as much better than the Evo as the Evo was to it's competition last June. I mean there were 512Mhz phones and THAT was the biggest phone. The Evo is twice that. The phones coming out now aren't twice the Evo.
Relax, you're phone is still high end and it'll be a long time before the Evo will be considered "mid range". That's why I bought one in January, because I know I'll still have it next January (unless something ridiculous happens, like I get rich and can afford every phone on Sprint).
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Technology will always outdate itself after a little bit, but in terms of the new specs coming out, they aren't as rEVOlutionary (I love that little pun there) as the Evo/Incredible release of last June. Before those phones, people only dreamed of Nexus 1-style phones. Then the Evo and the Incredible came out and blew the market away. The Evo especially. Huge screen, 1Ghz processor, ffc, kickstand, a good amount of ram. We're going to get Gingerbread for sure.
So when you look at it, the phones coming out aren't as much better than the Evo as the Evo was to it's competition last June. I mean there were 512Mhz phones and THAT was the biggest phone. The Evo is twice that. The phones coming out now aren't twice the Evo.
Relax, you're phone is still high end and it'll be a long time before the Evo will be considered "mid range". That's why I bought one in January, because I know I'll still have it next January (unless something ridiculous happens, like I get rich and can afford every phone on Sprint).
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Yea but how revolutionary it was in June of last year doesnt really mean much to a gadget freak like myself.
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I mean there were 512Mhz phones and THAT was the biggest phone. The Evo is twice that. The phones coming out now aren't twice the Evo..
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The EVO came out months after the first 1 GHz phones (HD2, N1, Incredible, etc.).
Re: these new phone:
A single Cortex A9 core is about 25% faster than an A8, now add a second core. Then add the fact that the GPU is somewhere around 4x better. Then add 2x the RAM. Then add 35% more pixels on the display. Than add 16x more internal storage. Then add 25% more battery. That's what the Atrix is compared to the EVO. It's indisputably next gen and gaps it by a ton.
Does the Evo 4G belong in the same category as the G1, the original Droid, and the Nexus One? Was it a game changer????
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Does the Evo 4G belong in the same category as the G1, the original Droid, and the Nexus One? Was it a game changer????
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It was the first of it's kind...
Definitely, the EVO was my introduction to android. Haven't been disappointed by it or envious of any other phone thus far...
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In all honesty, no...
Don't get me wrong, the EVO is a great phone but it was by no means "revolutionary"
The only revolutionary phones android has had thus far were the G1 and nexus one, the next revolutionary phone will be the dual cores..
The evo didn't add anything vital to android, although HDMI and front camera were nice additions they are by no means revolutionary.
Ummm YEA! First american phone to have video chat. I think the first 1ghz processor. and what was that other thing oh ya 4G (unless you live where it ain't, then not so revolutionary)
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I'm going to get flamed for this, but I feel as if the iPhone is the only phone (In the era of the touchscreen smartphone) that can be called revolutionary. There was nothing even remotely like it in existence. Without Apple's ingenuity in the first generation iPhone, we wouldn't even be talking about Android/WP7 in the same context as we are now.
PS. I love my Evo and I switched from 3 years of using the iPhone because of 4G and a front facing camera. Things that were not very common last year, but to me, these are more evolutionary changes as opposed to revolutionary.
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Does the Evo 4G belong in the same category as the G1, the original Droid, and the Nexus One? Was it a game changer????
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It sparked the advent of 4G phones, so yes.
The G1 introduced Android
The Droid made it famous
The Nexus one introduced sexiness and a 1ghz processor
The Evo introduced a 4.3 inch screen, HDMI, 4G, Front facing cam, and video chatting capabilities......
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I'm going to get flamed for this, but I feel as if the iPhone is the only phone (In the era of the touchscreen smartphone) that can be called revolutionary. There was nothing even remotely like it in existence. Without Apple's ingenuity in the first generation iPhone, we wouldn't even be talking about Android/WP7 in the same context as we are now.
PS. I love my Evo and I switched from 3 years of using the iPhone because of 4G and a front facing camera. Things that were not very common last year, but to me, these are more evolutionary changes as opposed to revolutionary.
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I would have to agree. Evolutionary yes. Maybe Revolutionary to sprint. This is the best phone sprint has ever had. Revolutionary would be a 3d projector phone with no glasses.
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I'm going to get flamed for this, but I feel as if the iPhone is the only phone (In the era of the touchscreen smartphone) that can be called revolutionary.
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Only because you asked for it (jk).
Chinese "clones" all the way! First FM tuners, first analog TV tuners, first DTV tuners, first out of the box dual boot, penta-band, quad sim and so on. If it will fit in a phone they put it in or make the phone bigger. If you think I'm joking, look here:
http://www.merimobiles.com/COOL_BPHONE_Linux_trackball_5_0_digital_TV_WIF_p/meri0254.htm
To bad these "clone" have horrible quality as a whole.
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Definitely, the EVO was my introduction to android. Haven't been disappointed by it or envious of any other phone thus far...
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I couldnt have said it better myself!
jm5503 said:
The G1 introduced Android
The Droid made it famous
The Nexus one introduced sexiness and a 1ghz processor
The Evo introduced a 4.3 inch screen, HDMI, 4G, Front facing cam, and video chatting capabilities......
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the HD2 had a 4.3" screen first.
ATownI20 said:
Definitely, the EVO was my introduction to android. Haven't been disappointed by it or envious of any other phone thus far...
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same thing here... my last phone was a htc vogue that I never even knew could be modded until I got the evo and found xda
the evo definately broke new grounds.. all these new phones need to pay homage to the bringer.
The only thing that the EVO did first was psuedo 4G, every thing else was done by some other phone first. Revolutionary? No way. Really good featured phone? Yeah.
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The only thing that the EVO did first was psuedo 4G, every thing else was done by some other phone first. Revolutionary? No way. Really good featured phone? Yeah.
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How is it psuedo 4g? HSPA+ is psuedo 4g, Sprint is allowed to use the term 4g because there wasn't a standard when they started using it, but they ARE allowed to use it. I'll agree its not the fastest thing in the world or anything but still.
The iphone brought smartphones to the masses (even stupid people can use an iphone). The evo brought android to the masses.
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How is it psuedo 4g? HSPA+ is psuedo 4g, Sprint is allowed to use the term 4g because there wasn't a standard when they started using it, but they ARE allowed to use it. I'll agree its not the fastest thing in the world or anything but still.
The iphone brought smartphones to the masses (even stupid people can use an iphone). The evo brought android to the masses.
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I know that there was a change to what can be rightfully called 4g but Clear at its fastest still isn't faster than HSPA+ at its fastest. On top that, I was already pulling 4-5 Mbps on a non-HSPA+ phone on ATT HSPA during the summer before the EVO's launch. 4-10 Mbps really wasn't the giant leap I was expecting, especially since its use case was severely limited due to it's high power consumption and poor signal in buildings.
...and the EVO brought Android to the masses? Are you kidding? People still call my EVO a Droid.
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I know that there was a change to what can be rightfully called 4g but Clear at its fastest still isn't faster than HSPA+ at its fastest. On top that, I was already pulling 4-5 Mbps on a non-HSPA+ phone on ATT HSPA during the summer before the EVO's launch. 4-10 Mbps really wasn't the giant leap I was expecting, especially since its use case was severely limited due to it's high power consumption and poor signal in buildings.
...and the EVO brought Android to the masses? Are you kidding? People still call my EVO a Droid.
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Verizon made the public aware of Android by heavily commercializing the Droid line of phones. Therefore any Android you will have will be referred to as a Droid because the common public is dumb and believes anything that is hyped up.
nvius said:
I'm going to get flamed for this, but I feel as if the iPhone is the only phone (In the era of the touchscreen smartphone) that can be called revolutionary. There was nothing even remotely like it in existence. Without Apple's ingenuity in the first generation iPhone, we wouldn't even be talking about Android/WP7 in the same context as we are now.
PS. I love my Evo and I switched from 3 years of using the iPhone because of 4G and a front facing camera. Things that were not very common last year, but to me, these are more evolutionary changes as opposed to revolutionary.
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Nothing like it? Symbian/Blackberry/WM6.5 were nothing like it?
Only thing Apple did was make it more accessible to the public and gloss the **** out of it.
Not revolutionary.
nvius said:
I'm going to get flamed for this, but I feel as if the iPhone is the only phone (In the era of the touchscreen smartphone) that can be called revolutionary. There was nothing even remotely like it in existence. Without Apple's ingenuity in the first generation iPhone, we wouldn't even be talking about Android/WP7 in the same context as we are now.
PS. I love my Evo and I switched from 3 years of using the iPhone because of 4G and a front facing camera. Things that were not very common last year, but to me, these are more evolutionary changes as opposed to revolutionary.
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I agree and disagree, you see Apple/ mac is beyond great at marketing, but the only thing that Iphone did was put all those features in ONE device!!
I recall HP Ipaq (one with a rotating camera), and Motorola a1200 Ming for touch screen, Samsung had a motion sensor on a sprint flip phone, it was used to play a dice game. But there was no great marketing for the hp devices.
See Apple/Mac did creative marketing to make it feel like you HAVE to have one to be cool and trendy and if you own one you are part of the cool group, at least that is what I gather.
it's funny how Apple makes it seem like they are great, but industry wise Palm before the merger used to have along list of patents like no other. and some stuff is just great no matter how much or how little marketing is made.
take for example, during the auto bust when manufactures were loosing money one company grew by 18% it was an import and it was not Honda nor Toyota. it was Subaru, and the reason was that when a Subaru owner decides to buy another car, their next car is a Subaru.
Toyota has had a major recall/ car issue in the past few years, Honda i have not seen has not or has not had one that was in the media, Subaru has very few recalls. For me quality is very well at Subaru, and is the one manufacture that ALL their cars are on the iihs top safety picks for 2010, not just one.
Not saying that Honda, toyota and other imports make crap cars, and some may argue that Subaru style is lacking, and i may agree, i like functionality over form.
I am a minimalist but the Iphone is not for me.
Android is good, the Evo is my first introduction to android, and i agree with everyone it is a phone that has not me eyeballing other phone whatsoever. I am eagerly awaiting what Palm/HP has in store for mobile devices this year. and probably will jump back to webOS when 2.0 and the new device on spring comes out on sprint, if the specs are similar or better than Evo.
Well first this requires a 'top tier' definition. Tier 1 would be the absolute best with your own cut-off point. Tier 2 and 3...so on. I assume the iphone4g belongs in the top tier.
List your first 1-3 tiers, and where would you place the Vibrant? I'm still learning more about various phones, but I'd throw a bone out there and say it belongs in tier2 or tier3.
Found this nifty site giving a review of the top10 phones. Here they list Vibrant as 10.
http://cell-phones.toptenreviews.com/smartphones/
The Galaxy Class phone (Vibrant) is a tier 1 phone
we talking what generation of phones.
as far as iphone hardware its a top teir phone that will see be outdated by the release of the atrix.
as far as what is out now Id have to say
The desire hd
sgs
evo/droid x
window phone 7
Hd7
samsung focus
I only brought up window because the op brought up the iphone
1. international galaxy s
2. samsung vibrant or nexus s
3. epic 4g
4. desire hd
i didnt realize there was a difference between international galaxy S and vibrant? also surprised that iphone isnt ranked near the top of current phones (as the public perceives it to be)
there is no difference besides support they get :
The iphone doesnt get respect because its a phone for people who need rules! most of us have android phones for a reason.
Is it really that big of a suprise
nexus would be 1st if it had external sd card until that its as usles as iphony
i got a vibrant cause tmo told me its the best fastest thing out ;pand i need it a phone
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The iphone doesnt get respect because its a phone for people who need rules! most of us have android phones for a reason.
Is it really that big of a suprise
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Letz not forget that iphone 16gb costs 400-500on craig and vibrant costs only 200-300 on craig..well at least in my area
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my bad lol
iphone gpu PowerVR SGX 535
galaxy s gp PowerVR SGX540
android 2.2 = ............
ios = +
drivers and file system cripling vibrants capabilities
gps...shhh
So bartek you like the iphone? I mean It seems like you are suggesting that you do.
1-htc evo
2-nexus one
3-nokia 3390
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by all means i hate iphone its just too easy for me to operate ,
hardware wise
numer one phone would be VIBRANT because it has external sd i bet we could play ps3 games if the drivers were updated for our gpus
nexus s as its the fastest but no sd ...no thanks
iphone just because its white and cool
but
I would rank the I9000 in front of the Vibrant (better support + the FCC)
def vibrant is top notch when it comes to hardware it runnning, not so for plastic parts is made out off so i would give it 85 out of 100 that makes it number ........ on the list
iphone is number 1, its a fact, you can't deny it. even if ur in love with android and wanna marry it. iphone has maintained its #1 because iOS is organized, much more than android. It sticked with 1 carrier till it got so popular everyone wanted it, now when switching to the 2nd best carrier (verizon) they will get even more sales. Galaxy S DOES come up in the top 5, but is NOT 1 nor 2.
As far a popularity...
1 iphone
2 droid's x, pro etc.
3 evo
4 MAYBE galaxy s
I bought the hero on launch day and wanted to upgrade to a nexus 1 but sprint wasnt getting it and instead revealed the EVO which I wanted at first. Luckily, my upgrade wasn't until october of 2010 which meant I had to wait to get my EVO (because I loved my Hero and it looked like a logical upgrade lol) and then that's when samsung dropped the Galaxy S bomb.
The specs on the Galaxy S Pro (our "Epics") were AMAZING. 1GB RAM, 16GB ROM, SD Slot, TV-Out, keyboard, vga FFC (only letdown compared to EVO) and all of that in a package the SAME SIZE as my hero? GOTTA GET IT.
Then sprint realized how much money they wasted marketing the Evo (inferior phone) and instead gimped the epic so people will go for the vo which looked so much better on paper so the average consumer won't know they're getting jipped :/
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Specs, keyboard. 4G was a bonus, but I didn't have it at the time. Sprint was known to be non-evil. And I really needed an upgrade - HTC Fuze on AT&T which was on its way out.
It was an pretty overall good phone when I bought it
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I had a flip phone on SERO and I wanted a smart phone. I almost gave up waiting and tried the Captivate on ATT. I could not adjust to the virtual keyboard.
The Epic has a hardware keyboard like a previous (windows) smart phone I had years ago. When they allowed the SERO plan to be upgraded for the Epic, I ordered it first day.
I was also originally going for the EVO also, but then I realized I needed to research before buying lol.
So I ended up going for the Epic. For the keyboard and the Hummingbird processor was superior to the Snapdragon. Plus the Epic's camera sensor was also better than the EVO's.
Also first Android phone with the Epic, its been a great experience.
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I mainly bought for the keyboard, oh and HTC...
I was coming from an HTC Touch Pro 2 (which I was given because the Touch Pro 1 I had was replaced 3 times due to a faulty slide). Needless to say I was a little down on HTC and WM.
4G was a nice little bonus but I don't care about it and rarely use it.
Edit: The Epic was also my first Android phone so it was nice to learn something new too!
I bought a Moment in March '10 and it was severely underwhelming. I did a lot of research on the Epic and fell in love with it. I'm still pleased with my overall experience on this phone.
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keypad with numbers
built better than other sliders, evo had complaints on the mechanism
my boss has gone through 4 evos that just keep breaking.
The sgx 545
Edit: sgx 540 I saw it had 1/3 the triangles per second as the ps3
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I bought mine when i first got a job because i switched to sprint on my parents line and they got me a ****ty flip phone...
I picked it over the Evo because of the samoled screen and because of the keyboard.
i was iffy about it because the updates were slowwww. but i dont regret it at all and if i had the same choice to make, id make the same choice.
<3 this phone.
Keyboard, SAMOLED 4" screen, 4G, best mobile CPU. Came from a BB on Sprint and a Nokia "dumb phone" on AT&T, and wanted to consolidate to using only 1 phone, and Sprint has the best price plans for my needs.
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The sgx 545
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And I moved to epic from verizon so I could get a smartphone while keeping an arm and a leg. I had an lg env touch which was a decent feature phone with an awful resistive touchscreen, but decent keyboard. And before that I had the verizon coupe flip phone complete with a 911 button and several in case of emergency buttons. I think it was meant as a "last phone" for the elderly, but I got it as my first phone.
Picked the epic because of the keyboard, super amoled, and hummingbird processor and great gpu powervr sgx540.
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I was coming from the Rant and it was like a big fancy version of it.
I had the hero as well . I was upgrade eligible but the only choices were evo & epic so I was just gonna wait it out. That was until best buy had the Epic free for a week so I jumped on it. I was actually a sense guy at that point and was leaning more toward the evo.... Glad that sale changed my mind..love this phone!
I came from the rumor touch 2... and I picked it over the evo because the wife had an evo and I hated it! Don't regret for one second the decision I made... I love this phone!
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For me, it was a no-brainer. I came to Sprint from Verizon Wireless and I had the Samsung "Rogue" multimedia 3G phone. I loved the slide out keyboard and the AMOLED display. The Epic is basically the Rogue on steroids. It's nearly a year since I bought it, my first smartphone ever. I'm still happy with it, thanks in no small part to all the awesome people here on XDA and everything everyone contributed. There's no way I would've been able to enjoy this phone and its full potential without all the awesome apps, themes, kernels, and ROMS and the knowledge and understanding to use them. I'm lucky that my first smartphone experience has been such a positive one so far.
Only android Sprint had at the time that had a keyboard. A smartphone without a real keyboard just makes me feel like I have to tie my hands behind my back and use my toes. No thanks.
Keyboard.
Came from touchpro to touchpro2. There was no htc slider available at the time.
I was holding out for the htc arrive (windows phone). I'm glad I went for android before that thing came out...
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WindowsMobile died. Coming from the TP2 and every KB phone before it, it was a no-brainer for me.
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WindowsMobile died. Coming from the TP2 and every KB phone before it, it was a no-brainer for me.
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I was an OG Touch Pro user and with all its flaws I knew a smartphone with keyboard and touchscreen (it was one of the first, resistive natch) was the stuff to continue to have. But Android was clearly for me too--OG WinMo was hell. So combined with the awesome hardware and 4G it was the clear choice. The screen also still dazzles. Any time I see people *****ing about the Epic all I have to do is think back to 2008 and LOL.