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Vibrant VS Nexus

Ok So I just sold my Nexus and my Vibrant got here today.
I love it. There is a lot to love about this phone.
First the screen is amazing.
I love how the phone is light yet solid.
I think what I really most about this device is that if it breaks I can take it to a store and get it replaced. With my Nexus if something went wrong, I had to send it in to HTC and wait for them to send it back, me phoneless the whole time.
I have yet to notice the lag issues others complain about and I don't miss the trackball or the camera flash at all.
Clockwork is getting a recovery going and Wes Garner is Deving for it.
All is well in the world of Vibrant and I have not a single regret!

Awesome welcome aboard
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I went from G1 to Vibrant. So I'm definitely joining this party

I too sold my n1 for the vibrant and I made agiod choice... I to like if it breaks much easier replaced...

Welcome to the Vibrant side! I'm still having a hard time selling my 3 week old Nexus One I only used it for 2 weeks worth. Never hacked or Rooted, and I have no bites. Oh well.... If I can't sell it I guess I now own 2 badass phones?

WilliamStern said:
Welcome to the Vibrant side! I'm still having a hard time selling my 3 week old Nexus One I only used it for 2 weeks worth. Never hacked or Rooted, and I have no bites. Oh well.... If I can't sell it I guess I now own 2 badass phones?
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if you ever have thoughts of selling that n1 pm me lol
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Heh, I got rid of my EVO for the Vibrant! A bit smaller screen, but SO much better! I can't wait for CM6.

Well I bought the Vibrant on day 1 of release..still have my N1, have a MyTouch Slide (my daughter is using it) and still have my G1 as well. I guess you can say I'm an Android phone collector. Whatever this "super phone" is that's rumored to be coming out in September..if its running Android I will add it to my collection as well.

julez456 said:
Well I bought the Vibrant on day 1 of release..still have my N1, have a MyTouch Slide (my daughter is using it) and still have my G1 as well. I guess you can say I'm an Android phone collector. Whatever this "super phone" is that's rumored to be coming out in September..if its running Android I will add it to my collection as well.
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"Super Phone" is the term Google used when announcing the Nexus One. I remember it well.. Hahah.. Now ever phone is a Super Phone..

couped said:
I went from G1 to Vibrant. So I'm definitely joining this party
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+1 can't get over the speed .. and the screen is like

I still have my N1.. It is sitting in my car in my cool N1 car kit... I use it as a GPS and movie player for the kids... I am still up in the air on which phone I like better..
the Samsung because of the screen.. the N1 because of the trackball and 2.2...

I think the biggest selling points for me were:
TV out
In store customer service.
The screen.
That being said the N1 is an awesome device but right now is the time to sell it and it still have some resale. With Google Washing their hands of it, I fear what the Support will be like. I also like the dedicated GPU in the Vibrant and believe that once Wesgarner and company get CM 6 on it, it will be the fastest damn thing out there, till that dual core HTC Monster hits, anyway!

Nexus S Pictures

Also coming out for T-Mobile, made by Samsung. The newest Nexus?
http://an.droid-life.com/2010/11/11/first-real-photos-of-samsung-nexus-s-appear/
what do you guys think?
I'm not a fan of Samsung, but their hardware in the Galaxy S is awesome, and with Google's vanilla.... it could be gold, pending GPS fixes and whatnot.

let me see... everything the samsung vibrant should of had but failed to include... so that 6 mos later repackage and call it nexus s? typical samsung

Anyone know the off contract price? I wonder if its going to have dev support like the nexus 1.
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hmm still within my remorse period... Theres a whole lot plastic going on right there but the internals and 2.3 gingerbread is hard to pass up. That and it should be the new developer phone makes this a pretty good buy but is it worth return the G2 for?

yeah I'm wondering about that too... Nexus S or G2?
I like the internals of the Nexus S but the externals of the G2... not sure I wanna pay ~$500+ for a plastic phone

No thanks. Samsung will not receive not one penny from me.
[G2/HTC Vision]

^ yea me either,
Looks like if it fell it would burst into a ton of pieces...

And those of us that bought the Vibrant/Galaxy S hoping it would/could have been this phone...
I gave my vibrant to the wife and personally went to G2. Hopefully by the time I'm ready to get another phone, the "Nexus3" will be out and HTC will be the manufacturer.

luis86dr said:
No thanks. Samsung will not receive not one penny from me.
[G2/HTC Vision]
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+10 to you sir. i totally agree... heres how i imagine the whole thing going
Samsung: hey google, can i ask you a question?
Google: umm ok...
Samsung: can we slap "nexus" on a phone with gingy plox??
Google: EFF NO
Samsung: PLEEEEASEEEEE, well pay you more money!!!
Google: ok fine, now leave me alone.
*Google* has left chat.
G2 = bettern Nexus than anything samsung has to offer.

gnujoshua said:
And those of us that bought the Vibrant/Galaxy S hoping it would/could have been this phone...
I gave my vibrant to the wife and personally went to G2. Hopefully by the time I'm ready to get another phone, the "Nexus3" will be out and HTC will be the manufacturer.
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I wouldn't be surprised if Motorola was the next Nexus's manufacturer lol

It is likely I will buy this instead of a Galaxy Tab. Anyway, I have a Vibrator, G2, and MyTouch 4G. Actually selling the G2 and keeping the other two. Why you might ask? I wanted the extra RAM in the MyTouch, G2 was a bit bulky for my tastes, although the keyboard was pretty sweet.
The truth was I needed to sell one either the Vibrator or the G2 and the G2 brought more cash so that was the one I chose to sell. Even though I much rather would have kept it instead of the Vibrant.
It's cool CM will be on MyTouch 4G soon enough!

after samsung moment, i realized never again with samsung. such beautiful phones with potentials they make, yet they fail to give a damn about their phones, also that phone does look like 1 drop results to epic destruction

jeallen0 said:
+10 to you sir. i totally agree... heres how i imagine the whole thing going
Samsung: hey google, can i ask you a question?
Google: umm ok...
Samsung: can we slap "nexus" on a phone with gingy plox??
Google: EFF NO
Samsung: PLEEEEASEEEEE, well pay you more money!!!
Google: ok fine, now leave me alone.
*Google* has left chat.
G2 = bettern Nexus than anything samsung has to offer.
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thats hilarious lol

Vibrant is awesome... screw bulky tangable keyboards. And a smaller screen that's not nearly as good
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Pretty phone. Pretty plastic. Nice logo. Cool look. No thanks.

ColbyRyptos said:
Vibrant is awesome... screw bulky tangable keyboards. And a smaller screen that's not nearly as good
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Gtfo of our forums befor you get lynched =P
And take your garbage samsung ui with you.
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with this phone you wont have to worry about samsung giving you updates, it will be like the nexus, the updates will come straight from google so all you have to worry is that the actual hardware is good, with that said, ill wait until it checks out that the hardware is in fact good and doesnt have a garbage gps and memory storage like my vibrant did

No thanks Samsung. I'm not going to support your overly corrupt company. Thanks.

Ewwww. It looks like an iphone gaxaly s mix. Ill be sticking with my g2, and the g2 will be next in line for new updates, first being nexus one
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Not for nothing to me htc is leading in the game with android.
[G2/HTC Vision]

Trade for evo anyone??

I was looking for someone who wanted to trade there epic 4g for my evo 4g its brand new I just got it from sprint. Any one interested let me know.

If you just bought it, don't you have a 30 day return on it?
Plus, the "there", along with the runon sentence doesn't bode well for the seller/trader's credibility.

First: I just got it in the mail because I replaced my old one. Second: thanks for the language tip lol
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When i posted my evo i did it on craigslist it was traded with in hours to the person that i got my epic from cool thing was my evo was 5 months old and my epic was 1 week old talk about lucky

Where you located yungdizz?
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mikel719 said:
Where you located yungdizz?
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Depending on where you are I would also consider it. Been something I've been thinking about doing.
Only issue would be I don't know how fair a trade would be...my epic was purchased about a week or so after launch. Its been in a case the whole time but...ya.

Is it a refurb? Or did they send you a brand new one?

yungdizz said:
I was looking for someone who wanted to trade there epic 4g for my evo 4g its brand new I just got it from sprint. Any one interested let me know.
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I'm interested

I was just gonna say check on Craigslist. I started looking fairly late in the evening, and ended up trading my Epic for an Evo the next morning. Shouldn't be too hard.

live2ride96 said:
I was just gonna say check on Craigslist. I started looking fairly late in the evening, and ended up trading my Epic for an Evo the next morning. Shouldn't be too hard.
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Was it a straight up trade? Just curious how you all did it.

why would anyone want to trade an inferior device?

I just looked for an Evo on Craigslist, and found people looking for possible trades. Found a guy who was about 20 minutes away, and met him at my local Sprint store. We checked out each others phones and went into the store where they swapped the activation on them. He threw in $50 with the Evo also. Work out the deal beforehand based on the assumption that condition, age, etc. are all the same, and then go from there once you see the phone in hand. Once you meet the person, you can always walk away if something just doesn't feel right. I'm happy with the way my trade worked out. Just much easier and safer to do locally. That's why I went with Craigslist. Just keep in mind you CAN still get screwed locally, so check the phone thoroughly. The Evo I traded for had a blown speaker, but my local Sprint store replaced the speaker for $35, so I still came out ahead. At some point, you just have to trust the person, as you can't necessarily test EVERYTHING. Good luck, man.

Zenoran said:
why would anyone want to trade an inferior device?
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Inferior? No. I'm happier with my Evo than I was with my Epic. Different phones entirely. Both are nice, but I just found my Epic too buggy, and had no need for a thicker phone with a keyboard. I'm not saying the Evo is better. Just better for me. I do miss the SAMOLED screen though.

I've been throwing around the idea of trading mine for a evo but I'm just worried ill miss the epic. I had a evo when it first came out then switched to epic and I can't make up my mind on which one I want. I don't use my keyboard ever so its kind of a waste.

Wow u been a senior member on this forum and lack of knowledge ..evo inferior they are both the same I ll say just the preference ....
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I have owned an evo since jun launch day,always hadx a keyboard phones,mogul,tp1,tp2 than the evo... but with the big scree tought I would get use to it cuz of the screen large keyboard,but no ,didn't get use to it,so I decided to trade and am happy just the keyboard that made it better...

jocampo86 said:
Wow u been a senior member on this forum and lack of knowledge ..evo inferior they are both the same I ll say just the preference ....
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The hardware stats say otherwise. No need to get nasty, they are both great phones.
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I'm tempted to trade for an evo but...I don't know if I can give up that screen.

kenvan19 said:
I'm tempted to trade for an evo but...I don't know if I can give up that screen.
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Same here, I really dig the epic but really don't use the keyboard and just think the evo feels better in the hand. Right now the screen is keeping me with the epic but samsungs/sprints lack of software support and accesories for the phone are making me lean towards trading for an evo
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Actually that is exactly my thought about the whole thing.

Ditching the Vibrant

got a white MyTouch 4g coming.
After several replacements, I just couldn't deal with the terrible GPS on this thing.
Got me lost in Kansas City when I was going in for surgery last week and was the final straw.
Bye bye lag fixes, bye bye waiting forever for updates, bye bye **** not working when I need it.

Ive had both and they are more evenly matched then a lot of people think. Both are great phones.have fun.
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hydrogenman said:
got a white MyTouch 4g coming.
After several replacements, I just couldn't deal with the terrible GPS on this thing.
Got me lost in Kansas City when I was going in for surgery last week and was the final straw.
Bye bye lag fixes, bye bye waiting forever for updates, bye bye **** not working when I need it.
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They sending you a mytouch to replace the vibrant? Do You have to pay the difference?
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Five0nIt said:
They sending you a mytouch to replace the vibrant? Do You have to pay the difference?
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no no no no!
he got tired of all the vibrants not working so he bought a mytouch they don't send different phones for replacementh aha

I always thought the MyTouch line was more for chicks. My idea of manly phones would include the Vibrant, G2, Evo, even the original G1.
Im sure the MT4 is a great phone, but I would still choose my Vibrant. Cya and good luck Miss.

badaphooko01 said:
I always thought the MyTouch line was more for chicks. My idea of manly phones would include the Vibrant, G2, Evo, even the original G1.
Im sure the MT4 is a great phone, but I would still choose my Vibrant. Cya and good luck Miss.
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same here, it looks... like its made for softer hands (no sexualism intended just saying)
Vibrant G2 Evo NS and most HTC phones for me.

Id get a mt4, but im changing carriers when I change phones. Tmobile is trash as well.
Dont mind paying more for a better carrier, personally.
And making this thread serves no purpose.
The vibrant forum is filled with WorksForMe™ kiddies.
Harder hands would demolish the plastic Vibrant...
And I agree those here give the MT4g way too much undeserved slack. The phone's only megatives compared to the Vibrant are the screen (subjective), screen size,.and internal storage size. Maybe the SoC is marginally worse. Almost everything else is superior. Sammy botched the Galaxy S.
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xriderx66 said:
I've had a G2 hated the call quality.
My Girlfriend has a Mytouch, it just doesn't fit my needs, its a good phone, i just don't like it.
I'm not saying that because of the phone, i'm saying that because your insulting the phone on the forum MADE for the phone the vibrant section and your pretty much bragging about your Mytouch, just go to the MYTouch part of the forum.
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Just venting chief.
Took a long time and many replacements to get to the point where I had an option.
I use the GPS a ton....and getting lost frequently when the GPS quit working really, really sucked.

hydrogenman said:
got it for 150 and get to keep the Vibrant...
don't really care if anyone cares....just relieved to finally be rid of this junk ass phone
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i'll give u 125 for the vibrant.

allthrottle said:
I work in a warehouse during the day and on engines in my leisure time. You won't find soft hands here, and you won't find any damage on my vibrant. Unless you've crushed your phone in your hand without trying, you're one of those "soft hand" people, at least by your logic. This phone is plenty tough, maybe not scuff resistant but it certainly isn't any weaker than any other normal phone out.
And I've been with tmobile for 6 years and have had very little trouble. Sometimes I'd wish for wider coverage, but that's my only gripe on the road. Maybe the coverage in your area is poor, but I've lived in every corner of texas and have had coverage, no dropped calls.
Maybe tmobile and/or the vibrant aren't for you, that's fine. No need to trash either.
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Where in Texas do u live? Im in north Texas frisco Texas.
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Wait til you see the problems the MT4Gs have.

hydrogenman said:
got a white MyTouch 4g coming.
After several replacements, I just couldn't deal with the terrible GPS on this thing.
Got me lost in Kansas City when I was going in for surgery last week and was the final straw.
Bye bye lag fixes, bye bye waiting forever for updates, bye bye **** not working when I need it.
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That's cool. I hope you like it.

whether we need this post is up for debate, but he is not stating anything we cannot agree with. gps does suck, lag is horrendous, and sammy is slower than any other brand when time to update. not bashing but stating the truth. i love the screen and the devs have worked hard with the roms but sammy needs to step up big time.

you should have waited and flashed the newest modem JL5 fixed the gps issues for me =]

grlddawkin said:
whether we need this post is up for debate, but he is not stating anything we cannot agree with. gps does suck, lag is horrendous, and sammy is slower than any other brand when time to update. not bashing but stating the truth. i love the screen and the devs have worked hard with the roms but sammy needs to step up big time.
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No lag, gps problems here.
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grlddawkin said:
lag is horrendous
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That has to be hyperbole right? I've had my vibrant for some months now. The amount of lag I have experienced has been sparse and when apparent, understandable if not completely tolerable. It has never crossed my mind to complain about the lag with this phone. What are you guys trying to do with your phones that you are experiencing this kind of stuff with?
I'm seriously beginning to think there are some wildly different vibrant experiences out there. There have to be, because that is just not the case for myself. I have installed lagfixes before and seen no discernible real world speed difference besides those seen in benchmarks.
It's got to be one of two things. Some vibrants are messed while others are not. Or. Half of you people are insanely impatient and will put up with nothing but absolute perfection. Something i've yet to witness on any phone, be it iPhone or HTC.

I don't think I've ever bought an electronic device with some kind of firmware that I haven't at least looked into hacking, rooting, cracking or whatever you want to call it.
Since I've had my phone its been awesome. GPS works, its fast, its modded and I do what I want with it. Anybody that buys a Vibrant and doesn't root it doesn't have a clue what they are missing. Not that if you don't root it you don't have a clue, but your are simply missing out. Now to leave this phone for well something that isn't even close is a shame.
I've played with what your replacing it with and honestly I'm not sure what you are thinking, but then again you dumped your Vibrant so I'm really not sure what you are thinking. My buddy and his iPhone4 wishes he could play the videos I play and had the freedom we have. Man it all starts at root.

xriderx66 said:
I'm just relieved to finally be rid of this junk ass member.
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its his choice to get a phone he likes better.
AND if you want to call someone a junk ass member,plz look at yourself first. you have 4 pages worth of noob "HELP ME!" threads that YOU created. you have almost 500 posts while i only have 1k(rounded) with not even one page worth of threads.
PLUS you DIDNT even know what would happen if you FORMATTED YOUR SD CARD shown here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9871494&postcount=2

Kubernetes said:
The existence of this thread would appear to belie your claim.
And a eMpTy4G? Why not get a Nexus S? At least the Nexus has the gorgeous screen and will get updates far sooner than the MT4G.
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can't get a cheap Nexus S out of retention because of the GPS issues.
If I don't like the Mytouch4g I'll certainly sell it along with the Vibrant, and buy a Nexus S off contract.
But, I've been hearing the Nexus S has the same flaky GPS issues too.....so meh

After modding my Vibrant with 2.2 I wouldn't want any other phone right now, especially not a 1st generation myTouch 4g which can have plenty of it's own problems.
I just rooted my wife's myTouch slide and what a PITA that was compared to the Vibrant.

Next Dev Device

Was wondering if we could get some of the top devs to chime in on what is the next device they are going to move on to now that the Evo has gotten a little long on the tooth. I'm on the fence on what my next phone is gonna be. Evo 3D or Galaxy S II. I'm partial to the GS II. The specs sound incredible but don't want to get it & have no Dev support. Case in point, the Epic. I've heard from Myn personally & he's on board with the 3D & I've heard through the grapevine that Aamikam is too. So what about Calkulin, toastcfh, flipzmode, ViRuS, netarchy, and others. Sorry if I left anyone out but those are off the top of my head.
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Hmmm my upgrade isn't until September so im hoping better devices might show up. Personally I say get whatever phone makes you happy; I don't buy my phone's based on which "dev" is getting it, I get it because that's what I want lol. For every device there's usually great devs.....except the epic....its like a red head step child no one likes it.

dirkyd3rk said:
Hmmm my upgrade isn't until September so im hoping better devices might show up. Personally I say get whatever phone makes you happy; I don't buy my phone's based on which "dev" is getting it, I get it because that's what I want lol. For every device there's usually great devs.....except the epic....its like a red head step child no one likes it.
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Lol, more like People Under the Stairs.
But I agree, get which phone makes you happy, kinda leaning toward the galaxy S II for when mine comes around; but as said, mine isn't till november, so I'm not in 'death decision' mode yet.

dirkyd3rk said:
.....except the epic....its like a red head step child no one likes it.
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Lmao!!
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dirkyd3rk said:
Hmmm my upgrade isn't until September so im hoping better devices might show up. Personally I say get whatever phone makes you happy; I don't buy my phone's based on which "dev" is getting it, I get it because that's what I want lol. For every device there's usually great devs.....except the epic....its like a red head step child no one likes it.
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Well I my upgrade came June 4th so I can grab the 3D on the 24th or wait for the Within whenever it get released. I'm trying to narrow it down because last year I bought the Evo on release date and purchased the Epic a few months for my second line. I walked around with both for months but rarely used the Epic. It was an alright phone, and spec wise it was better than the Evo but the devs are what really made the Evo for me. That and the fact that I despise TouchWiz with all of my being. Finally got rid of that second line and trying to make a good decision. Want to get the Evo but pound for pound the GS II is the champ. To me the dev support is gonna be the final decision maker. I'm a flash-a-holic and I need my fix for new and different roms.

klbjr said:
Well I my upgrade came June 4th so I can grab the 3D on the 24th or wait for the Within whenever it get released. I'm trying to narrow it down because last year I bought the Evo on release date and purchased the Epic a few months for my second line. I walked around with both for months but rarely used the Epic. It was an alright phone, and spec wise it was better than the Evo but the devs are what really made the Evo for me. That and the fact that I despise TouchWiz with all of my being. Finally got rid of that second line and trying to make a good decision. Want to get the Evo but pound for pound the GS II is the champ. To me the dev support is gonna be the final decision maker. I'm a flash-a-holic and I need my fix for new and different roms.
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Please explain to me what you mean by this? Cause you state it as a fact.What makes it superior in your eyes?

teh roxxorz said:
Lol, more like People Under the Stairs.
But I agree, get which phone makes you happy, kinda leaning toward the galaxy S II for when mine comes around; but as said, mine isn't till november, so I'm not in 'death decision' mode yet.
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Definitely interested in the gs2 as well! Im not liking that Motorola phone I can't stand its design.....

Matstarr said:
Please explain to me what you mean by this? Cause you state it as a fact.What makes it superior in your eyes?
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Lighter, better processor, better camera, better screen.
Hardware is definitely better but software doesn't compliment it
Gimme a couple a days to come up with a new sig that is cool.

No one getting the Motorola Photon?
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No one getting the Motorola Photon?
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I will never own a Motorola android based phone. Phone looks ugly as heck anyways.

Crossrocker said:
Lighter, better processor, better camera, better screen.
Hardware is definitely better but software doesn't compliment it
Gimme a couple a days to come up with a new sig that is cool.
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*facepalm* not this again.

swaze said:
*facepalm* not this again.
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I know I see this a lot. I don't brag or anything; I'm just saying. Hardware is better. That's a fact. Get over it. Look at all of the reviews and see what they say. I am 99% still gonna get evo 3d
Gimme a couple a days to come up with a new sig that is cool.