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HTC's newest Android flagship phone revealed

source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/htcs-newest-android-flagship-phone-revealed/

wish it had some specs

If it has better battery life, a better gpu, more onboard storage I'm jumping ship .

what are the chances Sprint will get it?

Must be for sprint! February......hint hint
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Evo is great. But if Sprint gets it, I am ready for an upgrade.
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Reminds me too much of my hero. I don't like it! I got 8 months till upgrade anyway, I am sure other awesome phones will come out by then. I am in no rush at all!

Wow. Just looked back at some of my old posts. I'm still on the OG EVO and rom devs like swiperrat and tommytomato have kept this phone perfect! Nothing else from sprint compares.
Swiper's MIUI EVO 4G

Wait for htc one x. Suppose to hit in June.Google it. Quad core tegra with 26 gig usable storage,1 gig RAM. Sound too good to be true
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I can't believe HTC continues to release top of line phones without on-screen buttons. Capacitive buttons are backward and a waste of space.

iam8up2003 said:
Wait for htc one x. Suppose to hit in June.Google it. Quad core tegra with 26 gig usable storage,1 gig RAM. Sound too good to be true
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quad-core is not compatible with LTE (sprint is going with LTE) so we probably ending up with dual core S4

iam8up2003 said:
Wait for htc one x. Suppose to hit in June.Google it. Quad core tegra with 26 gig usable storage,1 gig RAM. Sound too good to be true
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US version of one x is only dualcore and 16gb internal
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Ive heard that the S4 is blazzing fast compared to other dual cores, how does it compare to the tegra 3? More cores doesnt mean too much, its all how each core handles under load.

One of the comments on android central said that the S4 preforms better than the Tegra 3...
I really wanted the Tegra 3 for the GeForce Graphics thou. I dont get why they wont just use the new version of Tegra 3 which supports LTE thats coming out this summer.

Would you be willing to wait until Q3 to get that new phone?
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Would you be willing to wait until Q3 to get that new phone?
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Precisely. If you always wait for something better, you'd still have an Android running Cupcake or something, haha. Or a bag phone...
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ECrispy said:
I can't believe HTC continues to release top of line phones without on-screen buttons. Capacitive buttons are backward and a waste of space.
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I love the capacitive buttons...
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sprint always get the ****ty end of the stick when new phones come out. The whole "one" line starting from the top goes to at&t as usual.
I can just hear the htc execs saying "we have to dump something on sprint, so lets make them one that has a flashy name "Galaxy Nexus" just to keep that cash flow coming in"
the one x is way better, so i will just keep my evo. my evo has been a great phone anyway.
wait a minute, just found the HTC Evo 4G LTE, hmmmmm very nice. Oh well, i was wrong once before lol

A bit confused by your post. HTC had nothing to do with the naming convention of Samsungs Galaxy Nexus. And decidedly un-flashy, Galaxy Nexus is kind of the name the phone had to have, as it is both a Galaxy device and Nexus device.
Or maybe I misunderstood you
In any case, the Evo 4g lte coming to sprint is superior to all the other HTC offerings (i.e. One series). It has been stated repeatedly the the dual core krait is more efficient and powerful than the current quad cores. And it has removable storage, a kickstand.
And unlike really ANY of HTCs other phones, they FINALLY got the camera lens protected. (Yay!) :thumbup: The One X lens is awfully susceptible to damage, while on the Evo, the finally protected it in a clever manner.
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Tregrad said:
sprint always get the ****ty end of the stick when new phones come out. The whole "one" line starting from the top goes to at&t as usual.
I can just hear the htc execs saying "we have to dump something on sprint, so lets make them one that has a flashy name "Galaxy Nexus" just to keep that cash flow coming in"
the one x is way better, so i will just keep my evo. my evo has been a great phone anyway.
wait a minute, just found the HTC Evo 4G LTE, hmmmmm very nice. Oh well, i was wrong once before lol
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since when did htc make the galaxy nexus?

Sooo... What's next after the Epic?

I've seen a lot of talk about new phones but is there a successor to the Samsung Epic?
I talked my wife into buying the Epic as well and we love them but we always keep our eyes on that 2 year mark (which is coming up this Summer)... wondering if we are going to stay in place with the Epics or save for something else.
We are particularly fond of the physical keyboard... don't want to jump to a phone without one.
Love reading all the great threads on here... keep up the great info.
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The EVO 3D seems to have caught the Epic community's eye. The Epic can do nearly everything that the new EVO can, except the Evo has a better CPU (dual core), TV out (hdmi), and it's 3D option.

No top tier phones with keyboards have been announced yet by Sprint. Samsung has created the "Galaxy S II" which could be used to produce an Epic 2 but that is between Samsung & Sprint to decide.
I believe Sprint is releasing a windows phone 7 HTC device with keyboard, but I'm not interested in wp7.
How are you hitting the 2-year mark when the Epic was released last summer?

Dual 1.2ghz processors
1GB DDR2 ram
NFC
8mp camera
2mp FFC
1080p recording & playback
4.3" display
SAMoled + technology
hdmi out
removable memory
Gingerbread 2.4
replaceable 1750mah battery
Thinest cellphone ever made
yeah.... I'm waiting on the Galaxy S2 myself.

9kracing said:
Dual 1.2ghz processors
1GB DDR2 ram
NFC
8mp camera
2mp FFC
1080p recording & playback
4.3" display
SAMoled + technology
hdmi out
removable memory
Gingerbread 2.4
Ice Cream 3.1
replaceable 1750mah battery
Thinest cellphone ever made
yeah.... I'm waiting on the Galaxy S2 myself.
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FTFY
Wait...this is Samsung, God forbid they put out an up to date phone.
I know it hasn't been released yet. But I/O is here in what 4 days?
I theorize 3.1 because it will be a merge of the Tablet and Phone branches of Android, and I doubt they would down grade the version number of the tablets. so the number would have to be >=3.1

Yeah the 4.3" screen may be a problem for those looking for an Epic 2. I think it would be absolutely huge. I personally am going for a non-kb device next. After all, the KB on the epic was pretty useless with all the skipped characters which forced me to become comfortable with swype.
I'd be all over the Evo 3D if it had an amoled display. Any phone w/o amoled will need to have very strong contrast levels with very low black's otherwise it will annoy the heck out of my to pay for a phone upgrade with a lesser quality screen.
I figure I'll be on the Epic until November 2012 since they removed the 1 year upgrade from my plan. At that point I may just keep it and flash over to Boost mobile for the uber cheap monthly rates.

I bought my Epic outright... used... I jumped into Sprint service with a blackberry curve... bought an EVO and Epic cash/used... but in excellent shape.

I've got another year before I start to look,everything else will be "obsolete"
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Gotta have the keyboard for me otherwise it isn't a smartphone to me. I have tried and tried swype but for those messages more than 2 or 3 words I can not stand it.

I'd rather have super thin with no keyboard than slightly fat and a mostly working keyboard
And I would like to have latest version of touch wiz
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digiblur said:
Gotta have the keyboard for me otherwise it isn't a smartphone to me. I have tried and tried swype but for those messages more than 2 or 3 words I can not stand it.
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Have you tried voice-to-text? Why type when you can talk....

9kracing said:
Have you tried voice-to-text? Why type when you can talk....
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Voice-to-text is fine if you're not in a meeting or something...
"this guy is so boring, I hope he stops droning on and on soon... oh, crap, he can hear me"

I was looking at the evo3d but i am going to wait till the phone is launched first only because i think the phone is going to be locked down alot and i think root will take some time. I will probably be looking at the gsII. I want my amoled screen and 4.3 is an awesome screen size for me. Plus sammy has done pretty good about not locking phones down so far.

I've got till early Fall of next year before I start looking at amazing phones again (just think what they'll have then...lol)
BUT, if I were looking for a new phone, the EVO 3D is definitely the way to go.

In the evo forums over at android forums an HTC insider says the evo 3d will ship with no bootloader lock, they wanna make it dev friendly
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According to my local corp store, if i replace my phone 2 more times (already done 3 exchanges) then i will be able to switch to different device which if i have to exchange this epic 2 more times i am jumping ship to htc and if evo 3d is out then i am going to it.
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Oh man I hope you are right. If so I'm getting it then. Thanks for the information bro
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In the evo forums over at android forums an HTC insider says the evo 3d will ship with no bootloader lock, they wanna make it dev friendly
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Even I am waiting for the Galaxy 2. It's gonna rock!

I'm going to be in heaven if we get Gingerbread or even 2.4 Ice Cream on another version of the Epic 4G with a keyboard and that dual-core 1.2mhz processor, S-AMOLED + display...AND I'm hoping sprint will keep the keyboard on their version...cuase idk where id be for all the long ass E-mails and text messages without some physical buttons to press....and ohh my what the developers would do once they get their hands on that 1.2 dual core...maybe wishfull thinking but can anybody else say 2.0Ghz Overclock....I've already seen the EVO SHIFT 4G OC'D to 1.8 (which I'm thinking about jumping ship towards to be honest if we don't get something new)...I think that would be a realistic expectation.
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The Evo 3D sounds cool, and the 3D option is interesting. If anyone has see the Ninteno 3DS, I assume it is similar to the technology the evo will have. The 3DS is cool but if that's what the evo screen looks like in 3D, HTC has some work to do.
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Evo3d or galaxy s2

I like both phone, both has crazy specs, I have the evo now and love it. What I love about the evo is that there is so many roms to choose from. My main concern is which phone is easier to develop for and do you think Samsung development community would be as big as HTC development community. Not to mention that I love the cm roms and there roms is still in experimental stage for Samsung. I really answering my own question for the evo3d but that screen on the galaxy s2 is calling me.
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fredox19 said:
I like both phone, both has crazy specs, I have the evo now and love it. What I love about the evo is that there is some many roms to choose from. My main concern is which phone is easier to develop for and do you thing Samsung development community would be as big as HTC development community. Not to mention that I love the cm roms and there roms is still in experimental stage for Samsung. I really answering my own question for the evo3d but that screen on the galaxy s2 is calling me.
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I sold my EVO and bought an Epic back in December... big mistake for someone that likes to dev and tweak his phone. The Epic hardware is awesome, but the dev support is very lacking. Yeah, I could overclock my Epic and score 2400+ on Quadrant and it took great HD Video compared to the EVO. The screen was also beautiful. I traded the Epic for an EVO because I missed being able to dev. If you're the type of person that always wants to be on the cutting edge with the newest version of Android, then stay with what the DEVs are using (probably EVO3D). If you're someone that runs the same ROM for months at a time (i.e. not a flashaholic) then the Samsung S II may be best for you. It depends on what you're looking for and what you're looking to do with your phone.
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Yup Evo 3D, even tho it might have lock bootloader like the thunderbolt, it will have more support from developers, and good ones too, virus is coming alone and myns wants too, I believe mik is coming and of course others
http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...custom-roms-look/&category=classic&postPage=1
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I wonder how long it will take them to crack the bootloader if it is indeed locked. I hope not too long. But its what ever. After running Virus' Kindom Port, ill be fine with stock un-rooted for a lil while

My only concern is developing for the EVO 3D as they have some new files that are going to be or may be difficult to work on. Only time will tell. I'm going to the EVO 3D because I love Sense and I can tell you right now the galaxy wont have that.

My favorite roms are myns for sense and cm7 for latest android roms. So I guess ill stay with HTC
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I checked out both phones at Google IO. The galaxy S2 was so thin and the screen was amazing. Both phones were super snappy.
The only turnoffs for me on the galaxy s2 was the plasticky cover and the weight. Anyone who's owned a Samsung phone knows what i'm talking about with the plasticky feeling phones. But the weight of the S2 blew me away. I can't remember a lighter smartphone. It felt like a toy. It was basically "too light." I'm sure for many, that phrase doesn't even make sense, but for me, I like phones that feel solid and have some substance to them. For some, when they throw this phone in their pocket, they won't even know its there.
I have to hand it to Samsung though. The S2 is an impressive engineering accomplishment. Its the highest performance phone I've seen announced, and its so damn thin and light.

I'm personally a fan of sense, or at least having the option of sense, and I doubt that would ever fully translate to a Samsung product no matter what developers are working on it.
I really love the slab form of the GSII, if they release a HTC slab phone (like the Sensation) on Sprint, that would really be the phone I'd want. Evo 2?

HTC has better radios and gps, Samsung sucks!

the s2 does seem intriguing...also i hate that instead of hdmi out, the use usb and then give you a converter cable w/ an additional power source on it. plus, for some unknown reason, it seems we could be waiting a while before it actually hits the market in the states for some reason eventhough it is already in europe (gsm version). also, i hopped on to the evo 3d thread a while ago and the dev's were introducing themselves...there were LOADS of great dev's coming on board. With the specs and dev's on board, the 3d will have some spectacular features!

I am intrigued by the GS2 and the new version of Touchwiz... I HATE HATE HATE touchwiz, but the new version looks ok so far.
One thing that will keep me from considering the GS2 is if it has a physical keyboard. I don't know why Sprint has to be the one that gets that...

I'm going with the EVO 3D. The specs look awesome.

Neither, its all about the Nexus 3

^that not going to be out for a while

dabbill said:
Neither, its all about the Nexus 3
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Amen to that!! All about the Nexus3 in Dec. A Tegra3 Quadcore?? Rediculous!! Worth the wait IMO!!
The Evo can defiantly hold up til then.

well my wife is due for an upgrade on august which i would the get the evo3d and give my evo to my wife. then my 18 month upgrade for my line would be in jan which then ill get the nexus 3 everybody is happy

blassilando said:
Amen to that!! All about the Nexus3 in Dec. A Tegra3 Quadcore?? Rediculous!! Worth the wait IMO!!
The Evo can defiantly hold up til then.
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Lol if you believe that's coming to sprint in December I got some land for sale....its in the middle of the ocean too. Lmao!!!!!
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Evo 3d all the way!!

swaze said:
Lol if you believe that's coming to sprint in December I got some land for sale....its in the middle of the ocean too. Lmao!!!!!
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I highly doubt the Nexus3 will launch on Sprint. I could care less which carrier it lands on tbh. It's still worth waiting for!! Jaja

blassilando said:
I highly doubt the Nexus3 will launch on Sprint. I could care less which carrier it lands on tbh. It's still worth waiting for!! Jaja
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I think it will launch on sprint, google and sprint are getting really tight now. First with google voice and now with the nfc payment system.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/24/google-and-sprint-team-up-to-take-your-digital-dollars-with-new/

Galaxy S Epic 4G 2 ???

Now....We all see the galaxy S2. Do y'all think we're going to see a new epic4g 2 in all its splender? Put down the Hardware specs you will like on the new device...
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I can guarantee there is an Epic 2 coming, but no date is known yet

Rey Da Millennium Ra said:
Now....We all see the galaxy S2. Do y'all think we're going to see a new epic4g 2 in all its splender? Put down the Hardware specs you will like on the new device...
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Seriously? There weren't already enough threads about this?
Besides the hardware will be the same as the Galaxy S 2.

063_XOBX said:
Seriously? There weren't already enough threads about this?
Besides the hardware will be the same as the Galaxy S 2.
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I thought it was single core

xboxfanj said:
I thought it was single core
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Samsung might not know much about customer relations, but they aren't idiots. The Moment replacement will be single core 2nd gen snapdragon and the Epic replacement will be Exynos

I know GSII will be dual core for Sprint, but according to Thisismynext, Epic successor w/ keyboard will have 1.2 ghz single-core, kinda like the Infuse. WDM (whosdaman and sprint employee) said so too.

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I know GSII will be dual core for Sprint, but according to Thisismynext, Epic successor w/ keyboard will have 1.2 ghz single-core, kinda like the Infuse. WDM (whosdaman and sprint employee) said so too.
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I've heard about those rumors, but they sound a bit ridiculous to me for a couple of reasons:
1. There is no benefit to releasing anything under the "Epic" name, it didn't sell that well, doesn't have name recognition and definitely is known for being super late to he updated.
2. Even if they were to release a single core phone from Samsung, the "Moment 3" or whatever they call it will already have filled the niche market of low-mid range tiered keyboard phones, there is no reason to have multiple competing phone with no real difference.

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I've heard about those rumors, but they sound a bit ridiculous to me for a couple of reasons:
1. There is no benefit to releasing anything under the "Epic" name, it didn't sell that well, doesn't have name recognition and definitely is known for being super late to he updated.
2. Even if they were to release a single core phone from Samsung, the "Moment 3" or whatever they call it will already have filled the niche market of low-mid range tiered keyboard phones, there is no reason to have multiple competing phone with no real difference.
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I never understood why it didn't sell well. It's the only Galaxy S phone in the American market to come out complete with FFC, camera flash, and a keyboard+ 4G as an added bonus over the i9000.
Out of the American models, we're the only ones that get to enjoy google talk with video chat.
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I never understood why it didn't sell well. It's the only Galaxy S phone in the American market to come out complete with FFC, camera flash, and a keyboard+ 4G as an added bonus over the i9000.
Out of the American models, we're the only ones that get to enjoy google talk with video chat.
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No marketing, lack of interest in a phone for 249.99 when the Evo was hyped to the max and selling for 199.99 and had accessories.

The D600 (aka Conquer) is coming soon as a replacement for the Transform, meaning it's a low (mid) end 4G slider with a full keyboard, but a 1ghz processor and a low(ish) res screen.
The Within is going to be the dual core high-end slim slab phone to compete with the E3D and Photon.
There's not really any room in between for anything that would replace the epic to be considered the EPIC 2, unless they want to have another GSII but with a keyboard, there's no reason Sprint/Samsung would make it.
If we get something replacing the EPIC, it would need to be something thinner, lighter, with a decent battery, better resolution display, and a faster processor for it to be considered a sequel, and would likely be released a while after the within (otherwise we would have seen some specs about it already.)
Also, consider that sprint doesn't usually use sequel naming, so rather than Epic 2, it would be called something different anyway. (There have been exceptions with LG, but samsung is not known for it.)

Also long as we get an sgs2 than I'm good...but if we do get a epic 2 than I want.......1.5 ghz dual core....1gb of ram....hdmi out....4-4.5" screen....android 4.0...3D cameras.... and ASOP
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My idea for epic 2 would be 4.2 inch super amoled plus 8 megapixel camera back & 2 megapixel in front a 1.3 dual core processer a 5 row slide out keybord that slides up at an angle so you could watch movie or get online slide up as in it would look like a mini laptop also I would take out smiley button & put one of those little blackberry scrolling balls on right side so when your using the keyboard with the screen slanted at angle you can use that scrolling ball like a mouse! That would be the the best phone out hands down tel me not matter in fact im about to write a letter to ceo of sprint & samsung with my idea & tell them you don't have to pay me for my idea but just give me the phone a month before anyone get it!
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Sprint says, the Epic 4g & EVO phones will be phased out, no longer available starting Oct-2011.
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possible new sprint phone with keyboard

I was talking to a friend of mine at the sprint store. He said that sprint and Samsung is going to release a new dual core processor android phone with keyboard (maybe like the at&t captivate glide). possible to replace the epic and possible by the end of the year. He said that the epic is still a good seller. When i saw the at&t captivate glide with 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 i wondered if that was the spec for the no show epic 2. If i get any more info i will post it.

Cool rumor.
/me waits for more info

Reminds me of a song:
I heard it from a friend whooooo heard it from a friend whooooo heard it from another that......

That'd be my next phone. Even though the carriers are slow with updates.
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Same size, four row keyboard instead of five, faster processor?
I'd wait for the phone after that, unless there is a spectacular app that it can run on ics or jb and that I can't run on my epic.

garyf said:
Same size, four row keyboard instead of five, faster processor?
I'd wait for the phone after that, unless there is a spectacular app that it can run on ics or jb and that I can't run on my epic.
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Whaa same size and only a four row keyboard?... pass.
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Remember that rumor that started in 2010 where sprint said they would have 4g service. Just like that rumor all I can say is just wait for it
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that would be cool if it actually comes around
"I don't believe it - not for a minute" REO Speedwagon !!!

garyf said:
Same size, four row keyboard instead of five, faster processor?
I'd wait for the phone after that, unless there is a spectacular app that it can run on ics or jb and that I can't run on my epic.
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A Justin Bieber phone??? wtf??? lol

ArchangelRenzoku said:
A Justin Bieber phone??? wtf??? lol
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Why is justin beiber the first thing in your head when you see JB
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Why is justin beiber the first thing in your head when you see JB
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Or a dyslexic JB

knowing Samsung and Sprint it would get released with Froyo and the wait for official GB would begin AGAIN!!!

agill711 said:
I was talking to a friend of mine at the sprint store. He said that sprint and Samsung is going to release a new dual core processor android phone with keyboard (maybe like the at&t captivate glide). possible to replace the epic and possible by the end of the year. He said that the epic is still a good seller. When i saw the at&t captivate glide with 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 i wondered if that was the spec for the no show epic 2. If i get any more info i will post it.
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Yeah, Sprint doesn't tell stuff like this to the people at the stores. Ask me how I know.
Besides, Sprint already has the Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch and they are getting the Galaxy Nexus. I doubt that they would get a 3rd version of the same phone. Also, the Transform Ultra is about to come out and LG has an Optimus slider that is rumored to be coming to Sprint. There is still a hole in their line-up for a top tier phone with a keyboard, but I think they'll avoid an S II slider.
The more I think about it, I think your friend is getting confused with the Transform Ultra, which has a 1GHz single-core processor. It will be an upgrade to the Transform, but won't be as nice or as fast as the Epic.

Hey guys,
I just bought a magazine over the weekend called "Guide To Phone Apps". Not sure how long its been out, but it says to display until 12/27/11.
Anyway, the magazine itself is so-so, but they had a story on "Best Android Phones Right Now". The best part...they listed the Epic with all of these other phones: Samsung Galaxy SII, HTC Sensation, Motorola Atrix, LG G2x. They said it was at a disadvantage hardware-wise, but said it had an advantage of offering the slide-out qwerty keyboard.
I thought it was pretty cool.

screen size ?? 4.5 ??

Based on my using the screen keyboards on the Moment and Epic, there is no way I'll go to a phone without a physical keyboard.
I just got the Epic, currently on RandomRom 3.0, used so I don't have to renew my contract, and figure I will hold onto it for a while. Its a major upgrade over the Moment, even with the Moment at Android 2.2. Can't believe I waited this long to get the Epic...
I do hope there is a major upgrade a year or so out, but not holding my breath...