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What phone next? (Not a hate topic!)

Hi forum...
If I want to buy a new phone now, replacing my X10, not because I hate my X10, but because I would love to play with custom roms, then what phone should I go out and buy?
I have 2 or 3 things I would want in the phone, though.
1. good working gps reciver.
2. Fm radio.
3. Nice big screen and battery.
I have NOTHING against the X10, I only want a phone more for fun, and to play with custom roms...
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i would suggest Desire HD

If you are a ROM freak HTC is the way to go.
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Desire HD is gr8

lildic said:
Desire HD is gr8
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How did you know it is great ? Have you used it ? Sure the ROM in that is great but what about other aspects of the phone ? Do you know it has a good working GPS ? Do you know it has a FM Radio as OP has asked for ? And do you know if its not going to be locked down ?

This looks promising. Teathered too...
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So htc is the way to go?
I was really looking at samsung, so i am really happy that i asked...
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Send from one of my tree X10 type phones ;-)

or you can wait month to what wm7 has offer before making the call

GPdhillon said:
or you can wait month to what wm7 has offer before making the call
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I think not!
But seriously, im saving for the Desire HD already just to keep my spirits up. Ill keep my X10 though i think. Make an "ok" backup phone ;-)
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The desire hd looks insane good. Makes the iphone4 look 5 years old.

well for sure, not a SE anymore
my nect could be an evo or the nectversion of it xD

I'm going with Captivate.
Worse camera and GPS issues but better CPU/GPU, good screen, more ram, hacked bootloader, custom roms (just not a froyo one still, but it will and at least it already has 2.1). Desire HD is nice but plain expensive still (it's new anyway).

HTC is the way to go because as i see it the HTC phones have the most customs roms available and are better supported by devs and HTC.
I had a HTC Hermes, after that a Diamond, after that a Touch HD, and all of them were supported by devs and flashed Roms every day.
I must say that were great times. I hope we can do it on our X10 sooner or later.

I would buy a Desire HD

I would go for desire HD or a gsm version of droid x.

I'd wait to see what WP7 has to offer. The UI looks unique and sleek. X10 styled WP7 will be attractive if it comes early.

HTC Desire HD will be my next phone, and i have already pre orderd it.

Honestly, if Apple allowed Widgets, I might go that route - but they don't so I'd lean to something like a Driod X.

I'm hoping I can get my hands on a desire hd for sure....if not I will definitely be going back to HTC....I do love my X10 a lot....but I hate SE now lol.
I'm currently looking at the HTC HD2 right now...I really like winmo to...I might give it a shot.
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Desire hd is a nice looking device and Its huuuge has crazy ran aswell
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Help please

Im running a rooted desire at moment got my dhd today on upgrade i was going to sell it and keep my desire. Is this a bad idea? Just havent looked into the rooting scene with the dhd is it as easy and is thr as many roms ect?
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I went from a Hero to a DHD so the jump was massive, but I'm not sure you will notice that much of an improvement over a Desire.
Rooting is very easy if you know what you're doing though, and there are some great ROMs available. Probably not as many as Desire, but the quality is there.
Why not take a look where all the magic happens:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=765

Yeah didnt think thered be much of a diff im runnin leedroid on my desire themin with launcherpro is lp compatible with hd?
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Yeah man, you can use LauncherPro on the DHD too

Really dunno what to do aha
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I'd use the DHD as it's newer and has bigger screen etc, but ultimately your decision

Ye suppose cameras better aswel
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[Q] new phone

hi all...
i m looking forward to buy a new android phone. i have 3 options.
1. HTC Desire
2. HTC HD2
3. Samsung Galaxy S I9000
can u help me choose please? which one u think is better and why?

desire/hd2, i prefer the desire though, hd2 has a lot of stuff going on around in dev, flash like crazy haha (im not a flashaholic), but then again it is fun to try out quad-boot os on your phone, id just stick with android though
Galaxy s = iphone knock off plus crap build quality and lag.
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kevin2516 said:
desire/hd2, i prefer the desire though, hd2 has a lot of stuff going on around in dev, flash like crazy haha (im not a flashaholic), but then again it is fun to try out quad-boot os on your phone, id just stick with android though
Galaxy s = iphone knock off plus crap build quality and lag.
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Eh? I thought Galaxy S with CM7 was pwnage.

im talking about in general. Desire ftw!
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kevin2516 said:
im talking about in general. Desire ftw!
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Nah... Desire is old... IMO if you want a Desire you might as well get a Nexus One. But I'm a geek
edit: Then again, here I am with a Wildfire so I shouldn't talk.

nhnt11 said:
Nah... Desire is old... IMO if you want a Desire you might as well get a Nexus One. But I'm a geek
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Op didnt give any other NEW choices did he, if he did id get a dual core phone or desire s (perfect screen size for me) 4inch+ = too big
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kevin2516 said:
Op didnt give any other NEW choices did he, if he did id get a dual core phone or desire s (perfect screen size for me) 4inch+ = too big
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Oooooh you were sticking to the OP's choices. lol

hd2 provides you with a bigger screen but with less color compare to desire... hd2 has also a newer processor, but his running wm... I would take hd2 and flash it to run android...

Galaxy s may be the best on paper but its laggy. If you want to mod it go for the hd2. If you want an official gingerbread update go 4 the desire
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kevin2516 said:
Op didnt give any other NEW choices did he, if he did id get a dual core phone or desire s (perfect screen size for me) 4inch+ = too big
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lol.... yeah i limited the choice to these 3 phones, because cellphones are are really expensive here in Pakistan.
i sold my wildfire for 20K, and HD2 will cost me 27k, Desire and galaxy round about 30k. (my budget wont allow me to go higher)

Desire. Friend got one, and, its pretty amazing. Seems to literally get hot though.
(Although, after comparing his stock ROM, and mine with CM7 and ADW Launcher EX, he feels my phone is far smoother and faster than his. hint hint. )

3xeno said:
Desire. Friend got one, and, its pretty amazing. Seems to literally get hot though.
(Although, after comparing his stock ROM, and mine with CM7 and ADW Launcher EX, he feels my phone is far smoother and faster than his. hint hint. )
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Yeah I know someone who has a Desire and feels rooted/overclocked/CM7 wildfire is smoother

Samsung is officially going gingerbread on sgs ,I have an sgs but it's bricked apart from that I'd say go for the galaxy put a good jacket on it you'll never think of how it feels again + trust me you will thank yourself once it's "pimped",max it out you'll see.......
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Buy either the wildfire s or galaxy s2.
Sent from my Nexus S

thank you all for the comments.
after reading the comments, i have decided to for HTC Desire.

Desire HD ROM?

Is there a Desire HD Rom anywhere for the G2?? I know there is a Desire S ROM.. but I would imagine that's not about the same as the HD rom?
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you're an idiot

infamousjax said:
you're an idiot
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There is absolutely no need to be a ****. Did you get this far (in your apparent superior knowledge) without ever asking a question? And have you as a human being ever asked a stupid question? Id bet money you have. And to my knowledge there is no Desire HD rom out currently. cheers!

infamousjax said:
you're an idiot
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Aha...How nice. Am not sure if there is one out but try out magics disire S port. Really nice rom
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I might be wrong here, but I thought the Desire Z and Desire HD stock ROMs were identical (from a features viewpoint). I've got the Desire Z and my friend has a Desire HD and whilst I'm now on CM7, her HD looks/feels exactly like my Z did (well a little bit quicker probably because of the bigger CPU)
They launched about the same time and were both originally the only ones which could use htcsense.com as well so realistically if you're just looking for a Sense ROM for your G2 I would just suggest Virtuous (which to me felt like the stock ROM, but a million times better) or one of the other DZ ROMs. Hope this is of some help!
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What diff in HD rom?

Well it might be the same sense but you would still need to port it. Remember Disire Z has a keyboard and HD does not.
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desire hd, desire s are pretty much the same rom same version of sense

nonione said:
desire hd, desire s are pretty much the same rom same version of sense
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You mean the Desire HD and the Desire Z, I think.
Desire S is Gingerbread.

there is a desire hd gingerbread sense rom, but its exactly the same as the desire s rom. no point in porting it.

infamousjax said:
you're an idiot
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Maybe you're used to other forums or blogs or something, but try not to be a jerk here at XDA.

siulmagic said:
there is a desire hd gingerbread sense rom, but its exactly the same as the desire s rom. no point in porting it.
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So the DHD got it before the Vision did? Dammit!

Goodbye Desire HD Forums ;)

It was my first and one of the best phones ive used ever. Big thanks to all the devopers who have made my phone amazing such as mike1986, and lordclockan. And a much thanks to all the members of the forum for all their help for asking my questions. Rip desire hd you will always be remembered...
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Snyper0012 said:
It was my first and one of the best phones ive used ever. Big thanks to all the devopers who have made my phone amazing such as mike1986, and lordclockan. And a much thanks to all the members of the forum for all their help for asking my questions. Rip desire hd you will always be remembered...
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I was in the same position using my HTC One X.. but the phone had so much problems that I returned back to my DHD

benno4403 said:
I was in the same position using my HTC One X.. but the phone had so much problems that I returned back to my DHD
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What kind of problems? I have both DHD and HOX(being my main phone).
DHD is one of the best phones I've carried.
But HOX is even better imo. I'm loving this phone as well as the amazing community for this phone here on XDA.

Snyper0012 said:
It was my first and one of the best phones ive used ever. Big thanks to all the devopers who have made my phone amazing such as mike1986, and lordclockan. And a much thanks to all the members of the forum for all their help for asking my questions. Rip desire hd you will always be remembered...
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Why did you buy a HTC One V? It's nearly the same only worse camera, less RAM, but a bigger battery. Doesn't make sense to me. You should've saved that money for something better, like One S :-/

I guess you mean One X and not One S, right?

xbiggyl said:
I guess you mean One X and not One S, right?
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I personally don't like the One X, so I would take the One S - irrelevant what I've meant, One S and One X are both way better than One V

l33ch0r said:
I personally don't like the One X, so I would take the One S - irrelevant what I've meant, One S and One X are both way better than One V
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Any reason for your preference ?

Flickering backlight issue, poor battery life, not able to s-off I will wait untill the new flagship phone will arise
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benno4403 said:
Flickering backlight issue, poor battery life, not able to s-off I will wait untill the new flagship phone will arise
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The backlight flicker has been resolved in recent updates.
Battery life is very decent imo. With the right ROM and Kernel you can get a very good battery life.
S-OFF hasn't been a disadvantage for the HOX community. We're able to flash custom ROMs and kernels very easily.
However, the only reasons I would agree with you on the HOX not being the best phone in the market today are:
- Not having a microSD slot
- and the battery being irreplaceable.

Bye
Have fun with the next one!!

Ok. The reason I got a One V is because all the other phones were 300$+ for it. The One V is 150$. And after using it, I've noticed that it is overall better than the Desire HD. Despite, having smaller screen, smaller camera, and less RAM, it just feels so much better than the Desire HD. Its alot smoother too.

Move on, but stay tuned.. This phone still rocks

Imonol said:
Move on, but stay tuned.. This phone still rocks
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Not only that, I haven't met any community friendlier than DHD's
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Snyper0012 said:
Ok. The reason I got a One V is because all the other phones were 300$+ for it. The One V is 150$. And after using it, I've noticed that it is overall better than the Desire HD. Despite, having smaller screen, smaller camera, and less RAM, it just feels so much better than the Desire HD. Its alot smoother too.
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I hope the community on XDA for the One V is active, coz without XDA, imo, the phone's experience is far from complete..

Snyper0012 said:
It was my first and one of the best phones ive used ever. Big thanks to all the devopers who have made my phone amazing such as mike1986, and lordclockan. And a much thanks to all the members of the forum for all their help for asking my questions. Rip desire hd you will always be remembered...
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congratulations : Iyi:

benno4403 said:
I was in the same position using my HTC One X.. but the phone had so much problems that I returned back to my DHD
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I bought seal packed HTC Desire C in exchange for my DHD. Rooted, unlocked the boatloader, cwm and custom Rom but not any close to Ace. Haggled, paid a little and got my DHD back.
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dr.faramroze said:
I bought seal packed HTC Desire C in exchange for my DHD. Rooted, unlocked the boatloader, cwm and custom Rom but not any close to Ace. Haggled, paid a little and got my DHD back.
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Desire C
You went for a downgrade!?
DHD has much better specs all around. DHD was a flagship phone by HTC. If you want to "upgrade" you should consider the current flagship, which is One X or wait for the upcoming one.
Anyway, I'm glad to hear you got your DHD back. You did the right thing.

Simple rule. Thought DHD has crossed warranty period so if I get half of the price I can get another HTC without adding anything. But we are foolish to think that way.
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I know battery drains too fast + Cant play much HD games + Sometimes lags but Still Love My DHD. And yes I love HTC sense

Curiosity killed the cat
Snyper0012 said:
It was my first and one of the best phones ive used ever. Big thanks to all the devopers who have made my phone amazing such as mike1986, and lordclockan. And a much thanks to all the members of the forum for all their help for asking my questions. Rip desire hd you will always be remembered...
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If you would share, which will be you next phone? Htc too?
Thanks

If I were you, I will wait for new WP8 phones from Nokia or Samsung before my DHD went off-duty. For now, this phone is still the best (at least for me)