After waiting months for SII's release, I just shelled out 700$ on SII and now a NEW and a better Galaxy SII, probably with 720p screen is coming soon. Samsung is just around the corner to announce it at IFA Sep 1st. In less then 4 months, a better Galaxy SII? I feel my phone is so outdated. What are your thoughts guys?
There's always going to be something better right around the corner
Instead of complaining about pointless things, ebay your phone.
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eBay my phone and lose $$ to eBay and Paypal in crazy fees? I thought Galaxy S3 wouldn't be out till early 2012
Yeah you no how these things go tho, probably won't be out til the end of next year and thats when im due for an upgrade from voda anyways so its all good. Soon our phones are gonna be running the likes of todays pc games its all good
How do I delete this thead?
There are always better phones coming than the one you have now
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I doubt current sg2 delevlopers will be jumping ship anytime soon.
That is the NEXUS PRIME which Samsung will rebrand and sell
Just like the Desire by HTC was a rebrand of the NEXUS one
So is my THeory
Actually it's called the SGSII S (I assume stands for special) and has Nexus Prime specs. Hardly that big a difference, I underclock my phone so the .3 GHz doesn't do anything anyways, the higher DPI is cool though, even if it's not a must.
Thanks for replies I'm gonna hang on to S2 and customize the hell out of it. Where should I start? Root? Easiest and safest way to Root?
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Thanks for replies I'm gonna hang on to S2 and customize the hell out of it. Where should I start? Root? Easiest and safest way to Root?
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Good option. Rooting and customising your phone will keep you happy for a long time.
I rooted my phone within 30 minutes of getting it home.
A particularly easy way ( How I did it) is simply to flash the Lightening ROM ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274 ) as its a single flash using ODIN on a new ROM & rooted kernel with recovery etc .
Follow the instructions on the thread. But basics - Switch off phone. Restart whilst holding home and volume down key to start in download mode. Plug into PC USB port. Run ODIN on PC and you simply select the rom file and flash it.
It will only take you 10 mins for the whole process.
Then, if you want to try another ROM, you stick the zip file on your memory card, reboot into recovery mode and flash it there. SAme goes if you want to try a different kernel too.
Then you can get setcpu and start overclocking and underclocking and undervolting the phone to get better performance and battery life
A whole new world opens up to you
might be a bit noobish, but I thought the SGS2 can already be bumped up to 1.5 ghz cpu power by overclocking and undervolting. But yeah, in the end there will always be something better. I got this phone last tuesday so.
I wont buy another phone for at least 2 years, considering I upgraded from a Samsung Omnia
Already posted, and its named Celox..
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eBay my phone and lose $$ to eBay and Paypal in crazy fees? I thought Galaxy S3 wouldn't be out till early 2012
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It's not the Galaxy S3, These specs match up perfectly to the US variant of the Galaxy S2.
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Official announcement, Bigger Screen, LTE , 0.3 Ghz jump, now I feel more good about my S2. It's not worth the upgrade, unless u need LTE
http://www.gsmarena.com/lte_capable...tab_89_get_officially_announced-news-3057.php
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Am I the only one who creams his pants at the thought of the DINC getting an Ice Cream Sandwich port at some point?
HOLY CANNOLI.
I'm sure people will try, how well it will work is another thing.
Yep not holding my breath on the inc getting port of ics. Unless it is going to come out on a current phone then a port may be possible. But I would think the hardware acceleration will not work for a while as it will likely not have drivers for our old incs.....
While it would be great, I don't know if I need it. Out of curiosity, what do you see as the draw to ICS?
Why would you not want the latest android version?
Could you really just sit around, running Gingerbread, knowing full well that ICS is out there and you aren't running it?
That's a sad, sad thought amigo.
I'm too much of a geek to be cool with running anything but the latest android version..
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Nexus S gets it first =\
http://rootzwiki.com/content.php?r=221-Ice-Cream-Sandwich-Pics-RootzWiki-Exclusive
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it gets it first but we start an unofficial port of it the same day lol
Cyanogenmod 8
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it gets it first but we start an unofficial port of it the same day lol
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^ l
hmm...how to rom w/o power button...
Id love it! Always gotta have updated android, its alot cheaper than changing phone!
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Nexus S doesn't get it first. Nexus PRIME gets it first. I've been hearing its Verizon too. My next phone.
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Nexus S doesn't get it first. Nexus PRIME gets it first. I've been hearing its Verizon too. My next phone.
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It'd be about time that verizon got a nexus
exciting news that ice cream is coming up and hopefully for our phones too, will be watching here
No matter how much I love my AMOLED DInc, I'd rather have a brand new phone running ICS than trying to shoehorn it onto my "old" phone. I'm thinking ICS will be meant for phones with more power and RAM than the DInc has. So, I'd rather have a new more capable phone running the latest version of Android than cutting out features and decreasing performance to run on an old phone.
I was originally thinking I'd spring for a Bionic as soon as it was released and then use my upgrade later if I didn't like the phone. But hearing rumors about what's just over the horizon has me wanting to simply wait until January when I'm due for a subsidized upgrade. I sure hope the Nexus Prime is available on Verizon... if not, looks like I just might end up with an HTC Vigor.
So if I flash ICS, can I still root it with Unrevoked?
I had to do it, reading the Desire forums of people flashing 2.3 from HTC development site, and asking, sorry *****ing, that now they can't root... I had to say it.
I'm sure we can run it well, it's coming to the nexus s, which has a weaker CPU than the dinc.
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If someone gets ahold of the code, you can believe that someone else will make it work. It will probably only be ASOP but who cares, it will still be ICS.
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No matter how much I love my AMOLED DInc, I'd rather have a brand new phone running ICS than trying to shoehorn it onto my "old" phone. I'm thinking ICS will be meant for phones with more power and RAM than the DInc has. So, I'd rather have a new more capable phone running the latest version of Android than cutting out features and decreasing performance to run on an old phone.
I was originally thinking I'd spring for a Bionic as soon as it was released and then use my upgrade later if I didn't like the phone. But hearing rumors about what's just over the horizon has me wanting to simply wait until January when I'm due for a subsidized upgrade. I sure hope the Nexus Prime is available on Verizon... if not, looks like I just might end up with an HTC Vigor.
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The dinc will be able to run ice cream...i mean we are running gingerbread already as it is and we dont even have official even the htc hero has gingerbread and they didnt get upgraded past eclair or cupcake lol
First off I feel this warranted a new thread altho we have some very similar.
But this provides more solid info that what I saw we currently have.
Merge if needed.
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So while we reported yesterday that the Samsung Galaxy S II won’t be heading to Verizon, the silver lining comes in the fact that the three other major wireless carriers will indeed be getting their own models. So, the big question regarding whether or not Samsung would take the previous path in releasing these new models, in creating different looking devices for each carrier has been the question since the beginning. Thanks to Pocketnow, we can finally say that we (may) know what the handsets will look like.
There isn’t a lot of information going around here. In fact, where the above image came from is anyone’s guess. And because of that, we may want to take the above leak with the normal amount of salt on hand. We’re not sure if these are the final devices for each carrier, but we imagine that it’s certainly possible. So stay tuned, as Samsung’s event is just around the corner and we’ll have all the details we could ever want (hopefully).
via Pocketnow
Source:
http://www.droiddog.com/android-blo...dels-for-att-t-mobile-and-sprint-break-cover/
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cool ****.
still waiting for a ketboard
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cool ****.
still waiting for a ketboard
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Keyboard (a good one, not some PoS without a dedicated number line) is make or break for me. That's why I chose the epic over the other decent phones w/keyboards out there to begin with.
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+1
Keyboard (a good one, not some PoS without a dedicated number line) is make or break for me. That's why I chose the epic over the other decent phones w/keyboards out there to begin with.
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It won't have a keyboard unfortunately
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When I was at Sprint the other day, they told me the Epic 2 with a keyboard, is coming out in December. I can't wait!
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How much $??? idk if u should wait for nexus prime...
Thank god no keyboard. Hopefully for the rest of you they make another version but I'm sick if the extra heft of the epic
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How much $??? idk if u should wait for nexus prime...
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Sprint usually keeps the premium phones around the $199 mark, so I wouldn't expect this to be any different. No price has been announced, but I would expect that price point, but certainly nothing higher than $249.
Me personally, I'm waiting for details on the Nexus Prime to do anything. By then, the Epic will have GB and other goodies to go with it, and the SGS2 will already have ROMs etc associated with it. I have to rely on my phone quite a bit for business, so I'm not too eager to be an early adopter. I want to ensure all the small kinks and quirks with the SGS2 are worked out before I jump on it.
Nice to see confirmation of the design in the previously-shown pic that we assumed was Sprint. Looks like a solid design. I'm going to have a real problem deciding between this and waiting for a Sprint Nexus Prime variant.
Also, thanks for citing your source instead of merely ripping off an entire article as your own.
When the SGS1 EPIC came out it was $249 and then after the 2011 the price dropped. I hope they start out at $199 cause im just gonna add a 3rd line to my account to buy the SGS2 and give my son a phone! My wife will be taking my EPIC...
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-sl/specifications/ - My next phone!
Tell me what you think and if you are interested in this phone, I certainly am!
i think TX is better AFAICR?
but i thought that..
Next Device
* Anything except a Sony
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I thought that too, but thats a sexy phone
Baaaaaaad decision and a lost deal !!!!
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htc OneX plus is better, cheaper and sexier
Quad core [email protected] + cheaper + the beauty itself
Cheaper? How did you figure that one out? Has a price been announced for the SL?
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Cheaper? How did you figure that one out? Has a price been announced for the SL?
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Sony products are known as the most expensive.
Xperia-Play said:
Baaaaaaad decision and a lost deal !!!!
htc OneX plus is better, cheaper and sexier
Quad core [email protected] + cheaper + the beauty itself
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You could just buy a normal One X and overclock it.
Yep. Xperias are so bad, tested it @ o2, deleted all widgets from the stock launcher and it was still laggy ;D (Xperia S), and the HW buttonz are so bad. Nthxbye
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Nothing new. All it is, is just a slightly upgraded version of the Xperia S.
I love my PLAY by the way ( ha it rhymes )
Might consider Sony's next flag ship (GX, Haysbusa?) since I want a Snapdragon S4
Is there a FTF file for the Xperia SL? I might wanna try flashing it on my Xperia S
Xperia SL
Got my SL couple of days ago. I had Galaxy SII earlier. Although, SII is a beast but this isn't a bad deal at all. Great phone, Superb Excellent display.... It rocks....
Couple of things which I didnt like are :
1. The buttons are not responsive. Sometimes you have to click 2 - 3 times to get it work. But I got a trick that instead of pressing the button, just swipe it downwards and it works like a charm.
2. The usb connector is on left side which is sometimes very awkward. Should have been at botton like GSII.
Rest all is cool....
It is still a sexy A$$ phone! I saw this phone a month ago & I still like/want it.
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mod rom?
CM10 run perfect and the hdmi out is good?
This device is still using the Qualcomm S3, which is a cpu from carrier locked SII, its hopelessly underpowered regardless of clockspeed. It'll have trouble with newest 3D games and some HD movies. The Galaxy Nexus OMAP and SII Exynos 1.2Ghz are faster. And this thing is still running ICS which is not acceptable being released today.
One thing Sony need to do for people to buy their phone is keep up with the hardware and software technology.
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This device is still using the Qualcomm S3, which is a cpu from carrier locked SII, its hopelessly underpowered regardless of clockspeed. It'll have trouble with newest 3D games and some HD movies. The Galaxy Nexus OMAP and SII Exynos 1.2Ghz are faster. And this thing is still running ICS which is not acceptable being released today.
One thing Sony need to do for people to buy their phone is keep up with the hardware and software technology.
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Yea, it seems to be a Sony Mobile trend to release outdated stuff. I guess they rely too much on their "Sony" reputation, and not enough on actual quality. Shame, they could do so much better.
the phone is already old.
you are not forced to buy it, so why is it a shame?
let them do what they want!
wait till the xperia Z/yuga comes out. muuuuchhhh better choice.
Na I'm waiting for a Sony nexus
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Unbelievable! They used the black button again on the black stylus! Didn't they learn their lesson last time from customers?
wow! note 2 is amazing
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Let the hack begin
Time for the developers to get the note 2 rom on our mighty note 1. Let's see how
Long it takes:good:
i don't see the point of upgrading mine. nope.
Not that impressive with specs
Will stick with my Note and see how things go till I make the plunge,disappointment for sure.I feel Note -1 will remain unique comparing with this:silly:
The 2gb ram and quad core is hardly of any use.. Except hardcore games. Note 1 is super amazing for everything . also display on note 1 is better ppi and resolution wise. With jelly bean and the note2 features ported to note 1 I'm sure it's gonna be rocking.
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I'll wait until it's rooted and plenty stable custom rom.
Thanks for this post,definitely an inspiration to work for more so I can buy this beast
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One BIG nothing!
Shame, shame, shame! And, one more word: BLAME! What a sh.ty "upgrade".
wtf is wrong with you people? Its such an amazing device. I'm thinking about getting one by the end of the year and giving my note to wifey.
Comparing it to Nexus 7 is genious ... I want to see it next to first Note.
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i don't see the point of upgrading mine. nope.
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You're right...the only thig i want from that note 2 it is the battery
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Things I like on the Note II
2gb Ram
Bigger Battery
Still not worthy of an upgrade. Plus I think the Note I has better screen resolution than Note II.
Not a big deal, i won't buy it... seems like S3 is better than note2
Video frome TheVerge
I knew they were going to use the s3 design on it, but I was hopping that they will go in another direction.
In my opinion s3 feels so cheap when you hold it, then it feels even cheaper when you are not holding it because of the glossy plastic and greasy fingerprints on it.... I'm gonna stick to my note, maybe note 3 will be better.
I like the hardware on note2, but still...
Can you confirm the LED Notification light? Because RGB Led doesn't exactly say it...
Can't believe no one else has said it.
F*ck the note 2... why halllloooo Samsung galaxy camera!!! Now that is one sexy beast!!!
http://www.samsungmobilepress.com/2012/08/30/Be-Creative,-Be-Expressive-with-the-GALAXY-Note-II
It's the end of one beatiful friendship...
Let's check possible scenario:
1. New one Note 1 in my country is 420 €.
2. I can sell mine for about 300 €, if I was lucky... In perfect condition, btw, with 4-5 cases.
3. New Note 2 will be, IMO, around 600 € plus minus 20 €.
4. So, for 2 Gig of RAM, and better batery (+300 mAh) I'll have to pay +300 €.
5. Let's check the other manufacturers offers, it's about time...
10x
Had some idle time, went to a local electronics shop.
Browsed through the mega offering of tablets.
Left utterly convinced that the 7.7 still is heaps ahead of anything offered there.
...hadn't swiped the stupid grin out of my face, after arriving home, when I stumbled upon this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3E7fUynrZU
Perfect now, more to come, it seems...Giddyup!
XK
XDAKhan said:
Had some idle time, went to a local electronics shop.
Browsed through the mega offering of tablets.
Left utterly convinced that the 7.7 still is heaps ahead of anything offered there.
...hadn't swiped the stupid grin out of my face, after arriving home, when I stumbled upon this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3E7fUynrZU
Perfect now, more to come, it seems...Giddyup!
XK
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I like my 7.7 better than my nexus 7. You wouldn't think. 7 inches would make much of a difference but it does.
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LOL I love this!
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everyone love that... but the current price will be crazy...
I don't necessarily love that.
....It's just that Samsung is clearly the front innovator here.
As soon as they step up product manufacturing quality and get their commercial vector to focus, they will be on their way to absolute "portable communications + media devices" market dominance (...they may need to get someone new to achieve that focus...).
Myself, I am thinking about this:
http://slant.investorplace.com/2012/10/forget-apple-stock-heres-how-to-buy-a-slice-of-samsung/
XK
Flexible is one thing but can a crease be made in the display by accidentally folding it?
My wifi 7.7 finally came in yesterday. Thing is leaps and bounds over the Nexus 7 I had. Screen is absolutely superb and the speakers are great. Best part is I dont have to worry about it falling apart in my hand like that dam Nexus. When I got it out of the box it was on HC but immediately flashed up a message for the jump to ICS. Im really surprised how smooth it runs on ICS. Ive tweaked it to my liking and disabled some of the crap. But all in all im extremely pleased with it.
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Considering my N7 was 250 and my 7.7 was only 270 through Verizon with mobile data for $10 a month with no contract plus a way better screen, better build quality, and looks way better totally worth it. Tegra 3 isn't all that. I don't mind the lack of development so much but I really wish samsung would support this like it really should. There are tabs still being released as new with similar hardware specs and have jelly bean and will still get updated. This tab really shouldn't of had HC out of the box when it was released IMO.
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Browsed through the mega offering of tablets.
Left utterly convinced that the 7.7 still is heaps ahead of anything offered there.
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In 11 days I will have owned this for 1 year and I am blown away that there is not yet a tablet I would prefer over this one. The Note 8 would be nice, but without the AMOLED screen, I still prefer the 7.7.
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In 11 days I will have owned this for 1 year and I am blown away that there is not yet a tablet I would prefer over this one. The Note 8 would be nice, but without the AMOLED screen, I still prefer the 7.7.
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It's pretty incredible, isn't it?
I laughed at the advert part of that samsung thing when the guy puts the tab on the table with the flashing lights on it.