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I think about either buying a i7500 or a Magic soon, but can't really decide which to pick :/
The i7500 has a very nice screen and a better design in general...
But I'm unsure whether it will ever get much community support, like you have here, for custom ROMs which give you all the nice features on your Magic which the other (newer) Android Phones (will) have. Like newer Interfaces (like the ones seen lately here on the forums).
What do you guys think?
My last phone was a HTC Niki, which is now seriously broken. I use my old outdoor Nokia atm.
Alienfreak said:
But I'm unsure whether it will ever get much community support, like you have here, for custom ROMs which give you all the nice features on your Magic which the other (newer) Android Phones (will) have. Like newer Interfaces (like the ones seen lately here on the forums).
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This was exactly how I felt however the advantages of this forum outweighed the 5mega pixels (I have a Lumix 10Mpixel camera with a flash) the extra memory (I can buy higher capacity SD card to meet my needs) and I prefer the design of the Magic...and it's available now
In my eyes the Magic is inferior by all means.
Except this forum
Also I will by it next month the earliest because I have so save a little money for it first (I'm still studying at University)
xda is the best reason to go with the Magic, no doubt. The Sammy is actually slightly better at almost everything, with a few exceptions, but that really doesn't matter.. without a great dev community like xda backing it, the Sammy is not worth zilch. At least not for power users.
You can get your hands on a magic today, and you have to wait on the Samsung. Most of the spec's seems to be better on the Samsung, but I prefer the design of the htc and I also like the trackball which seems handy for browsing.
I'm also unsure about which to get.
i7500:
Better Camera
LED Flash
More ROM
Better Battery
3.5mm Jack
AMOLED Display
Slimmer Build
Dedicated Camera Key
Price?
Magic:
288MB RAM (i7500 has 128MB)
XDA Dev
Available Now
450 Euro Price
Trackball
The choice is yours but I'm going to wait for reviews and comparisons of both devices. The price of the i7500 is also a big deal for me, but it hasn't been announced yet. I also want to see what becomes of Huawei's device; however I am quite sure it won't have the specs of the i7500 but you never know!
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I'm also unsure about which to get.
i7500:
Better Camera
LED Flash
More ROM
Better Battery
3.5mm Jack
AMOLED Display
Slimmer Build
Dedicated Camera Key
Price?
Magic:
288MB RAM (i7500 has 128MB)
XDA Dev
Available Now
450 Euro Price
The choice is yours but I'm going to wait for reviews and comparisons of both devices. The price of the i7500 is also a big deal for me, but it hasn't been announced yet. I also want to see what becomes of Huawei's device; however I am quite sure it won't have the specs of the i7500 but you never know!
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Also add the trackball to the Magic list.
LOL yea I didn't think the trackball would be to my liking but after having some serious hands-on time with the G1, i sort of got used to it. Seriously thinking about picking up an unlocked version from Timtechs, any one ever ordered from them? Would have ordered from handtec, but they do not carry it
FYI I attended the Australian media launch for the Samsung I7500 Galaxy Icon today
this is my mini-review http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/samsung-i7500-galaxy-icon-android-mobile-smartphone-review/
the fact that 1st magic has the better design (i really find the galaxy awful looking) and the ram-thing(288 vs _128_(!!!)) plus availability of custom roms made me pick the magic.
Im buying a Samsung also
I really like my airtel HTC magic "now". Now that its rooted and thanks to the folks here at the Sapphire forum. The custom ROMs, the developer teams, the themes, the help. I like the magic in all regards. Its my very first Android phone and now with the market on it, with being able to easily add and upgrade applications, and getting rid of that crippled build that airtel India gave me...
But I am curious and I am a gadget boy I guess . So I'll just buy a Samsung and in fact I've pre-ordered it and it ships in a week or so.
I am going to punch the Donate button because I've been doing open source and Linux stuff for over 10 years and this stuff takes a lot of effort.
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my contract just passed the 22 month mark, but im wondering if it would be a smarter idea to get the g2 and see what happens after the potential merger and what promotional deals i could get (if any). or i could be safe and get a g2x and be able to use both frequency bands of att and tmobile. I do realize that the g2x has a dual core, hdmi output, etc, but honestly specs dont matter that much to me; im perfectly content with the g2's good speed. theres also the fact that the g2 has a keyboard, while obviously the g2x does not. i currently have a g1, and i find it hard to switch to virtual keyboards. So guys, input?
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well, i personally love hard keyboards but after getting use to swype, i can honestly say I can do without a hard keyboard. I'd prefer the g2x simply because it will set you up for the future. I'm waiting for my upgrade and switching to the g2x. I love the g2 and all but soon enough, apps and all will be updated to support multi cores. Plus i think the g2x's screen is better, looks better i mean. Up to you
At this point, the G2 shouldn't even be on your short list of phones to consider. It's old technology. Phones like the G2X and other upcoming dual core superphones like the Galaxy S II (or Galaxy S Pro if you want a keyboard) should be the ones you're looking at.
I see no value in buying a phone that came out in October last year at this point. Don't get me wrong the G2 is an awesome phone and I really like it, but there's no reason to buy this old of a phone with all these great ones coming out.
You just have to ask yourself, could you really see the G2 being relevant this time next year? I think a phone that comes out this month has a much better chance at that.
So little love for the G2 already? I'm shocked.
I have had mine for 5 months or so now but I honestly think If I was to upgrade from my old handset RIGHT NOW, I would either get the still G2 or wait for something else to drop from HTC with a hardware keyboard.
My last handset was a Hero and for the entire 8-10 months I had that I always regretted not getting a G1 ... (a) for the kb.... (b) for the dev support!!!!! There was always more going on with the G1 than the Hero.
I think I'll be content with my G2 for another 12months yet.
My wife just got a phone last week. We went into the tmobile store and personally i dont see anything better then a g2. g2x doesnt even count imo... it isnt in the G family on so many levels.
G2 is working great for me so she wanted a g2 also. Shes very happy with it, but then again she came from a motorola cliq lol.
You posted the same question in the Q & A subforum.
Cross posting the same question to multiple subforums is against forum rules, and unnecessary.
I have a G2 since December and my girl just got a G2 now. The reason she wanted a G2 was because she was switching to t-mobile and wanted a phone with a keyboard. We decided that the G2 was good enough for her as it was quick for what she does and has swype as well.
She got the G2 for free with no dataplan required so it was a good deal.
Sure a dual core phone would have been nice, but it would be overkill for her. Front facing camera is a nice feature, but she won't be using it much, or even at all. She didn't want to drop $200 for the latest phone and pay $30 dataplan for the next 2 years.
She just love to text, email and go on facebook. She came from an iphone 3G so it was a big upgrade imo.
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At this point, the G2 shouldn't even be on your short list of phones to consider. It's old technology. Phones like the G2X and other upcoming dual core superphones like the Galaxy S II (or Galaxy S Pro if you want a keyboard) should be the ones you're looking at.
I see no value in buying a phone that came out in October last year at this point. Don't get me wrong the G2 is an awesome phone and I really like it, but there's no reason to buy this old of a phone with all these great ones coming out.
You just have to ask yourself, could you really see the G2 being relevant this time next year? I think a phone that comes out this month has a much better chance at that.
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He using a G1 currently... do you honestly think the G2 is outdated compared to his current phone? It will a GIANT improvement over a G1 and you get to keep the qwerty kb. Trust me, I even fired it up the other day and it was unbearable.... The G2X has nice guts but looks like a plastic pos from LG (typical) and the extra frequency won't freaking matter for 3 years+ The stupid merger will be blocked for a year and a half (at least) and another year and a half before your 3G towers are gone (you still have 2G after that). By that time, 3D phones will be becoming mainstream (or at least more popular) and dual processors will be improved while quads are arriving on tables. The G2 is a good choice for a couple of years. Hell, you can overclock to almost 2GHz! That's plenty fast for now and the near future. The only issue I see is RAM is low compared to newer high end models but the cpu makes up for it with a little OCing...
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At this point, the G2 shouldn't even be on your short list of phones to consider. It's old technology.
You just have to ask yourself, could you really see the G2 being relevant this time next year?
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Consider that this gentleman is still on a g1 which at this stage is genuinely outdated some two years after release. I think if he moved to the direct successor to this venerable handset he would be quite pleased. The brief overlay between release and the present day has merely allowed the dev community time to support the device. Instead, if he did what you suggest and get a g2x (which lacks a hard keyboard, something he seems fond of) he would have to wait some months for it to be cracked and the dev community to support it.
Not to mention that dual core phones are still relatively new tech. Even if the hardware is screaming fast, every dual core phone released so far has some sort of software issue and do you really genuinely believe that the carrier or vendor will be quick to patch these issues? Consider the Engadget review of the LG Optimus2x
Where we were left disappointed, however, was in the company's software execution. Neat little tweaks to Android's default interface failed to obscure the fact that the Optimus 2X is neither as responsive nor as stable as it should be. You might be able to rectify those flaws by installing one of the inevitable avalanche of custom ROMs that this device will benefit from, but we're here to review LG's own performance and we find the failure to deliver a reliable platform inexcusable.
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And the Atrix4g review
The Bad
Motoblur and AT&T bloatware onboard
Isn't running most recent Android release
Software can be slightly buggy
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Though speculating on the end product that HTC will produce is nothing more than conjecture at this stage, these types of commentary lead me to believe that despite the frankly staggeringly good physical hardware, albeit lacking the desired keyboard, the current iteration of dual core smartphones aren't really ready for the consumer market. Their battery life is acceptable, but that goes away when you really are trying to utilize the benefits of having a dual core setup in terms of snappy multitasking.
Get the G2 man. You'll be holding onto it for a while and whatever crop of phones ATT comes out with assuming this merger goes through will probably not live up to the high quality you'll find in the G2. Even now the Dev community is still supporting the G1 so as to if the G2 is going to be "relevant" in a year, that is a silly question. What about all those people who wish to stay off contract yet desire a decent handset at a cheaper price since it is a used model? Dismissing a handset offhand as being "old" and "outdated" despite obvious evidence against this assertion is both shortsighted and closed minded.
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She didn't want to drop $200 for the latest phone and pay $30 dataplan for the next 2 years.
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I hope no one here is paying 30 a month for unlimited. 20 dollars a month its called "android preferred" or something like that. 3 people included myself on our family plan have internet for 20 a month. Just ***** and moan and u can get it too.
things i dislike about the g2x.
no camera button
camera pokes out so uneven backside
i think the review say it has no lens cover so prone to dust
Not a big modding community yet.
I love my G2 and will be happy with it for at least the next 2 years. But, if I were getting a phone now, I would probably get the G2x or more likely wait for the Pyramid.
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things i dislike about the g2x.
no camera button
camera pokes out so uneven backside
i think the review say it has no lens cover so prone to dust
Not a big modding community yet.
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the g2x hasnt even come out yet, that was the optimus 2x, which had its own lg skin over it.
this phone, with the g in the g2x, is mostly stock android with a bit of bloatware put in. you cant say it has a small mod community when it hasnt even come out yet.
Here's really what it boils down to: do you need a physical keyboard or not? A physical keyboard is an absolute must for me, and regardless of the hardware specs I need that keyboard. Right now there just aren't a ton of options on the market, for whatever reason, for a great phone with a physical keyboard, but the G2 is a fantastic one, and easily the best on the market next to the Sprint/HTC Evo Shift (since it's the same internals as the G2 anyway). Remember, even flagships like the Xperia Play have nearly the same exact hardware as the G2, so it's not like it's a crappy phone or something, just not cutting edge any more.
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the g2x hasnt even come out yet, that was the optimus 2x, which had its own lg skin over it.
this phone, with the g in the g2x, is mostly stock android with a bit of bloatware put in. you cant say it has a small mod community when it hasnt even come out yet.
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Hardware wise its the same phone and will be the same subforum .just like the g2 AND desire Z , HTC leo AND the HD2.
Sure the specs on the G2x is amazing, but i would perfer my G2 over the G2x anyday. What I love about my G2 is that it has a beautiful qwerty keyboard & personailly the g2x looks like plastic. The G2 looks like a ****ing Rock. So which one do you rather have a big peice of crappy Plastic or a nice tough looking Rock.
Like others have said here is my list of importance.
1. physical keyboard (i must have it, i cannot do without it)
2. android os (duh...)
3. spec (finally my 3rd i would finally have to start looking at speed and memory)
Maybe the keyboard isnt important to you, if that is so then you have a much larger selection.
G2!
G2 all the way!
Once you've gone hardware keyboard you cant go back. The keyboard is really a big draw the phone has. There aren't really any negative traits about the G2, besides that it's just slightly older. The 800 mhz processor isn't a negative trait about the phone. HTC makes much higher quality phones that LG (in my opinion). And there is not really anything that the G2x has that the G2 doesn't, aside from being game-focused (or at least the T-Mobile website makes it sound game-focused.
My vote is for the G2 for sure.
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Sure the specs on the G2x is amazing, but i would perfer my G2 over the G2x anyday. What I love about my G2 is that it has a beautiful qwerty keyboard & personailly the g2x looks like plastic. The G2 looks like a ****ing Rock. So which one do you rather have a big peice of crappy Plastic or a nice tough looking Rock.
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A shiny rock But yeah, qwerty plus HTC and quality exterior beat LG anyday.
Mog said:
My wife just got a phone last week. We went into the tmobile store and personally i dont see anything better then a g2. g2x doesnt even count imo... it isnt in the G family on so many levels.
G2 is working great for me so she wanted a g2 also. Shes very happy with it, but then again she came from a motorola cliq lol.
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I came from the cliq... I feel her pain. Dont get me wrong, that phone was like a better iPhone sacrificing the High-End games. But man if its 1 thing I learned from that lesson. Its patients, timing and the right manufacture.
The G2 has a few things no other phone tmobile to date has to offer. Total Openess. Means long community support. G1 still fully supported cause its pure google. Only other phone is the Nexus S which lacks Keyboard, no SDCard, and is Samsung.
Not a single Dual-Core phone is pure Google yet or even a popular HTC for that matter (Like the EVO). Now the Evo 3D would be a good by because itll be way ahead of every1 else, be purchased by many, and its HTC. Most importantly translate to a large Community Base/Support.
Hello,
I need some help.
I need (want) to buy a new Android device in the next days.
I was going for the I9000 till today when I discovered the LG 2X I never heard about before, it would cost me 10€ more but it provides dual core processor and better gpu (in the event google will ever use gpu acceleration for the OS).
I would go with that, the problem is that from what I've read here the stock ROM sucks, and the battery with it doesn't last long. But the main concern for me are the custom ROMs since I was going to use them on the galaxy anyway. I've seen that even the cutoms ROMs for the lg are not stable and complete, missing a lot of features and functionalities.
Do you think considering I want the best bang for the buck in terms of performance and OS support will it be better to just go with samsung but basically having half* the performance but HUGE community developers support or buy the better LG and hoping the community will continue creating a stable CM7 at least?
I also wonder why the LG costing roughly the same as the SGS is not that famous, I think that's is the main reason why the development is still at early stages
2x, nothing to think about.
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i'd get the 2x too.
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Thank you.
Could you elaborate your reasons since you both have the I9000?
Well, LG really doesn't utilise the tech it contains
Played with the phone for few days and although it's got some nice touches it does not feel snapier or smoother than SGS. I was facing the same dilema you have now few months ago and went with SGS. But thruth to be told I've had SGS before for half a year and knew what to expect. Check the 2x section here on XDA and see whats up with development,issues bugs etc. In the end what ever phone u pick it is what u make of it. Good luck.
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i would never buy a product manufactured from LG. pure ****.
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Thank you.
Could you elaborate your reasons since you both have the I9000?
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I bought it recently, because I got rid of HTC Desire just in time, so I could get a used SGS for the same price. Its a great device, only thing that sux, is the slow internal memory chip, that's why it gets laggy after installing a load of apps. CM7 thankfully puts the data on the system chip.
Besides better, newer hw on LG, I really have no idea why you would prefer 1 yr old device. Smack CM on the LG and that's it. :]
doesn't CM on the LG have problems? like camera, bluetooth, battery?
Seems pretty buggy
Nightly says only problems with AD2P bt audio: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058254
M8 went from SGS to 2x and is quite happy with it. Installed CM immediately :]
what about the screens? Is the Samsung's AMOLED better?
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what about the screens? Is the Samsung's AMOLED better?
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Definitely AMOLED is much nicer to look at.....
ghazi.urfali said:
Definitely AMOLED is much nicer to look at.....
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But Optimus 2x has IPS screen which is also very good.
Optimus 2x or Galaxy S?
As you can see from my signature, I'm in the exact same position. The problem is that the Galaxy S is a very mature device with many stable fixes/kernels and Roms. There is also a large community support.
However, the Optimus 2x has MUCH better specs at the same price. The O2X is very premature as the only 2.3 Rom is CM7, which is very buggy. There have been numerous problems with O2X's as well like screen bleed and freezes/reboots etc. Also worth noting is that the Optimus 2x community is nowhere near as big and lively as the Galaxy S community (I may be wrong, please correct if I am).
So should I get the mature Galaxy S with a lot of support (and SAMOLED screen) or risk the O2X which has less support but better specs?
P.S. Will Galaxy S be able to run all Tegra 2 games smoothly if GPU is OC?
yup SAME situation. And I bet you're aware of the expansys UK price of the 2X
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yup SAME situation. And I bet you're aware of the expansys UK price of the 2X
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Yep You're physic!
I'm personally learning towards the O2X. There is so much hardware potential that is yet to come from the O2X. In fact, there is already so many tweaks like CPU/GPU/RAM/Audio and video encoder OC as well as Voodoo sound which is still getting developed by Supercurio.
TBH, if you buy the O2X, it'll certainly be more interesting as the Galaxy S has been tweaked right up to it's highest potential but with the O2X, it's yet to come, and that just adds to the excitement of new hacks/kernels/roms that XDA developers are so good at! I personally think that a tweaked Galaxy S is roughly the same performance as a stock O2X (hence our dilemma) but I believe that a tweaked O2X will surpass performance of SGS2 stock AND tweaked.
The problem is: what if the project will be abandoned? What if ICS will never appear on this device? Be aware also that Nvidia has not made their source code available and thus they may never get some things to work on the phone with customs roms. I don't get if the community is "weak" because the product is newer or because people (aka developers) don't think it has a future.
But still the price/hardware is amazing, too bad the stock rom makes it worse than the SGS, basically if the hardware was actually used by LG alone I would have already ordered it.
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The problem is: what if the project will be abandoned? What if ICS will never appear on this device? Be aware also that Nvidia has not made their source code available and thus they may never get some things to work on the phone with customs roms. I don't get if the community is "weak" because the product is newer or because people (aka developers) don't think it has a future.
But still the price/hardware is amazing, too bad the stock rom makes it worse than the SGS, basically if the hardware was actually used by LG alone I would have already ordered it.
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That's the problem. Is it worth the risk?
Never Ever buy LG 2X
Never buy LG 2X its crap phone.... I brought one and sold it out in 10 day of use....Its Junk phone...No proper Support & worst Andriod 2.2 laggy phone. Go for Samsung S1 or S2 best phone Samsung gives best ROM's updates
Or wait till October for Nexus prime.
If not GS1 for sure.
Like mentioned, LG=rubbish.
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A new SGS2 is on the way, a plus version. Se for yourself :
http://pocketnow.com/android/is-samsung-preparing-a-galaxy-s-ii-plus
I hope to God they don't do it, because everybody is happy with this SGS2, and making the plus version, and then a SGS3 will make fans angry.
I read that the only difference will be that the plus version will have 1.4GHz CPU..
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A new SGS2 is on the way, a plus version. Se for yourself :
http://pocketnow.com/android/is-samsung-preparing-a-galaxy-s-ii-plus
I hope to God they don't do it, because everybody is happy with this SGS2, and making the plus version, and then a SGS3 will make fans angry.
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They will do it. Make some sweet money bet that wont fix camera issues.
looks like an iphone but powered by android baby!!!!
This is def going to happen guys. .its how Samsung works
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Wonderfull !!!!! nice !!!!
If its going to be a + version, I hope it will at least be a higher clocked exynos rather than some crummy snapdragon.
Not that I would buy it either way.
awesome !!!
Lol!! i just cant imagine how the sgs2+ customers will be pissed when sgs3 is launched.... poor fellows, surely there will be some idiots buying this instead of waiting for sgs3
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Lol!! i just cant imagine how the sgs2+ customers will be pissed when sgs3 is launched.... poor fellows, surely there will be some idiots buying this instead of waiting for sgs3
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If one has the money then they should go for it then sell it when the real successor comes out.
But quite pointless in purchasing this if the S3 is looming despite the wait.
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Well,technically speaking,my SGS2 is already better so...
But yeah,that's the point.They might as well make it with a Snapdragon.Although,if it's Qualcomm's S3 and not the S4 processor,it'll be more like the SGS2- instead of + but anyway.
I hope it'll come with the same chipset as the "newer" version of the g nexus. :3
why stupid?
I thought I had to say somethiong about the comments here. first of all I use the sg2+ since a week now. and yes it's really plu. I have a sgs2 and I really see the difference, when it comes to multitasking and web browsing. games runs better and when i wasn't able to run some powerfull games on sgs2, it runs perfect on the "plus" version.. Apart from that, I actually won't say it's a stupid thyought from samsung, a lot of people (like me) are fed up with the size of the screen on new phone like the sgs3 and they rather buy a smaller cell phone, the problem is that it's difficult to find a 4'3 screen with good specs nowaday. I guess that's where the sgs2+ comes in the game, it gives you a up to date phone specs.and a normal screen size. I will pêrsonnaly keep my regular sgs2 because of rom dev, since i think the sgs2+ will not be mod so much. but you can't say it's stupid to make this product, it's niche, but it has its place on the market. And don't forget something, it sells new for 300 euros. And i won't even bother on the materials they use cause it's like ten times better than the sgs3 which look and feel like a cheap plastic phone
Why bump a year old thread? :what:
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great work! how can i deleat the sound of the boot sequence
Wonderful ,, s2 is the most beauty phone from Samsung in my opinion
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jimmymetis said:
I thought I had to say somethiong about the comments here. first of all I use the sg2+ since a week now. and yes it's really plu. I have a sgs2 and I really see the difference, when it comes to multitasking and web browsing. games runs better and when i wasn't able to run some powerfull games on sgs2, it runs perfect on the "plus" version.. Apart from that, I actually won't say it's a stupid thyought from samsung, a lot of people (like me) are fed up with the size of the screen on new phone like the sgs3 and they rather buy a smaller cell phone, the problem is that it's difficult to find a 4'3 screen with good specs nowaday. I guess that's where the sgs2+ comes in the game, it gives you a up to date phone specs.and a normal screen size. I will pêrsonnaly keep my regular sgs2 because of rom dev, since i think the sgs2+ will not be mod so much. but you can't say it's stupid to make this product, it's niche, but it has its place on the market. And don't forget something, it sells new for 300 euros. And i won't even bother on the materials they use cause it's like ten times better than the sgs3 which look and feel like a cheap plastic phone
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Can you please tell me if you could use the same incar holder charger for the s2 + what you can buy for the s2?
Thanks a lot
Look at the voltage mate. Should be fine.
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ansrewwrightt said:
Look at the voltage mate. Should be fine.
-Yes the voltage should be fine they have the same batteries.I was wondering about other things maybe not the same on the body.
I ask because I dont think its correct what the seller said about a carholder product designed for the S2:
"Is this compatible with the Samsung galaxy s2 plus?
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The mount is only designed for the Samsung Galaxy S2 not the Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus."
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hi im a zte blade user but am looking to buy a new phone. ive done research on this phone but wanted to know whether this phone is really worth the upgrade? if anyone can help answer a few question that would be awesome
- is this phone fast, in terms of games, multitasking and just browsing through the screens and app drawer etc
- what is the rom development like for this phone, do you reckon it will get any of the latest updates soon?
- is it worth £130?
thanks in advance if anyone can help
- Yes, it is quite snappy. I have yet to find something that will make it unacceptably laggy or slow.
- The latest complete release is Gingerbread. Newer releases (ICS, JB) are in the making and should be just around the corner, it all depends on when will Motorola release their own version so devs can extract proper hardware drivers from it.
- Is that brand new? Then sure, otherwise it can easily be found for significantly less.
i think this is a pretty good phone.
1) Yes. Very snappy and smooth. And thats on GB. On JB (unofficial CM10), it flies! Totally awesome!
2) Rom development...well, its not that bad, but could be better. We have all the latest roms available, but as of right now, we only have one dev that actually owns an Atrix. Others devs are blind building. Not that they are doing a bad job, in fact, they are doing terrific job blind building, my respect for them.
3) Don't know. Got it for around 170$ used a couple of months back.
Offtopic: Lets wait for ATRIX_LOVER to come in, and flame this phone like there is no tomorrow. Lol.
If I broke mine I would be searching Ebay for a good deal on another Atrix 4G.The one I have now I got for $162.50
It's a good phone for the money you pay. Very easy to repair, so if you're on a tight budget, broken screens etc are a cheap fix compared to other phones (no glue used etc.) You can get a cheap lapdock, for less than the price of gs2 you can have a pad and a phone.
Performance wise, Tegra 2 benchmarks about the same as a dual core 800MHz chip of the current generation of phones. Not rocket fast, but definitely smooth enough. Games compiled for Tegra 2 perform much better than you would expect as the ulv geforce is a competent GPU. Lack of neon extensions means that apps not optimised for T2 take a performance hit. This will become more of an issue as time goes on; T3 has simd extensions put back in so there's little incentive for developers to keep two code paths. It does have an unlocked bootloader available, a huge bonus for dev support. On the other hand, being a Tegra 2 based phone means it will never reach the popularity of the likes of sg2 or some HTC phones.
We are promised an official ICS ROM within the next couple of months, you can expect good support up to Jelly Bean: after that, not so much.
Imho, it's a bargain for the prices it's sold at, especially if you get a lapdock at the same time. You get a phone and a pad for, essentially, the price of a low/mid range phone.
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It's a good phone. £130 seems like a good deal. I wouldn't pay anything above £160 for it.
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consolation said:
We are promised an official ICS ROM within the next couple of months, you can expect good support up to Jelly Bean: after that, not so much.
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Unless Android's next version still uses ICS drivers.
thanks for all the replies,
i can get the phone used for £130, which is on its own (no lapdock) i think that is a good price and within my budget.
i cant seem to find any other phone with similar or better specs at this price unless someone could point me in the right direction?
thanks again
ropin1 said:
thanks for all the replies,
i can get the phone used for £130, which is on its own (no lapdock) i think that is a good price and within my budget.
i cant seem to find any other phone with similar or better specs at this price unless someone could point me in the right direction?
thanks again
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You might be able to pick up an LG optimus 2x for slightly cheaper than the atrix. It has the same tegra processor as the atrix. Even has hdmi. Main difference is that it has 512mb ram whereas atrix has double that.
I've used both and there's no noticeable difference in performance when running the cm7 roms.
If it's possible you might want to wait and see if either phone is getting official ics. The LG owners are in a similar position as us regarding updates
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ropin1 said:
thanks for all the replies,
i can get the phone used for £130, which is on its own (no lapdock) i think that is a good price and within my budget.
i cant seem to find any other phone with similar or better specs at this price unless someone could point me in the right direction?
thanks again
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For a little more you could get an HTC Sensation. I'd say that the Sensation is harder to unlock and has pluses and minuses from the Atrix. Personally I prefer the Atrix but the Sensation might be a better bet forthe future given the liklihood of ongoing support/development.