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LAUNCH DAY!!!
I have an appointment at Best Buy Mobile in 4 hours, I'm so excited cannot wait to be off work so I can run there!!
On one part I'm sad that I will be leaving Windows Mobile (Touch Pro2) but they're not coming out with a 1ghz CDMA Winmo phone so it's time to move on... I had tried android before on a G1 but went back to windows mobile after realizing you couldn't do much with it. Hopefully by now android is more winmo like with folder structures and complete control of files etc. Also will miss my $50/mo unlimited everything plan from boost(sprint).
Does Best Buy do 1-year contracts? I'd rather pay the $70 extra for the phone if I have the option of upgrading early.
POST YOUR DAY 1 EXPERIENCE!!
My cousin works at a store, so I got to cut the line of 15 peopel and be in and out with one.
I got mine this morning. Very satisfied so far, although I can't say I approve of Motorola's attitude towards rooting.
mine will be arriving to my doorsteps tomorrow morning/afternoon, didnt want that hassle of mail-in-rebate so i ordered online.
my appointment is at noon but my wifey is picking it up for me since she gets corporate discount. Woot!
Yes, I sure did
But I do have mixed feelings because of the root/bootloader situation
It's a very nice device, since I'm coming from the Omnia perhaps anything is better
Got mine at the mall kiosk.
Went to the verizon store after work and they were sold out. Then I went to the mall and got mine there.
I was number 15 to get mines. No preorder just walked in and added a line. Loving it so far also got the carbon fiber case, love those job discounts
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Went there an hour and a half before opening, got mine 4th.
got mine at 8:45 this morning. They even let me in the store a little early. I got the phone, some screen protectors, a case and the media dock. Everything i wanted. I am super happy.
How much is the media dock?
Satsified!
Breakthecycle2 said:
How much is the media dock?
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The Media Dock is 49.99 the cable is 24.99 and the car dock is 24.99 as well. The gel case is 14.99 and so forth for the others.
I got mine today. Dropped my Evo and gave it to my sister, she was like uh, are you for real, your just giving it to me, , well i think a good deed leads to another in the future!
I love it so far, but, coming from Sense, it's really a diff ballgame. It has me loving the internal Social networks and all the resizing of the widgets and etc...
The pictures and video seem more vibrant than the Evo too. The colors and letters on the screen seem sharper. Hmm.. who'd thought, once again Motorola defies with only 54 Extra Pixels.
Only complain, wtf, with the speaker? Like it's a "Droid" they're known for that, even the Incredible still has a louder speaker, and dont let me get started with the power hous of an Evo.
Besides that, It has been well. This will suffice until the winter when the 2GHZ one arrives and the 12MP and all those goodies.
The Atrix is kind of my second Android device. I had a Captivate for a few weeks and wasn't a fan. After following the Atrix (back when it was known as the Olympus), and having own it since the 21st, I think it's time to return it.
I like the phone. I like Android. And while AT&T may not be the fastest in my area, they're pretty good. But having my upload speeds "capped" really irritates me. There's no reason why it shouldn't have HSUPA enabled. And I don't trust AT&T to update it. So, as a consumer, I'm going to vote with my wallet and return my Atrix before I get locked into a contract.
I've been looking really hard to find an N1 for AT&T. The search hasn't gone well. Most people I've contacted on craigslist have a hard time telling me if it's Tmo or AT&T 3G. I figured most people with N1 were geeks and would know that question right off the top of their head. I've found a couple of ebay, and even though I know that phone is awesome, I have a hard time paying $300+ for a year+ old phone.
Anyone that knows someone selling an N1 for AT&T 3G, I'd be willing to pay up to $250 based on condition. I just really, really, really don't want to go back to using my iPhone 3G.
I am still waiting to hear from the repair guys regarding my iPhone 3GS. That's the initial reason I made the jump. But the clock is ticking and my 30 days are almost up. So if I hear from the tomorrow and my phone is reparable, I may take the Atrix back and wait to see what the iPhone 5 is gonna boast and if its nothing but a 4GS type of an upgrade... I'll most likely repurchase the Atrix. I just don't want to be kicking myself IF (the operative word is IF) the iPhone summer update release is comparable or surpasses any other phone on the market.
With all of the mods the developers are creating, I'm hopeful that the speed thing won't be an issue for long. But you are right about AT&T being shady.
Going to return mine if HSUPA / Skype issue is not resolved as both are pretty much a deal breaker for me.
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I am still waiting to hear from the repair guys regarding my iPhone 3GS. That's the initial reason I made the jump. But the clock is ticking and my 30 days are almost up. So if I hear from the tomorrow and my phone is reparable, I may take the Atrix back and wait to see what the iPhone 5 is gonna boast and if its nothing but a 4GS type of an upgrade... I'll most likely repurchase the Atrix. I just don't want to be kicking myself IF (the operative word is IF) the iPhone summer update release is comparable or surpasses any other phone on the market.
With all of the mods the developers are creating, I'm hopeful that the speed thing won't be an issue for long. But you are right about AT&T being shady.
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At least you have a 3GS. Do you know how horrible it is go from a fast, 1ghz phone, to a phone that's 400mhz with 128mb ram? Plus it's JB, so it's even slower.
I'm curious about iphone 5 as well, but it's going to take more than hardware to bring me back. I had an iPhone 4, and the antenna sucked. Also, I'm super bored with the OS. If the OS gets a major overhaul and the phone is better, I'll probably get it.
There is also the rumor about the HTC Revolver coming around Q3. Dual core, Android 3.0 (my guess is 2.4).
I'm actually really thinking about switching to VZW for the Tbolt. Except I hate VZW and have had a much more positive experience on AT&T. Except, at the current moment, they're only the 3rd fastest in Phoenix. Tmo and VZW LTE are faster.
Decisions... Decisions...
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Going to return mine if HSUPA / Skype issue is not resolved as both are pretty much a deal breaker for me.
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+1... Really need both when I travel...
i was thinking of returning mine because of the 2gb cap but i doubt i will
and since im able to get a steady connection from att and one that is fast and not bad like sprint and tmo it.
i believe that att and moto will push out the updates soon
its not like it samsung or sprint
I'll likely return mine. And too bad I sold my AT&T N1 today.
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The Atrix is kind of my second Android device. I had a Captivate for a few weeks and wasn't a fan. After following the Atrix (back when it was known as the Olympus), and having own it since the 21st, I think it's time to return it.
I like the phone. I like Android. And while AT&T may not be the fastest in my area, they're pretty good. But having my upload speeds "capped" really irritates me. There's no reason why it shouldn't have HSUPA enabled. And I don't trust AT&T to update it. So, as a consumer, I'm going to vote with my wallet and return my Atrix before I get locked into a contract.
I've been looking really hard to find an N1 for AT&T. The search hasn't gone well. Most people I've contacted on craigslist have a hard time telling me if it's Tmo or AT&T 3G. I figured most people with N1 were geeks and would know that question right off the top of their head. I've found a couple of ebay, and even though I know that phone is awesome, I have a hard time paying $300+ for a year+ old phone.
Anyone that knows someone selling an N1 for AT&T 3G, I'd be willing to pay up to $250 based on condition. I just really, really, really don't want to go back to using my iPhone 3G.
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Isn't the HSUPA+ of the Atrix is not compatible with the AT&T tower yet unless they turn the HSPA+ on?
I'm confused. Motorola is working on Skype compatibility now.
i'd sell you my ATT N1 for 275
Not a chance.
I'm building linux (ubuntu) boxes as often as I can and to have a phone of the same ilk is quite nice. One that is this fast is quite the bonus.
Phone carrying corps won't do anything unless we vote no with our dollars. I know I'm not doing it. Switching to another company still shows you are hooked.
iphones are boring. Edit: Great designs, beautiful methodologies. Still, boring bar the eye candy.
I have 10 more days to decide. I'm really on the fence still. On one hand the hardware is amazing and blazing fast. Friends and family wow at the tegra hd games, hdmi webdock with out using the official moto dock, and the snappiness of the OS is great (granted its rooted, frozen and better optimized than stock form.) Also, the hope that the bootloader will be open in the future and custom roms made for it are a big wait and keep it flag for me. But on the other hand moto has left a bad taste in my mouth with the locked bootloader, and so has at&t with the HSUPA fiasco. But then I have to also hope that a more powerful or as powerful "community friendly phone" will be out soon as well, because anything else up till now doesn't boast this kind of hardware and speed in MY experience..... Decisions.
I already returned mine. Motorola made such an awesome phone and then teamed up with AT&T to completely cripple it! I fully trust AT&T will do everything they can to SCREW Atrix buyers. GET OUT NOW WHILE YOU STILL CAN!
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There isn't a chance in hell apple does anything but incremental upgrades.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. Everyone will still buy it. The iPhone 4 was an extremely large jump, this will be a nice step forward.
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i'd sell you my ATT N1 for 275
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So here's the deal:
I'm on AT&T, been using an Aria with CM 7 RC for awhile now. I had the Atrix 4g, but after some issues with data connection and figuring "better safe than sorry" when it came to the bootloader situation, I decided it just wasn't meant to be. Now I'm wanting something a little more after the atrix vs my Aria, but I'm still on AT&T for now (family plan), and am hesitant to extend my contract (Inspire is too big anyway)
So my question to you, users of the original Google phone: is it still worth it?
I figure I can buy a nexus one on ebay for ~$400 for AT&T's bands, and sell it again (or keep it because it's so cool) when its time for a new contract. Is it worth getting the N1 at this point or is it getting too heavily outclassed, even with development and the latest software, or is it still kicking strong and will last me until at least some quad-core LTE super nexus 3 comes out?
Thanks for hearing my rant and for letting me know!
Its lasted us this long so no reason why you wont still enjoy it too...
Keep an eye on the Marketplace forum here. You'll get a good N1 for less than $400.
They are still worth buying if you can get a bargain.
As the seasons change and I'm outside more and the sky is often brighter. The fact that the N1 screen isalmost impossible to see outside is really annoying. Unless you never go outside I'd say stay away from the N1.
Also, the touch screen is awful. Every game must have their touch controls in odd places for them to actually work on the N1. Really makes it feel like a crappy device.
I really do like my N1, but these things were reasons I probably should have returned it over a year ago. No way I'd recommend someone get it now.
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At $400, I wouldn't. Quick craigslist search shows several around the country at $200-$250. For that price I would, and if any were in my own backyard, I would probably grab a second one.
Yes its a nice phone. No I would not spend 400 for it now. Aria is a nice phone. Inspire is best deal at this moment. I don't see why u pick up a N1. U get custom roms on aria. If you want new device get a tablet. HTC flyer is on its way or Samsung tab will be out soon.
But don't get me wrong. I love my N1. It's just that their is nothing that interest me at this time. Maybe gte t-mobile g2x. It will be compatible with ATT and its dual core. The best part vanilla android. I wait though and see how it reviews.
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First, I LOVE my N1. I run the CM7 nightlies on it, I use Titanium Backup to yank core sys apps from the nightlies that I don't care about. I've got 155 apps on it (thanks to Apps2SD) and SetCPU is running the clock at just a little over stock speed.
And I get to do all that with hardly the hassle others complain of with their non-N1 phones.
The N1 will continue to hold the hearts of Devs for as long as there's nothing with better specs that's as open and easy to work with.
Yes, get an N1, but you can do better than $400 (unless that's including a car or desk dock). If/When Google comes out with a 'real' successor (sorry, a rebadged Galaxy-S isn't a true successor) just sell off the N1 and upgrade.
The N1 is no longer top in class. If you want a pure android feeling, the N1 I'd recommend. But if you want better, then I'm guessing go for the Nexus S... does the Ns have an Att version?
The best thing about N1 is that the OS is android, not some mesh of other bloatware and junk provided by the manufacture HTC, Motorola, and the service provider ATT, Verizon... Of course, you can root, and put on a custom rom, and that's all resolved anyway.
Just my opinion.
I'm going to have to go with yes.
If I lost or broke my N1 today, I would, without hesitation, start the hunt to buy a new one. Unfortunately I'm on AT&T so finding an AT&T 3G N1 isn't as simple as buying it from the Google Developer site, but I would probably snag one off feeBay.
I'd have to go with no...unless you can get it for 200-250. While it is a nice phone and holds well against these beasts nowadays I can't justify a purchase due to the lack of internal memory and the horrid "multi-touch" panel. I too am waiting for a true nexus successor (Nexus S? yea okay.) and hopefully I won't have to wait long but there are nice phones on AT&T running android so im sure the inspire would be a better pick...or hold out for a few more months for whatever monsters are announced following Google I/O
i still love my nexus one to death, and still cannot find anything on the market now that i consider better than the nexus one simply because of the whole package, color trackball, design and build quality and materials, etc. so i say you should go for the nexus one.
No. It's an awesome phone, but as others have said, it's not worth $400 a year after it's out.
I just bought one on Craigslist for 240
Good phone
I still consider a good phone at this moment and with a good price.
Just sold mine for $350 on Craigslist.
Figured that, since T-mobiles 1700 3g radio frequency is eventually going to be changed to Att LTE and the T-mobile Nexus One completely wont work once that happens, that every day I keep it is another day that the value will go down. Thought I better get out now and lock in my profit before others figure this out and start to flood Craigslist with cheaper prices.
hate. Hate. HATE to give up my $30 EvenMorePlus and $10 web2go but I'm not going to stay aboard a sinking ship and there are other options still out there for my price range of $40/month or less for a smartphone. I simply REFUSE to pay $60 - 70 per month purely on principle
Kinda contemplating on whether I should or not. Rogers hasnt been all to great with me and phones over the pass years and its getting really annoying. So was thinking that maybe, just maybe..its time for a change. Seen a couple of Atrix reviews and I think the thing that really got my attention was the whole laptop or mediahub things you could do. Question is, are all the things said about the Atrix overhyped? And whether or not if I should make the switch?
I had an AT&T Atrix on Rogers and it worked just fine. But since I messed that one up (only temporarily, hopefully) I took the plunge and went with Bell. They have a deal with Telus and piggy back off each other's networks and inherently have better coverage. As much as I blasted Bell years ago, they're really taking it up a notch.
So far I have no quarrels. I had a 6GB data plan and Retention rate plan with Rogers and will switch back during the grace period if things go sour. But so far I don't know if they could really upset me as much as Rogers had in the past. They'd have to be pretty complacent and arrogant to do that.
wiyhout question, make the switch.
Hopefully it turns out to be a good choice. Just hoping the phone wasnt overhyped.
I had the captivate from Rogers, switched to bell atrix, never looked back since. I do wish I had not renewed my contract with Rogers when I got the cappy because after I learned bell was pretty much getting the better android phones than Rogers I would've switched to bell. Seems like bells line up of phones so far favor more androids which is awesome in my book. They got the ATRIX a few months after att did and they recently got incredible s which just was released not too long ago. All Rogers has going for right now is captivate, and SE arc / play which isn't available yet, and, more recently and arguably the best phone to get from them is nexus s (they have other mid range android phones but not really significant compared to an atrix). Unless you are interested in any of them I would suggest going to bell to get the atrix or even the incredible s. Lately I have been getting bad reception from Rogers..would lose 3g pretty frequently. I am unsure about bells network though..
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Hopefully it turns out to be a good choice. Just hoping the phone wasnt overhyped.
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It's not over hyped. If anything, people slam it way too hard and give it a lot of unnecessary criticism.
I'm personally one who *****es and moans about tiny little gripes, and even I don't have any huge complaints. The phone is a bit smooth and without a case it's a bit slippery lol... there's my big complaint. Everyone else who's crying and bringing them back are ****ing whiners.
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I had the captivate from Rogers, switched to bell atrix, never looked back since. I do wish I had not renewed my contract with Rogers when I got the cappy because after I learned bell was pretty much getting the better android phones than Rogers I would've switched to bell. Seems like bells line up of phones so far favor more androids which is awesome in my book. They got the ATRIX a few months after att did and they recently got incredible s which just was released not too long ago. All Rogers has going for right now is captivate, and SE arc / play which isn't available yet, and, more recently and arguably the best phone to get from them is nexus s (they have other mid range android phones but not really significant compared to an atrix). Unless you are interested in any of them I would suggest going to bell to get the atrix or even the incredible s. Lately I have been getting bad reception from Rogers..would lose 3g pretty frequently. I am unsure about bells network though..
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Yea been getting that 3g loss a good amount of times myself annnd I too wish I didnt renew my contract.
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It's not over hyped. If anything, people slam it way too hard and give it a lot of unnecessary criticism.
I'm personally one who *****es and moans about tiny little gripes, and even I don't have any huge complaints. The phone is a bit smooth and without a case it's a bit slippery lol... there's my big complaint. Everyone else who's crying and bringing them back are ****ing whiners.
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Lol thanks for the info. Gotta say the one thing I love about it is hooking it up to an HD TV or the Lapdock add-on. Guess imma make that switch then.
definitely not overhyped. with the exception of the bootloader, there is absolutely nothing to complain about with this phone. Motorola seem to be updating it already so it looks like they are taking people seriously now.
I have the Bell Vibrant, which is better than the Rogers Captivate, and still made the switch to the Atrix
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I have the Bell Vibrant, which is better than the Rogers Captivate, and still made the switch to the Atrix
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Coming from an iPhone 4.. thing flies. You will be impressed when you actually power it on , use the browser and see that it hardly crashes on a youtube video, and how buttery smooth it plays. I use a pretty html 5 intensive site, and had a flash site running and it was still smooth and running beautifully. Only complaint is battery, but maybe you'll be fortunate enough to get a better one. im still waiting for my replacement
i really want to get a samsung galaxy s2 or possibly the galaxy nexus if its available on sprint. my contract is up until april though, should i find a way to get a new phone or just wait it out? waiting is hard for me though as i see me friends galaxy s2 screen and its amazing!! the evo screen is just not doing it for me after seeing that =/
If that's the case you could jump on the SGSII and bet set for a while ... but it may also be worth it to sit tight for a minute. Either way you'd be updating. I was holding out hope for the new Nexus, and it still might come - eventually - but I will have gone through the restless stage since then. Unfortunate it won't be here any time soon.
So go with what you think is the best decision. I know my Evo has gotten a bit too long in the tooth. Sounds like Sprint's holiday lineup isn't as impressive as some thought it might be.
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Think of it this way: When you are officially up for upgrade in April, will you be fine with getting whatever is going to be available at the time or are you going to want to hold out for whichever device is going to be coming out just a month/couple of months/a few months down the road?
You seem to be very keen on getting a new phone right now. If you were to get the advice to wait until April, would you really take that advice to heart?
Obviously if you can hold off until you're upgrade-eligible you'll be able to get a better price on your phone. If price isn't a concern, then go nuts.
Personally, I'm holding off until the LTE phones start showing up. I don't buy phones outside of the subsidized upgrade period, so whatever I get is something I'll have to live with for a pretty long while. As a result, I'm not going to buy a phone with WiMax.
thanks for the replies. i really do want a new phone but know i should wait. its more of a luxury at this point to buy a new phone when im not too far away from getting the upgrade. i think ill wait and even if a new phone isnt out that i really want, i could always get the sgs2 in april for the discounted price. its tough but i think im going to have to wait it out. was kind of wondering if others were itching for a new phone as well.