HTC Hero is still good? - Hero, G2 Touch General

Hi, a few days ago, I found in a shop, an HTC Hero at 199€
Is this a good price?
I would like to buy it, but i have some question:
1- The low RAM slows down the phone?
2- The videos are shot at only 10 fps, it' s not possible to increare that at 30fps?
3- What is the max stable OverClock you can do?
4- Are there any ROM with A2SD?
Thanks in advance for the response
P.S. I also have an LG Optimus ONE.

remix96 said:
Hi, a few days ago, I found in a shop, an HTC Hero at 199€
Is this a good price?
I would like to buy it, but i have some question:
1- The low RAM slows down the phone?
2- The videos are shot at only 10 fps, it' s not possible to increare that at 30fps?
3- What is the max stable OverClock you can do?
4- Are there any ROM with A2SD?
Thanks in advance for the response
P.S. I also have an LG Optimus ONE.
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1. the ram is 288 and it dose not slow the phone
2. the videos are shot @ 30 fps
3. i use the phone stable @ 748 Mhz
4. yes there are a lot of them
i recommend to buy another phone because the hero has already 2 years... look for a desire at least
Stefan

stefpaul said:
1. the ram is 288 and it dose not slow the phone
2. the videos are shot @ 30 fps
3. i use the phone stable @ 748 Mhz
4. yes there are a lot of them
i recommend to buy another phone because the hero has already 2 years... look for a desire at least
Stefan
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Thank a lot for the response
Yes... the HTC HERO has already 2 years, and the HTC Desire is better, but it costs more

I have another question; the HTC Hero can record video in HD 720p?
What is the best record video resolution?

Sell your LG and put that money with the 199E and buy something more up to date. You can buy a* Desire for pretty much 199E
EDIT: *used

Don't buy a Hero. It's just too old. And that's not even a god price You could get a Desire for that

Depends what you want an android phone for, but I agree that it's better now to look for something newer. The Hero struggles with modern apps e.g. Angry Birds and can't play flash etc because of hardware limitations. I might snap up another one up in a fire sale for 100 or less (for my dad, for example) because other than being underpowered it's actually not so bad with a Froyo or Gingerbread ROM (except battery life, which is a bit poor), but at 200 you're better off investing that toward something that's going to give you more use into the future.
The only thing I'd specifically recommend getting a Hero for is for audio-recording your calls: there's a Hero-specific exploit that allows the free rVoix app to do that once the phone is rooted.

glc99 said:
The only thing I'd specifically recommend getting a Hero for is for audio-recording your calls: there's a Hero-specific exploit that allows the free rVoix app to do that once the phone is rooted.
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There's an app on the market that can do this, without root, i used it when my phone was 100% stock
Stefan

Wildfire S also 200 euro's. New with simlock in my country So the hero.is a bit expensive if you ask me..
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App

Don't buy. It's really old. With ARMv5 - without adobe flash.

Vortex147 said:
Don't buy. It's really old. With ARMv5 - without adobe flash.
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armv6...it run's flash but the app is modif. by the guys
but in any case, don't buy the phone
Stefan

Vortex147 said:
Don't buy. It's really old. With ARMv5 - without adobe flash.
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ARMv6, really but your right no flash, and generally an old, slow phone

Yep like said before, don't buy the hero anymore .
If you are on a low budget go for the htc wildfire S or Samsung galaxy gio.
Or go for a second hand desire hd or something like that.

It's a good phone if you buy it for the right price. I won one for just under £100 on eBay, already with a custom ROM installed (it's vanilla so I'm not keeping it, but the advantage is it's already set up for me to install my choice of ROM) and I think it'll be a good on-the-cheap HTC. A Desire costs about £160 if you want one in decent condition, which is almost £100 more than a Hero.

I have a Hero bought in oct-09 and I'm planning to buy a new one (galaxy sii?) before christmas because it's got too slow for heavy use, the hero was a good one until htc gave up with updates (a few months after my purchase?), if you want to root it or as your first smartphone it still could be a good choice, though €200 is not really a bargain. however my partner has a Wildfire which I rate one of the worst smartphone around! actually the hero, although one year older, is much better in nearly everything, looking at the wildfire display is something painful. in the end, you always get what you spend... besides that, I now dont like HTC that much...

dftba said:
It's a good phone if you buy it for the right price. I won one for just under £100 on eBay, already with a custom ROM installed (it's vanilla so I'm not keeping it, but the advantage is it's already set up for me to install my choice of ROM) and I think it'll be a good on-the-cheap HTC. A Desire costs about £160 if you want one in decent condition, which is almost £100 more than a Hero.
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I wouldn't call 60% nearly 100%...!
Definitely avoid. Take a good look at a Desire if you can, or a Desire HD in great condition if you can stretch it. The Desire with its low memory might start to get stretched soon however, but the Desire HD still sits with the best of them if you flash custom ROMs.

lambomanx1 said:
I wouldn't call 60% nearly 100%...!
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Well, P&P aside, I paid about £90, which is 70%, and I'd say that's almost 100%.

Suggestions don't buy

The Hero is nice if you get it for free. The phone is almost 3 years old already and indeed the Wildfire S is about the same price you are saying. So go for that to have more support for the current apps.
On the Hero Google Maps 5.5.0 is the last version that runs fine on it. But the current version is 5.9.0. So if you want to have your phone for about 2 years. Then do NOT go for a Hero but something else.
The Hero is easy in modifying (Custom roms and stuff) but that will come for the newer phones pretty soon. Since HTC is more nice to devs

Lirasina said:
The Hero is nice if you get it for free. The phone is almost 3 years old already and indeed the Wildfire S is about the same price you are saying. So go for that to have more support for the current apps.
On the Hero Google Maps 5.5.0 is the last version that runs fine on it. But the current version is 5.9.0. So if you want to have your phone for about 2 years. Then do NOT go for a Hero but something else.
The Hero is easy in modifying (Custom roms and stuff) but that will come for the newer phones pretty soon. Since HTC is more nice to devs
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I think this sums it up perfectly really.
Best thing, in the situation outlined above, where you get the phone free, just run CM7 on it. It will be buttery smooth
I'm sure I'm not the only one, but when I see a Hero (I saw one earlier today), even with my DHD...there is something about it that just makes me want one!

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Broken hero, buy a new hero or desire?

My hero is broken and i cannot make up my mind about what to do.
should i get a new hero or switch to a desire?
I started to read in the desire forum and clearly they are having problems with this usb brick.
It also seems like the custom rom development for desire barely exists.
Im really happy with my hero running very smooth, even smoother than my friends desire in some gui animations but the snapdragon does its thing when it comes to calculation..
add to the calculation that i can get a hero for roughly half the price.
help me out here!
Hmmmm,.... Well I dont think the Desire is worth twice the amount of a Hero,... But if it had a hardware keyboard I'd be tempted.
If I was you,... I'd get the cheapest thing available, i'd even consider a Magic,... Then wait for the Vision,... But again, thats cos I really want a keyboard, and it could be 6 months or more for that to drop.
If you wont be upgrading again for a while i'd get a Desire, and custom ROMs will get better.
Hmmmmm,.... Its a hard one.... Sorry, no help whatsoever.
have you considered a legend? u will still get the nice htc styling (infact in my opinion the legend is best looking android phone) but also 2.1 android as default - htc will no doult upgrade legend to 2.2 (even if it takes 6months)
the legend is alot faster then the hero (not as fast of the desire mind but still)
it seems a good middle ground choice for you!
the legend is ok i guess, but its almost as expencive as the desire, and then id rather go for snapdragon and oled
a friend of mine has the legend and i dont really like the color reproduction..
and with my current rom to the hero its less sluggish than desire so i doubt legend could beat that. but on the other hand i dont know anything about legen custom development..
I just bought a Desire and am selling me Hero to finance it, well i'm going to use my Desire for a week and see if i like it or if i miss my Hero, as you said the dev scene on the Desire (right now) isn't a patch on the Hero!
I am also concerned about the number of Desire's that are being bricked whilst being rooted and as such won't be rooting mine until they find out why it's happening, tis a bit expensive to turn into a paper weight and if i can't root might stay with Hero because i love ROM flashing . I do realise that they may never find out why though
the usb brick is my biggest concern..
the custom dev will appear i guess in time but im also worried about HTC, how long will they delay froyo for example?
we all have bad experience from HTC with the 2.1 update for hero..
i could buy a cheap hero now and buy the next flagship from HTC ( WITHOUT HARDWARE KEYBOARD )
If you want to save money the buy another hero.
Otherwise not another htc phone.
Himcor said:
the usb brick is my biggest concern..
the custom dev will appear i guess in time but im also worried about HTC, how long will they delay froyo for example?
we all have bad experience from HTC with the 2.1 update for hero..
i could buy a cheap hero now and buy the next flagship from HTC ( WITHOUT HARDWARE KEYBOARD )
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Perhaps ask dev's like Paul @ Modaco, Nathan @ VillainRom about their thoughts on the bricking subject? (I'm sure they both have Desire's + Behnaam is getting one too)
On the Froyo for Desire it's *due* end of June..
And the Desire with hardware keyboard looks [email protected]$$
volpe71 said:
If you want to save money the buy another hero.
Otherwise not another htc phone.
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Wanted a Nexus One myself but they are £450+ and i paid just over £260 for my Desire...
MojUk said:
Wanted a Nexus One myself but they are £450+ and i paid just over £260 for my Desire...
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Huh? HOW? Where?... I initially paid £230 for my Hero 4-5 months ago, fortunately it had 2 TINY chips on (less than 1mm each), so got £30 back again.
Milestone...
+1 other
nexus one.

Is the Hero worth buying now?

SO.. as the title says... is the Hero worth buying now?
Also, I`ve read here about some problems with the touch screen that suddenly appear... is that a general issue or just some isolated incidents?
The phone is over a year old now, the CPU is a generation older than the other Android devices with the 1GHz Snapdragon processor. I'm sure the phone manufacturers are preparing the next generation devices for later in the year - making those phones obsolete.
If you're after a cheap device then you should be able to get a Hero second hand for a decent price. If you're willing to root and try new ROMs then there is still a decent community for the Hero - otherwise you'll be stuck on Android 2.1 if you stick with the official updates. The Hero is highly unlikely to get any more updates from HTC.
If your budget allows for a newer phone, then you'd be better off getting a more powerful Android device.
Thanks, I too think that it`s a little old, but it has a fairly good price, almost the same as Wildfire here, where I live, but that qvga screen on the Wildfire is a let down for me.
Alex~ is bang on, it is cheap,and the community on here is great, so if your gona be using custom roms then go for it. But I wouldn't like to say how many devs will still bother with us after Xmas.
If you can put up ur budget, do that.
Sent from my Hero using XDA App
ddotpatel said:
Alex~ is bang on, it is cheap,and the community on here is great, so if your gona be using custom roms then go for it. But I wouldn't like to say how many devs will still bother with us after Xmas.
If you can put up ur budget, do that.
Sent from my Hero using XDA App
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Tru, there are better phones available if buying new, but it's more than competent if second hand.
I'll be about till May 2011 with my hero anyway, as my contract expires then. And even then, the hero is popular enough to merit continued support i reckin.
Hi I just bought one off eBay about a month old for £150 took a bit time to root and get used to Android, but worth it and its ok for price with lots of features. Although I think I now should have gone for HTC Legend?
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
Not to mention that there is no other Android phone with as cool appearance as that of a black Hero (the european version, not the US Sprint's ugly cousin). I held the Desire in my hands and played with it a bit, but although it was blazingly fast, it didn't strike me as something I'd want.
What I will want next year is a Hero-shaped phone with modern hardware.
Would not recommend ebay.
Three are selling reconditioned £159.99 with £10 credit and can be unlocked from ebay for £6.50. Also £12 cashback if you go through Quidco.
Hope this helps.
Well the community for it is quite huge. Ofc it will slim when others move to newer phones, but I guess there are folks who got a 2 year contract (me being one of them, hehe )
ticho said:
Not to mention that there is no other Android phone with as cool appearance as that of a black Hero (the european version, not the US Sprint's ugly cousin). I held the Desire in my hands and played with it a bit, but although it was blazingly fast, it didn't strike me as something I'd want.
What I will want next year is a Hero-shaped phone with modern hardware.
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I agree completely, imo the only other phone that looks as good or better than the Hero is the Legend. A Hero-shaped super phone would be amazing
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
they've released the htc wildfire which is very much just a repackaged hero... i have no idea why they did it. it lacks all the style and class of the hero and only has an fm radio to make up for it.
Well if you root your Hero and overclock it, it pretty much becomes a Legend. Without the better screen and slimer profile. I want the Desire but got the HTC Hero this year because it just looked awesome (unfortunately Canadian carriers screw you over with 3 year contracts instead of two ) but I do love my Hero as it is my first smart phone and I love the 'chin'.
It is a matter of preference so the choice in the end is yours, but we do have Feeyo .
The design really stands out yea. People are always like "hey, what kind of phone is that?" while my brother gets none and has a desire
I think there are too many phones who are desire-like look at first look. Hero really stands out
riemervdzee said:
The design really stands out yea. People are always like "hey, what kind of phone is that?" while my brother gets none and has a desire
I think there are too many phones who are desire-like look at first look. Hero really stands out
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I get that a bit. Although the only smartphone that really has any recognition here in NZ is the iPhone. I imported my phone as we don't even have a decent range of Android phones (at reasonable prices). I mean... we JUST got the Nexus One which Google just stopped selling? lol.
But I only recently got my hero (a month ago now?) and i'm happy with my purchase. I mean... there's other purchases that could be had. I almost got a Milestone but the keyboard really put me off (played with my mates', it was a terrible keyboard.. the buttons are so stiff it isn't funny). I mean... I noticed a price drop of the Milestone shortly after I purchased my Hero but.. Eh, I can't complain. Bigger screen/higher res would've been nice though. Specs aren't really much more to write home about though.
Hero was reasonably priced, looks good, performs well enough. My only real annoyances about it are: No official Froyo, smaller screen/lower-resolution than others, can't run some newer games which i probably wouldn't play much anyway.
I'll probably upgrade next year when I have lots of money

[Q] HTC Dream (G1) or HTC Wildfire?

I have a G1 running CM-6.1.0-Magpie at 614Mhz and it runs really sweet.
I am on T-Mobile and pay £5 per month for unlimited data/txt and 100 x mins on a 30day SIM only deal.
I have been offered an HTC Wildfire (same data/txt/mins) on a 24month deal for £7.50, is it worth it the 2 year tie in an extra £2.50 per month?
What do people think?
Thanks
D
The wildfire is quite a bit thinner, but there's no keyboard. You get more ram and rom.
felix1234 said:
You get more ram and rom.
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Having been a former G1 user, I can say that more RAM and ROM is exactly what the G1 lacks, unfortunately. I would go for it.
Edit: the number 1 thing slowing down the G1 is not the cpu, but the lack of memory. Also, having more Rom will allow you to keep the OS up to date for longer.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
i would go for the Wildfire if your looking to keep your Phone updated longer. If your O.k with your Phone being slightly outdated *in the hacking Comm.* then I'd go for the G1. Personally I'm using my G1 until the Sensation comes out, or a better QWERTY comes out.
Don't forget that the wildfire has only 240x320 resolution.
If you're using your phone for browsing, game playing, watching videos etc, then this is not good enough.
I think our phones better because of this, cm6.1 is good, froyobylaszo is more than good, i dont need ginger(btw ezGingerbread looks promising)
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i would go for the Wildfire if your looking to keep your Phone updated longer. If your O.k with your Phone being slightly outdated *in the hacking Comm.* then I'd go for the G1. Personally I'm using my G1 until the Sensation comes out, or a better QWERTY comes out.
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Yeah, i agree. Im waiting for the HTC Sensation too or a phone with a physical keyboard.
But http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3337&idPhone2=2665
Here you go. Try comparing the two & see which one suits your "needs" better. But no. Its definitely not worth the 2 year contract.
personally i wouldnt and wont touch any phone without a hardware keyboard, if you can get past that its not a bad phone, personally id wait for the new xperia pro or even get a desire z if i could afford one (which i cant, if im lucky my next upgrade will be to a milestone/droid if i can find one, they were rather rare here in england)
i almost considered a milestone 2 on seeing one fairly cheap the other day, but then i discovered the locked bootloader and that was enough for me to say no

[Q] Is there life after HD2?

Well!!!
I'm a HD2 user from November 2009 which means it's almost 2 years old.
For a phone that's quit old. Now I'm running Mango on it and I also had many android versions running on it. I really love this device.
Now comes my problem!!
I want to buy a new phone but I want the same phone which can run many OS.
Should I wait until the Eternity or will there be another "über"-Phone (über = German for Gorgeous/great/Master/better then ever/beyond everything else)?
I think you all know what I mean. The HD2 is just great and I want something similar again.
What do you think???
Regards, Martijn
I suggest waiting a few more months (or years?) for the HTC Holiday .. it seems to be the device of its decade
i have my hd2 also since it was released and i think that i will wait until the quadcore chips come to phones. i can live with the hd2 at the moment and i think buying a dualcore device now isn't worth it when quadcores are announced for the mid of next year. maybe i'll buy a cheap used phone inbetween to play with but not a new high end device.
LMAO.
I just bought an HD2. And for the same reason you don't want to leave it.
I want to experience everything I can. You can't do that with any phone.
Lucky me than, im going to buy HD2 tomorrow
There is no real upgrade in my opinion. The only signifcant upgrade I reckon is in battery life, front cam, a slighty better rear cam and perhaps screen quality.
I have had; Desire, Desire HD, Legend and now Nexus S. They are all so similar to HD2 it feels cool for the first day and then you realize there was really no point in upgrading.
Sansung GS II is the biggest upgrade IMO, but then you are stuck on a stock ROM
rauschkugl said:
i have my hd2 also since it was released and i think that i will wait until the quadcore chips come to phones. i can live with the hd2 at the moment and i think buying a dualcore device now isn't worth it when quadcores are announced for the mid of next year. maybe i'll buy a cheap used phone inbetween to play with but not a new high end device.
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If you're going to think like that then might as well wait for the 8 core phones instead of buying a quad core phone.
Well but they are Not manufactured yet. The kal el is done and working. And if you Upgrade and some month later there is such better Hardware available you'll also get angry. The difference between our hd2 and a dual core device is Not that big. At the Moment the hd2 is still pretty up to date. I know very well that waiting for the next good thing to come out would never end when we Talk about smartphones or Computers. There is just no really big fish out at the Moment like the hd2 was in 2009. So i for myself will wait for quadcores and 720p Displays because this will be worth the Upgrade from the hd2.
Unfortunately, I think the HD2 was unique with all the possibilities and hacking and the great developers coming together at one time. I've been watching and waiting for the next great phone, but I think that when the HD2 finally fades away, there won't be another phone with the same abilities because of the lack of developers focused on it. I just don't know what I'll do, I guess I'll actually have to decide on an Android or WP7 phone (but I really really like being able to jump between the two with just a reboot)!
If you can't wait there's been a bit of buzz around the Xiaomi M1 phone - supposedly able to run multiple OS's.
Feel free to shoot me down in flames if I've mis-interpreted the description of it.
Duflet said:
If you can't wait there's been a bit of buzz around the Xiaomi M1 phone - supposedly able to run multiple OS's.
Feel free to shoot me down in flames if I've mis-interpreted the description of it.
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It cannot run multiple OS's, but it is a very awesome looking phone. It is basically an Android modder's dream if the development is there, but only Android. It won't ever run WM or WP
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It cannot run multiple OS's, but it is a very awesome looking phone. It is basically an Android modder's dream if the development is there, but only Android. It won't ever run WM or WP
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true. this could really be a cheap option to get a phone were some great developement could go on. we'll see how good it really will be. this price is pretty cheap for a phone with such hardware. hope it won't be cheap china crap.
but somehow i'm missing the flash and front facing cam.
rauschkugl said:
true. this could really be a cheap option to get a phone were some great developement could go on. we'll see how good it really will be. this price is pretty cheap for a phone with such hardware. hope it won't be cheap china crap.
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It's using a 1.5 ghz snapdragon/adreno with 1GB ram SoC so you know the raw specs are freaking amazing.
What I want to see is how good the screen is and how good the code is. They are making a bad-ass phone with a stock-custom ROM (if that makes sense), it would be like HTC releasing a phone running stock CM7 on it or something.
If there is custom ROM support for this thing like CM7 and stuff I might get it.
i know the phone thanks. but build quality has to be good.
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i know the phone thanks. but build quality has to be good.
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yeah hopefully they don't use crap plastic like samsung.
even at the size and weight, with those kind of specs
i will definitely be getting 1 just for the heck of testing and flashing
with CM7, hell yeah definitely my go to phone
That phone looks like the first iPhone.
Anyway I'm very happy with my HD2.
by the way is this just a nice render or nearby future.
HTTP://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=637768
(I hope the link works, I'm running a mango version where copy paste doesn't work very good)
martijnloeffen said:
That phone looks like the first iPhone.
Anyway I'm very happy with my HD2.
by the way is this just a nice render or nearby future.
HTTP://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=637768
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Lol @ it runs a discontinued OS
Well i think there is not one out there that can replace the HD2. Why change a winner with a posible expencive new one. If your phone will break, it wil only cost you 150-200 Euro to replace.
depends where you live. here i have to pay still 400 euro to get a new one.

Is it worth upgrading to an HTC Evo 3D

So the HTC Evo 3D seems still to be sold for a low price. Lowest price I found was € 269 and now it went to € 289
And the current price off the HTC Desire HD in the same shop is € 295.
So as far I know the HTC Evo 3D got an 1.2Ghz dual core and an 960x540 screen resolution, further it has 1024MB ram and a 3D screen.
And bluetooth 3.0 and a frontcam which the HTC Desire HD has not. So that is the general difference. And I would say getting about € 200 for my HTC Desire HD should still be possible.
But is it worth? I would still be investing almost € 100 then and there seems to be not so much different, in fact the camera on HTC Evo 3D is 5MP, but it has 3D recording possibilities.
I see the Evo 3D has no unibody design like our HTC Desire HD.
Well, you'll have awful battery life, a bulkier device, and a pointless 3D screen.
IMO, not much if an upgrade. Stick with your phone, it still has a long life ahead, and save up for a newer HTC flagship (One X etc)
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Yes its heavier indeed I read. First I though it had an unibody design to, but it doesn't have it. I also already decided that it would not be worth upgrading.
I was only thinking of buying it because priced drop so much, its right now even cheaper then a new HTC Desire HD.
I also think in terms of design the HTC Desire HD looks much better.
I agree, it's not worth it. I would prefer to buy an HTC Sensation XE.
Or save the money for the next HTC devices (One X, One S).
Answer: Nah
hardcore4ever said:
I agree, it's not worth it. I would prefer to buy an HTC Sensation XE.
Or save the money for the next HTC devices (One X, One S).
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Best thing would be ofcourse keeping the HTC Desire HD after my contract ends and using a cheap prepaid sim card for just being reachable.
As I always use rynga.com for calling. But the DHD is still good and as long it keeps working then I have nothing to worry about.
if you where going from a nokia brick to evo 3D, then yes
from dhd to evo 3d, nope.
€295? really expensive.. I bought my one at €130 last month.. and €99 today without a contract.
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€295? really expensive.. I bought my one at €130 last month.. and €99 today without a contract.
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You mean the Desire HD? I don't think the new price off HTC Desire HD will be so low, but you are from Korea so it could be that you pay much less there.
But 50% less looks alot to me. The Evo3D is really cheap on the moment, but reason for it seems that it was not selling good.
DexterMorganNL said:
You mean the Desire HD? I don't think the new price off HTC Desire HD will be so low, but you are from Korea so it could be that you pay much less there.
But 50% less looks alot to me. The Evo3D is really cheap on the moment, but reason for it seems that it was not selling good.
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Yes, mine is DHD If I were you, I'd sell my DHD then buy a evo3d.
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Yes, mine is DHD If I were you, I'd sell my DHD then buy a evo3d.
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Do you think that is worth? I could try put it on internet for about € 200 and be happy if I get € 200 for it.
So then I would still need add € 89 by myself and main difference between HTC Desire HD is the CPU and RAM and screen, the rest is not much difference, the DHD even got a 8MP camera and the Evo3d got 5MP.
Its not a bad phone the Evo3D, but its not without reason its being sold for so low price. Because I also see this device doesn't have custom roms like the HTC Sensation has, there are some custom roms but its not same as our DHD, for the Evo3d there is right now not even a ics sense rom.
So I think its not worth really, but if my DHD would break then I would buy it right away as its a good deal right now, but the HTC One X and HTC One S will be released also soon.
DexterMorganNL said:
Do you think that is worth? I could try put it on internet for about € 200 and be happy if I get € 200 for it.
So then I would still need add € 89 by myself and main difference between HTC Desire HD is the CPU and RAM and screen, the rest is not much difference, the DHD even got a 8MP camera and the Evo3d got 5MP.
Its not a bad phone the Evo3D, but its not without reason its being sold for so low price. Because I also see this device doesn't have custom roms like the HTC Sensation has, there are some custom roms but its not same as our DHD, for the Evo3d there is right now not even a ics sense rom.
So I think its not worth really, but if my DHD would break then I would buy it right away as its a good deal right now, but the HTC One X and HTC One S will be released also soon.
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You're right, lack of roms is unacceptable cons. I forgot where we're
DexterMorganNL said:
Because I also see this device doesn't have custom roms like the HTC Sensation has, there are some custom roms but its not same as our DHD, for the Evo3d there is right now not even a ics sense rom.
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If you want to root and install custom ROM, it's better to keep the DHD.
In the new line of HTCs, One X, S and V, there's one that is completely compatible with DHD, namely HTC One V, with just slight difference in camera resolution (DHD got better camera than OneV).
Let's hope that there's a developer in XDA that might pick this up and port it into DHD with all the ICS+Sense 4 goodness.
Officially, DHD would get ICS as well, though I doubt they would give sense4 into it, most likely just sense3.5.
Yes if we look to custom roms then our DHD got more options. But a good ICS rom for the DHD is there right now not yet.
If I look to another aspect off buying a Evo3d then I not only see a better phone, but also warranty for 2 years.
Selling my DHD and buying an Evo3d would not be to bad at all. I need to consider that if my DHD breaks that its nothing worth at all, but on other side it should still keep working for awhile and buying the Evo3d right now will not be a good idea, because there already annouced the new HTC top devices.
I guess I just keep mine DHD till at least my contract is finished, I still have until half October until my contract finishes and be honest most off days lately I'm not using my phone much.
Of course get a sensation /Xe or wait for The One X evo 3d is not worth a gange from a dhd besides some users have reported that they felt a little bit dizy after looking to 3D pics because u dont use a 3d glasses with this phone
I gave my gf an sensation lol. So I bought one but gave it as present and I will just keep using my DHD.
When I switched from iPhone 3G to DHD that was like I entered heaven, but I think an upgrade will not have that experience anymore and our DHD will still function very good.
DexterMorganNL said:
I gave my gf an sensation lol. So I bought one but gave it as present and I will just keep using my DHD.
When I switched from iPhone 3G to DHD that was like I entered heaven, but I think an upgrade will not have that experience anymore and our DHD will still function very good.
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Are u serious? HTC Sensation is quiet better than Desire HD. If u go to Sensation forum u see a lot of great Roms with ICS + Sense 3.6 and Sense 4.0. Why don't u change with your girlfriend and play with Sensation 4 awile until your contract finish?
hardcore4ever said:
Are u serious? HTC Sensation is quiet better than Desire HD. If u go to Sensation forum u see a lot of great Roms with ICS + Sense 3.6 and Sense 4.0. Why don't u change with your girlfriend and play with Sensation 4 awile until your contract finish?
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Hahaha she will scold me, she doesn't want a used phone and when I bought her the Sensation I though it was better then buying the DHD because the Sensation cost not so much more.
And also its rude to give someone your used phone as Christmas present. I let her Sensation just stock because its not mine but hers so I didn't root it or put a custom rom on it.
I don't consider the Sensation worth to upgrade and only reason I was considering the HTC Evo3d is because its practical an HTC Sensation in terms off specification, but its price is much cheaper right now, but I can see its not a good phone if you like have newer Android version, as certain parts in ports for evo3d are not working good.
But they do have an Sense 4.0 port right now, that's further then the DHD is, we only have an ics sense 3.6 rom which got no internet connectivity. No I really think I can stick with mine DHD, I only still have 8 months to go on my contract and I think the DHD still will do a good job. We already have asop ics.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513054
I've wanted to buy an HTC Sensation, but i changed my mind when i saw the new HTC One devices.
Well not long ago we just had some Sensation roms, so in terms off software we are not so much behind and we will get an official ICS.
Yes HTC One serie looks great.

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