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AppleCare: The iPhone 4 Update Won't Solve the Antenna Problem
Well this is just a nice way to come back from a holiday. It seems someone at AppleCare has stated that the iOS 4 update won't solve the antenna issues so many users are complaining about on their new iPhone 4. Apparently it will change the way the antenna indicator calculates bars, but that won't solve what happens when you touch the left lower portion of the antenna.
We'll still call this post a rumor until we see the update to the OS actually working and confirming it as a fact, but according to Gizmodo, they gave AppleCare a call three times today and in these three times they got the same "pretty much read" responses:
• There is an antenna interference problem when you hold the iPhone 4 in a certain way
• One solution is to hold the phone differently, avoiding to touch the left bottom corner of the phone
• The other other solution is to buy a case or one of Apple's $30 bumpers
• The incoming software update will not fix this antenna problem, only change the way the phone displays the available signal, make it more accurate
So much for state of the art industrial design. Don't get me wrong, the concept is cool and I am a big fan of the phone. I just wouldn't call this a break through until Apple can prove it can work. Surely getting a free bumper is a great solution Apple should attend to by giving these away for free, but there are some of us here who simply don't like to carry their phones on cases..
ok what now??
The solution? ahaaaa right, I forget to write the solution
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no no no!
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Yep, it will not work with an update - and Apple is reacting as allways ....
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/el...m-issues-signal-strength-att-network-gsm.html
Discussion on Apple Forums (cached on Bing) http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=co...48&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=6fddb6d,f506f19b
and the typical reaction http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/12/apple-drops-consumer-reports-discussion-threads-down-memory-hole/
At least my HD2 works
Nice solutions anyway - not as stylish as i would prefer but i guess without any problems

a website posted a solution is to apply a tape on the bottom left corner of the phone covering the gap. anyway, nice photos. i will share them with my frens hehehe

RedDevils88 said:
a website posted a solution is to apply a tape on the bottom left corner of the phone covering the gap. anyway, nice photos. i will share them with my frens hehehe
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but that looks ugly and cheap

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....you get the point

recently i was talking w/ a frind of me about the hd2 (he really wants one and sorfs this forum very often) and we began to talk about the iphone.
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we began talking about the new "features" of the ios 4 (about 2/3 of those "features" are supported by wm/android for ages; the others are useless, like increase digital zoom for the camera). i then took a look on apple's ios4 web site.
for your sanity i advise NOT to take a look on that page, i don't know if i should laugh out loud about what is written on that page or rather bash my head against a wall.
beginning at that "facetime" stuffs (video telephy) that only works when connected to wifi, to the "security measures" and busibess functions, it's all either "wtf lol" or "wft lame" or even both for me.
and in the headline it states "With its easy-to-use interface, amazing features, and rock-solid stability, iOS — Apple’s mobile operating system — is the foundation of iPhone. And even as other phones try to catch up, the technologies and features built into iOS 4 keep it years ahead of the competition". come on.
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We don't own iPhone 4's so why should we care one way or another?
This thread is more than a little pathetic.

Pagnell said:
We don't own iPhone 4's so why should we care one way or another?
This thread is more than a little pathetic.
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even tough i posted here i must say that you are right. we laugh about the iphone/ipad especially if there's a vid on youtube of some guy bashing his ithing with a baseball bat but cry if someone throws his hd2 at a wall .
but we all need some valve.

Available soon, the Apple iWheel(tm)! Apples "Rotational Symetrical Hardware Information Technology " system allows your objects to be moved in spacetime, allowing you the freedom to arrange your surroundings with one easy push.
Apple gives you the power to manipulate obects in ways you never thought possible, allowing you the creativity you need to get ahead. Any other methods of moving matter are relegated into obscurity, as you are so far ahead of evolution people will travel back in time just to be humbled by your superiority as an Apple customer.
Only $499 for all this productivity, and only $49 a month thereafter! "iWheel, the product humans have been waiting for, since Jesus."
*cue 2million mugs cough people emailing apple to get on the iWheel waiting list*

jem85 said:
Available soon, the Apple iWheel(tm)! Apples "Rotational Symetrical Hardware Information Technology "
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I love the acronym you can create from that. Good show mate, good show...

I forgot to put a link to this topic!
http://gizmodo.com/5580587/applecare-the-iphone-4-update-wont-solve-the-antenna-problem
and of course it is not me who write this topic
So much for state of the art industrial design. Don't get me wrong, the concept is cool and I am a big fan of the phone. I just wouldn't call this a break through until Apple can prove it can work. Surely getting a free bumper is a great solution Apple should attend to by giving these away for free, but there are some of us here who simply don't like to carry their phones on cases..
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Upgradeable Memory COMFIRMED

I'm sure you all have read this, but if not, here you go: http://wpcentral.com/htc-surround-s-microsd-card-slot-probably-there-not-easy-get
The HTC Surround appears to have a microSD slot, but it's covered by a piece of metal as seen in the picture below:
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I'm personally not too concerned since 16GB seems like more than enough, but I'm sure people will be asking if it can be upgraded or not. We really won't know till someone tears into it which is more likely since it was released today.
*UPDATE*
I just came across this: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4015/htc-surround-review-pocket-boombox/8
It doesn't seem that difficult to get to actually, just a bit of disassembly required. It apparently comes with a SanDisk Class 4 16GB microSD card.

AT&T kills another great device! They also did it to the Tilt2 when they removed the 3.5 mm jack from that device. Somebody needs to fire an executive in that company.

T-Mobile did the same thing with the HTC HD7 but someone managed to swap cards and the HD7 worked with a 32GB microSD.

Stan City said:
AT&T kills another great device! They also did it to the Tilt2 when they removed the 3.5 mm jack from that device. Somebody needs to fire an executive in that company.
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Actually, It's not AT&T's fault. It's just that WP7 doesn't support swapping out memory yet, like say an Android phone.

Bought my surround today. ATT said there would be a patch comming out and not to insert a sd card yet....

The HTC Geek said:
Actually, It's not AT&T's fault. It's just that WP7 doesn't support swapping out memory yet, like say an Android phone.
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Yeah, we know you can't swap memory yet but the devices in Europe allows you to upgrade memory capacity before the 1st boot. AT&T choose to remove that option on the Surround not the Focus. AT&T's fault...

Just picked up my phone. Very solid device.

I got my surround yesterday, and so far, I am pleased.
Has anyone actually looked under that piece yet? A teardown of the Mozart revealed a similar metal piece that was not hiding a microSD card.
http://lifeinthefastlaneok.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/new-htc-7-mozart-sd-card-memory-upgrade/

Good find. I'm still waiting for mine, so someone else will have to dig into it.

Anybody care to break down their Surround?

Got my Surround 2 days ago
Nice phone, well built, the OS is slick with a lot of promise. Active tiles are slick, the Zune software on the phone & PC works great. In 2 days I managed to get back my BBC stream, got some video news, GPS is great, loaded some of my movies, set up my email, my contacts we transferred from my old sym at the AT&T store and I had no problems transferring them to the phone, and there are 100s of free apps already out and more coming every day. Pretty soon all of the developers will port over their apps and all will be fine again. Many apps use the GPS to find your area and cater what they deliver according to where you live. I paid $200 for it. I MAY have preferred to have the HD7, not sure since I haven't seen it and held it yet, but the Surround is really fine and if I decide to change or upgrade later on I wont lose anything. While we all get used to old habits and the way things work I thing this OS is an improvement and half the fun is setting up our toys the way we want them. Flash will be added to IE soon, upgrades will come from MS, we will be able to access the file system, more customizations will become available. The screen is twice the size of my Dash 3G. I am hoping an IRC client will be ported over soon since that is what I miss the most.

panflute said:
Nice phone, well built, the OS is slick with a lot of promise. Active tiles are slick, the Zune software on the phone & PC works great. In 2 days I managed to get back my BBC stream, got some video news, GPS is great, loaded some of my movies, set up my email, my contacts we transferred from my old sym at the AT&T store and I had no problems transferring them to the phone, and there are 100s of free apps already out and more coming every day. Pretty soon all of the developers will port over their apps and all will be fine again. Many apps use the GPS to find your area and cater what they deliver according to where you live. I paid $200 for it. I MAY have preferred to have the HD7, not sure since I haven't seen it and held it yet, but the Surround is really fine and if I decide to change or upgrade later on I wont lose anything. While we all get used to old habits and the way things work I thing this OS is an improvement and half the fun is setting up our toys the way we want them. Flash will be added to IE soon, upgrades will come from MS, we will be able to access the file system, more customizations will become available. The screen is twice the size of my Dash 3G. I am hoping an IRC client will be ported over soon since that is what I miss the most.
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I completley agree with everything you said. The only thing that kills me is the battery life. It is down right terrible. I dont fiddle too much with my phone as im usually too busy to do so, but when i do want to use it, seems like the battery is just not up to the task.

Tips & tricks
Have a look in the Windows 7 general discussion..there's a tips and tricks thread at the top that give you ways to lengthen battery life. There are quite a few things to do like time out the screen sooner, turn off geocaching, etc. It should help. So far I haven't seen any spare batteries for sale on Ebay but they will come. This is a GREAT phone.

Updated the first post.

I would, but:
1) Haven't bought it yet and
2) I'd probably end up breaking it.

I was going to buy a 32gb class 4 card (Kingston), but $100 is half the price of the phone and I couldn't justify it. I also loaded a decent amount of stuff on it and have 9.7gb left. I think I can hold off for a while till prices drop.

If you look at the teardown article further you will see that under the metal cover is a metal pad with foam and under that is a 16gb micro sd card. Not sure its worth it as someone pointed out it will cost a bit for a 32gb micro sd card and you will void any warranty. As for the post that said WP7 does not support changing cards out I thought one of the 3 phones with WP7 that AT&T sells had a removable sd card and onboard as well. That would make more sence that the drive with the ROM needs to static but if you have that the os should support a removable card its just that the surround does not have build in memory so the micro sd cannot be removed.

The Samsung Focus has an accessible microSD slot. I believe it also has 8gb internally.

here is the Nexus S NFC demo from CES

I think NFC has potential

slowz3r said:
I think NFC has potential
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only if it survives the launch time
it'll be a nice try,
since they failed at the same strategy with bluetooth, back then marketing people were also planning the same thing with bluetooth but in the end it failed
too much security hassle and issues with prevention, etc, etc
if NFC wants to survive, better make it clear to the people it's not used to suck data out of your phone, but just to pick up data from stuff

AllGamer said:
only if it survives the launch time
it'll be a nice try,
since they failed at the same strategy with bluetooth, back then marketing people were also planning the same thing with bluetooth but in the end it failed
too much security hassle and issues with prevention, etc, etc
if NFC wants to survive, better make it clear to the people it's not used to suck data out of your phone, but just to pick up data from stuff
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as always people are turned off by new things,
I think security with NFC is allot better than RFID, anyone with the right equipment and a lil cash can eavsdrop on people who have Bluetooth enabled on their cell phones, and with RFID its the same way.
I think the short range of NFC is a big security factor, I mean if you dont notice someone rubbing something on your ass you deserve to get money stolen from you

The fact that you have to tap the pad to get it to work is good for security. That means it won't read through your pockets. +1 there.
Unfortunately because America is so slow to take on new technologies, I'm sure we'll all go through one or two new phones each before NFC is actually on the marketplace in public venues on a large scale.

allen099 said:
The fact that you have to tap the pad to get it to work is good for security. That means it won't read through your pockets. +1 there.
Unfortunately because America is so slow to take on new technologies, I'm sure we'll all go through one or two new phones each before NFC is actually on the marketplace in public venues on a large scale.
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All it takes is one company to put NFC tags in their products, for example a movie poster or what have you, pretty sure its the same company that produces those cardboard cut outs for movies,

slowz3r said:
I think the short range of NFC is a big security factor, I mean if you dont notice someone rubbing something on your ass you deserve to get money stolen from you
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LMAO !!!
good one
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slowz3r said:
All it takes is one company to put NFC tags in their products, for example a movie poster or what have you, pretty sure its the same company that produces those cardboard cut outs for movies,
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yup, movies poster and magazines are the best way to launch NFC into full stream

AllGamer said:
LMAO !!!
good one
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Its the truth Not going to lie, but if sat in a starbucks and peeled info from peoples bluetooth enabled cellphones, i never did anything with the data i got but it was a learning experience and once you get the process down its easy
AllGamer said:
yup, movies poster and magazines are the best way to launch NFC into full stream
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Yup, I really wish I could find a place in CA that something with NFC tags just so i can test it

slowz3r said:
as always people are turned off by new things,
I think security with NFC is allot better than RFID, anyone with the right equipment and a lil cash can eavsdrop on people who have Bluetooth enabled on their cell phones, and with RFID its the same way.
I think the short range of NFC is a big security factor, I mean if you dont notice someone rubbing something on your ass you deserve to get money stolen from you
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Are you trying to be funny? Do you realize a lot of people live in big cities and rely on public transportation and usually during rush hrs the buses, metro, trains are packed where people ride like canned sardines. I bet them deserve to have their money stolen too according to you. Or may be you just can't realize that the rest of the world don't or can't afford 1 car per person nor able to enjoy the space you have.

greenstuffs said:
Are you trying to be funny? Do you realize a lot of people live in big cities and rely on public transportation and usually during rush hrs the buses, metro, trains are packed where people ride like canned sardines. I bet them deserve to have their money stolen too according to you.
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IF you wanna put it like that then yes. but you are obviously missing my point.
credit cards, cell phones and other devices are much less secure than an NFC device would be when you compare the range

greenstuffs said:
Are you trying to be funny? Do you realize a lot of people live in big cities and rely on public transportation and usually during rush hrs the buses, metro, trains are packed where people ride like canned sardines. I bet them deserve to have their money stolen too according to you. Or may be you just can't realize that the rest of the world don't or can't afford 1 car per person nor able to enjoy the space you have.
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and a nfc on/off widget would solve that

tomqman said:
and a nfc on/off widget would solve that
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We can turn it on/off in the Wireless & Network Settings . i'm sure creating a widget is pretty easy for this. For now I've got mine off so it doesn't waste additional battery (I don't know the effects it has yet).

NFC - McDonald's UK by this summer

The UK already has a big old investment in contactless technology with London's rather successful Oystercard travel scheme, but now the whole Kingdom can get a taste for airborne payments thanks to a new initiative from McDonald's and Visa. The two giants of commerce are uniting to bring NFC tech to all of the former's 1,200 fast food restaurants within the UK, allowing hungry Brits to pay for meals costing up to £15 by simply waving their credit card in front of the till Obi-wan-style. Of course, the real excitement of such large-scale NFC proliferation is in the potential to use those automated tills with your Nexus S (which has an NFC chip built right in) and other devices coming up this year that look set to feature the technology. So yeah, Visa had better be working hard on putting together some mobile apps.
Here's the link:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/24/mcdonalds-to-start-accepting-contactless-visa-payments-in-all-u/
We will probably see more NFC by this summer. I know China just released a new NFC app in the market.
Lets gets this NFC ball rolling....

Thanks for the article. Can't wait to use NFC here in the US. I wonder when Google will unlock the transmit/write feature.

most places that accepts MasterCard NFC should easily be able to be updated to also accept Nexus S

*whistles* I'm Lovin' It.
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If you guys pay close attention to SOME debit swipe checkouts.. you can also see a NFC layout. Mostly at gas stations and super markets. Hopefully all they have to do is update...
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leyvatron said:
If you guys pay close attention to SOME debit swipe checkouts.. you can also see a NFC layout. Mostly at gas stations and super markets. Hopefully all they have to do is update...
Something like this...
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you see these alot in CA i see em all over

Too bad that unless I'm mistaken there isn't a way to have your phone work for that I the states yet
Sent from my Nexus S

I'm still unclear on this, actually. I heard that the Nexus S NFC chip is read-only, but I heard from somewhere else that that's a software limitation, not a hardware one. If anyone actually has a definitive answer about that, I'd be interested in hearing it.

zorak950 said:
I'm still unclear on this, actually. I heard that the Nexus S NFC chip is read-only, but I heard from somewhere else that that's a software limitation, not a hardware one. If anyone actually has a definitive answer about that, I'd be interested in hearing it.
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What I remember hearing is that because the chip is just literally plastered into the back of the battery cover it is not as functional as it could be had it been designed into the phone.

that's exactly what i'm talking about
currently many GAS stations and big shot coffe shops are already using it.
but it's only for MasterCards
Visa and the others have not yet started deployment, which is kinda weird
leyvatron said:
If you guys pay close attention to SOME debit swipe checkouts.. you can also see a NFC layout. Mostly at gas stations and super markets. Hopefully all they have to do is update...
Something like this...
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AllGamer said:
that's exactly what i'm talking about
currently many GAS stations and big shot coffe shops are already using it.
but it's only for MasterCards
Visa and the others have not yet started deployment, which is kinda weird
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Ermm... My Visa Virtual Wallet Debit Card supports NFC

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/25/iphone-5-and-ipad-2-will-come-with-nfc-built-in-suggests-well-c/
Looks like iPhone5 and iPad 2 are rumored to have NFC built in. We should definitely see NFC become more mainstream if this is true.

zephiK said:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/25/iphone-5-and-ipad-2-will-come-with-nfc-built-in-suggests-well-c/
Looks like iPhone5 and iPad 2 are rumored to have NFC built in. We should definitely see NFC become more mainstream if this is true.
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So we need the iDevices to have the technology before anybody considers it for mass implementation? Sad...

It'd just the reality of it all. No one will invest unless they have a huge amount of people on board, and nexus s won't do that.
We kind of forget to thank the evil apple for a lot of things, for without their phone we wouldn't have companies paying as much attention as they have to the app scene. Especially web apps like internet banking. Before iphone none of the banks here in Australia even bothered with smartphone friendly websites. Then iphone came and they couldn't get their iphone sites up fast enough.

terra_droid said:
So we need the iDevices to have the technology before anybody considers it for mass implementation? Sad...
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No, but NFC will become more mainstream.

zephiK said:
No, but NFC will become more mainstream.
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Although hopefully any NFC schemes are accessible to multiple platforms, otherwise we might see some shops only accepting "iTunes NFC payments"and others "Google NFC payments" and others Visa or Mastercard
Sent from my Nexus One

Lord_Buckington said:
Although hopefully any NFC schemes are accessible to multiple platforms, otherwise we might see some shops only accepting "iTunes NFC payments"and others "Google NFC payments" and others Visa or Mastercard
Sent from my Nexus One
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Hopefully it'll be a universal system, doesn't seem to make much sense if NFC is only limited to iOS or Android. It'll be Android vs iOS war IRL

MicroSD 64Gbyte

Since a lot of people think the DHD is going to get old and move to phones like the HOX, I just want to tell you that the new microSD cards with a capacity of 64Gbyte work on this great device! The HOX doesn't even have half of this capacity.
And...ICS is coming too! We still have some great devs here.
There is no need to buy a new phone.
If I haven't already bought the HOX, I would stay with my beloved DHD
Post 8 is card name and pic!
If this was helpful, please push THANKS.

Yea I'm too staying with my HTC Desire HD , but have you tried the 64gb card in your HTC Desire HD?
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What brand SDcard did you use? Screenshot of the available storage?

Nice to know!
I'm going to stay with the DHD as well

chrisund123 said:
What brand SDcard did you use? Screenshot of the available storage?
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Yep. +1 to that. Words words words......
Sent from my laser emitting mammary glands.

No it can't support 64gigabyte

Why it should not?
Or do you refer to the SDXC cards?

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Btw SanDisk Ultra Class 10 microSDXC Ultra 64 GB
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Yeah but even in the wiki article it states, that DHD supports SDXC, so it shouldn't be a news?

BolecDST said:
Yeah but even in the wiki article it states, that DHD supports SDXC, so it shouldn't be a news?
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Wow! You must be a smart guy!
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

It works!
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Confirmed!! Works beautifully. Anyone who says otherwise is dead wrong.

Good to know. Nice one.
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IT DEFINITELY WORKS with 64gb.
Those saying it doesn't work didn't try it.
I'm using it right now ))

Does it have to be a specific 64 gb sd card or any will do?

I think any card is good...as far as is not a cheap clone and is an SDXC it will work (once formatted)

I too am happy to stick with my Desire HD. :good:

...or we could get another next gen phone THAT ALSO SUPPORTS MicroSD... ie SGS3... ^_~ ...not got one btw... but just stating an obvious logical answer besides sticking with our faithful DHDs
imho its a bad move for HTC to remove SDcard support... capacity for external storage for those type of media will only get bigger...
...opportunity to have 64GB (or more) on your smartphone just can't be easily dismissed. Especially if you carry around a ton of multimedia files as well as a chunk of your work and have a ton of pictures and a good part of your music collection! >_< lol!
ie my 1 and a half hour work commutes would be almost unbearable without my DHD with its 32GB card chock full of goodies to keep me from going insane in crappy uk public transport... @[email protected]

Yeah.
Personally, as far as function is concerned, there is little logical use in changing phones for me. I do in fact have a few more months before my contract expires and I'd like to eventually choose a very new phone that I can also support on my site without being a few months behind everyone else.
Having said that, unless another model has superior battery power consumption/time then I don't have a need for a different device. Like you, I commute throughout the day and therefore need the power to last me through the day, so I tend to limit YouTube, GPS or other things which happily eat away at the battery.
The idea of having loads stored on my device on a large SD Card is fine, but based on the above, I wouldn't use much of it.
The idea of losing the phone with so many eggs in one basket is not very appealing.
The idea of a bigger screen though like the Galaxy Note (which my barber has and showed me) is nice. I'd also consider future devices with removable rear covers, so that it's easy for companies like Mugen to make extended batteries for them. From experience that's real peace of mind.
The Microsoft Surface Tablet looks like a nice device which I could use for work maybe. If that became a primary toy, then maybe a phone would take a less important back seat for a while.

Grant Barker said:
Yeah.
Personally, as far as function is concerned, there is little logical use in changing phones for me. I do in fact have a few more months before my contract expires and I'd like to eventually choose a very new phone that I can also support on my site without being a few months behind everyone else.
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I have until November this year to renew my contract... so I have till then to decide... ^_^
Grant Barker said:
Having said that, unless another model has superior battery power consumption/time then I don't have a need for a different device. Like you, I commute throughout the day and therefore need the power to last me through the day, so I tend to limit YouTube, GPS or other things which happily eat away at the battery.
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DHD + latest Lord's ICS build (8.2 as I type this) with radio 26.13.04.19 has a great battery life even with all the hammering it takes from using DicePlayer, PowerAmp, exchange Email, Dolphin, XDA Premium and even games like temple run & zenonia 4...
With the above usage... I get the trip to work, actual work usage (i have my desk phone on divert to my mobile) and the trip home... all in one nights charge... so I only need to put it on charge before I go to bed.
Hell, I've even forgot to charge it overnight and I was still able to crawl through most of the day... with charging it late afternoon, ready for the 2nd half of the movie I was watching on my trip to work! >_< hahaha!
Grant Barker said:
The idea of having loads stored on my device on a large SD Card is fine, but based on the above, I wouldn't use much of it.
The idea of losing the phone with so many eggs in one basket is not very appealing.
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I hear you there dude... I had my 1st DHD nicked through a burglary... =(
However, all I ever lost was my 1st 32GB class10 MicroSD as well as my nandroids...
All my files, movies, music and photos exists on multiple devices... so anything that was on my DHD is a copy from my other machines...
...pity I didn't do the same with my Nandroid... I keep them locally for the purpose of error recovery... would've kept copies of it off the device had I wanted to be safeguarded from potential theft... =_=
As it's looking now.. unless HTC starts building new units with SD support, I'll not be jumping on their new range quite just yet...
If November 2012 hits and they've not released a device that fits the bill for me... its looking a lot like I'll be going for SGS3... =_=