http://phandroid.com/2011/09/22/sam...-pictured-in-the-wild-and-shown-off-in-video/
this is the canadian version but close to ours.
pretty cool , cant wait!!!
I'm be honest I like the back of the telus version better than the tmobile back. It's looks much more nicer seems to run blazing fast for qualcomm processor.
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Have they actually given a tmobile release date? I watch all the different forums and havent seen one.
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Allegedly, release date will be announced on Monday.
thanks hopefully its tuesday!!!
sweet!!!!!!!! SGH-T989
nice !!!!!!!!
oh man... they replaced the metal door for a high quality plastic door on the final production model
i was really looking forward to that shiny metal door as shown on the pre-release models.
it's nice to see the latest 2.3.5 GB loaded
although i'm undecided about the chrome band, it does looks really nice, but does it fades away?
Cool...But something about this phone says dont get it dam so many choices of new phones
The phone looks pretty fast. For the few seconds he actually clicked to get to about phone. To show the android version that's running. A lot of people saw the the benchmarks of the exynos processor and assume that the qualcomm processor is inferior for not scoring that high. I think most forgot that this phone also showed the benchmarks also which were identical to the Samsung Galaxy 2.
http://phandroid.com/2011/08/17/tel...ured-along-with-impressive-benchmark-results/ seems to me that processors are identical almost.
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Quadrant means nothing
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Mine is better. And whats with the omission of the gs II logo on the back? Small feature but necessary. I enjoy flipping my phone over and seeing it. Plus, the chrome dents easily. I had dents alllll around my vibrant's chromepiece.
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Quadrant means nothing
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We all know that but a lot of people on xda don't know that. It's slowly but surely becoming a troll site. I'm still getting the phone since I'm tired of htc phones already.
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Ehh it's cool, but it "probably" will lack updates with is a no go..
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Ehh it's cool, but it "probably" will lack updates with is a no go..
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Manufacturers don't lack on updates to be precise carriers lack on updates. If certain carrier bloatware doesn't work on your device because an update. Your update will be delayed if everyone would get updates from strictly Google everyone would have updates. If samsung wants to push this as a galaxy 2 they probably already have updates in store for this device as well as the other variants. Touchwiz has gotten lighter than sense. It doesn't take over your whole phone like htc sense does. Let's not mention the facts that qualcomm processors have a tons of support due to past htc devices. The processor in the hercules is almost identical to the touchpad and sensation. Look how much development the touchpad has gotten. Look at the sensation development. Just because you have 15-20 devs on one phone doesn't always necessary mean the development is good. We could only have 1 dev but he could push of quality roms and kernels. ROMs won't vary much anyway mostly stock roms and cm7 kang roms and miui.
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good point! +1
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Manufacturers don't lack on updates to be precise carriers lack on updates. If certain carrier bloatware doesn't work on your device because an update. Your update will be delayed if everyone would get updates from strictly Google everyone would have updates. If samsung wants to push this as a galaxy 2 they probably already have updates in store for this device as well as the other variants. Touchwiz has gotten lighter than sense. It doesn't take over your whole phone like htc sense does. Let's not mention the facts that qualcomm processors have a tons of support due to past htc devices. The processor in the hercules is almost identical to the touchpad and sensation. Look how much development the touchpad has gotten. Look at the sensation development. Just because you have 15-20 devs on one phone doesn't always necessary mean the development is good. We could only have 1 dev but he could push of quality roms and kernels. ROMs won't vary much anyway mostly stock roms and cm7 kang roms and miui.
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Okay, but what does this have to do with T-mobile pushing updates?
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Okay, but what does this have to do with T-mobile pushing updates?
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Its comes with 2.3.5 all the other updates aren't really that big till ice cream sandwich which we are guaranteed to get.
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There is no point of buying this phone just get an HTC phone pretty much guarantee same hardware just different screen now if it had exynos I wouldn't really care about support like that it just bothers me when I think about the devs
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There is no point of buying this phone just get an HTC phone pretty much guarantee same hardware just different screen now if it had exynos I wouldn't really care about support like that it just bothers me when I think about the devs
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The only thing is the same is gpu maybe and processor. Exynos is a beast but it's not the only processor that is capable.
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The only thing is the same is gpu maybe and processor. Exynos is a beast but it's not the only processor that is capable.
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But those are main things that we use in everyday use do that's like original galaxy not having humming bird equally good but just not it
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i dont know if Jasonhunterx is a troll looking to get a rise out of everyone or just the most negative person in the world? havent firgured that out yet?? or hes samsungs worlds worst fan
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I tried the Thunderbolt for 2 weeks and returned it and this is why... its about twice as thick and ALOT heavier than the fascinate. Battery wouldn't last all day when I barely used it while my fascinate would easily last 2 days with little use or a full day of heavy use. The screen on the fascinate looks a lot better than the thunderbolt. Another thing I noticed was that the thunderbolt was always a lot hotter then my fascinate even when it was at its regular clock speed and was regularly at 110 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. So if anybody is thinking about getting the thunderbolt I hope I saved you the $35 restocking fee.
Nice to hear that the grass isn't always greener!
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You just saved me 500 bucks.
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Kernels will help with the battery life, and I've used it and I don't mind the heaviness at all. The main reasons why I'm not bothering to upgrade to it is because the screen isn't as nice, and the GPU doesn't seem as good as the Fascinate's. To expand on that GPU point, I used Neocore on my sister's Thunderbolt and my Fascinate at the same time, and my Fascinate performed smoother and quicker, however the final FPS score was apparently better on the Thunderbolt's, which I found strange. However visuals don't lie, while benchmarks sometimes do (especially quadrants).
Overall, I'd just wait for a decent dual-core phone on Verizon, rather than upgrading to the Thunderbolt. Galaxy S II anyone?
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Galaxy S II anyone?
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I'm definitely hoping the GSII will come to Verizon. The Exynos processor, the screen, the thinness and weight, and the extra codecs are pure awesomeness.
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Overall, I'd just wait for a decent dual-core phone on Verizon, rather than upgrading to the Thunderbolt. Galaxy S II anyone?
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Hopefully they will update the Galaxy S II a little more often then they have been doing with the fascinate but I think Samsung's hardware makes up for everything
Im probly still goin to get one I would like more oppinions tho some ppl love it and some hate it xD I won't know till I try it my self
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I havent had 2 weeks worth of trial with it, but my Daughter just got one. As with every phone, it has it's ups and downs. I agree with most of the OP, but it has some positives. The front camera for one, the 4G for another.
It is like heaving around a brick though in size and weight compared to the Fascinate.
I am not switching to anything anytime soon, but I would still wait awhile to see what the community does with the customizations before i would choose anything...
ha I don't care even if Galaxy 2 has 2ghz triple core, I wouldn't buy Samsung phone again. I'd rather have faster update than better hardware.
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ha I don't care even if Galaxy 2 has 2ghz triple core, I wouldn't buy Samsung phone again. I'd rather have faster update than better hardware.
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You obviously don't root your phones cause if you did then you would know that hardware is everything...?
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You obviously don't root your phones cause if you did then you would know that hardware is everything...?
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hardware isn't everything... source is everything.
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You obviously don't root your phones cause if you did then you would know that hardware is everything...?
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I rooted mine.. hardware is nothing with crap software and no support from the manufacturer whatsoever.
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You obviously don't root your phones cause if you did then you would know that hardware is everything...?
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LoL person with no knowledge of android development.
deaffob said:
LoL person with no knowledge of android development.
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Omg, are you for real? It wasn't even a serious comment lmao! Go trade your fascinate for an HTC if software is all you want. Here is one for ya! "lighten up, and live a little?" Yeah? Maybe? HaHa...
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I just never saw the draw of the thunderbolt. Most of the country doesn't have 4g and its still single core.
OTB'd CM6 FTW
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I just never saw the draw of the thunderbolt. Most of the country doesn't have 4g and its still single core.
OTB'd CM6 FTW
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I was actually messing with a TB yesterday and I think it is pretty cool but not cool e'nuff. There are to many big dawgz coming out soon, and like you said 4g is probably 2 years from my area...!
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Omg, are you for real? It wasn't even a serious comment lmao! Go trade your fascinate for an HTC if software is all you want. Here is one for ya! "lighten up, and live a little?" Yeah? Maybe? HaHa...
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Actually you were serious but you realized you were being stupid so you are trying to cover yourself up. I would trade it I can fyi.
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Kernels will help with the battery life, and I've used it and I don't mind the heaviness at all. The main reasons why I'm not bothering to upgrade to it is because the screen isn't as nice, and the GPU doesn't seem as good as the Fascinate's. To expand on that GPU point, I used Neocore on my sister's Thunderbolt and my Fascinate at the same time, and my Fascinate performed smoother and quicker, however the final FPS score was apparently better on the Thunderbolt's, which I found strange. However visuals don't lie, while benchmarks sometimes do (especially quadrants).
Overall, I'd just wait for a decent dual-core phone on Verizon, rather than upgrading to the Thunderbolt. Galaxy S II anyone?
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That might be because the fascinate is framerate limited to ~60 fps, it won't go above 60, even if the GPU could run it faster
Battery life for me has been similar to my fascinate and it was worth switching just to be able to use data while I'm using the phone. My area won't have LTE for another year but I use a lot of data and getting an unlimited plan while verizon still offers them seemed prudent.
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I'm definitely hoping the GSII will come to Verizon. The Exynos processor, the screen, the thinness and weight, and the extra codecs are pure awesomeness.
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and the lack up support is what I'm dying for. J/K, but really I would never buy another samsung, anything!
Which one would you choose? The 3.0 sense on the sensation looks so nice, if you have not seen videos of it you should definitely see it. The g2x is stock vanilla froyo, but it will gb soon after launch, also it has the tegra 2 processor and the sensation has tge quallcomm processor. Its very hard for me to choose.
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I wouldn't get either. 1gb of internal memory... no thanks HTC.
Once the Evo 3D is available, I'm getting that.
T-Mobiles reception sucks where I moved to, but sprint has 4g available
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G2X bootloader is wide open (Cyanogen's next device!), Sensation is locked. So choice is pretty obvious.
I haven't decided yet. I need to see some reviews and "usability benchmarks" (ie: how well the devices respond in general usage). The Vibrant puts down good benchmarks, but fails in everyday usability (it's laggy to respond, even with bionix, voodoo kernels, overclock). I think Samsung's source is to blame; they just can't write good code.
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G2X bootloader is wide open (Cyanogen's next device!), Sensation is locked. So choice is pretty obvious.
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This is a non-issue for me. I'm getting fairly well tired of constantly flashing devices, downtime, **** being broken, waiting for code, etc. I just want a device that works.
Definitely the sensation. Better screen more ram, gingerbread and its one sexy beast of a phone. Since its an htc device then it'll definitely get cyanogenmod
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Im want the gs2 if it comes to tmobile
Robert8457 said:
Im want the gs2 if it comes to tmobile
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+1 that will be my next one hopefully soooon!
Robert8457 said:
Im want the gs2 if it comes to tmobile
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The reason I wont get that because of samsung. Also not a big fan touchwiz, either stock or sense for me.
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Wait for the optimus 3d!
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Wait for the optimus 3d!
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Im not really big on 3d phones, just fast, stable phones with a lot dev scene.
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In that case, if you want big, fast, and strongly supported phones, by a Nexus. Sure，the G2x and Sensation are both good, but Nexus phones will always be the ones to last the longest and be supported.
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In that case, if you want big, fast, and strongly supported phones, by a Nexus. Sure，the G2x and Sensation are both good, but Nexus phones will always be the ones to last the longest and be supported.
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The g2x is pretty much a stock and it has a dual core processor. Also the sensation is a htc phone so that phone will get supported by cyanogen and other devs as well.
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Don't get the G2x stock android messed up with Google's stock Android. The only true stock android imo is one in which Google controls updates, otherwise you are at the mercy of your carrier and manufacturer. The G2 has "stock android" and has yet to receive gingerbread.
G2x. For me due to it being stock. Well its either g2x or gs2, more than likely they both wont have locked bootloaders
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This is a non-issue for me. I'm getting fairly well tired of constantly flashing devices, downtime, **** being broken, waiting for code, etc. I just want a device that works.
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Yeah but that's why we flash in the first place, to get our phones working the way they should have shipped. Though I understand, I'm slowing down a bit on the constant flashing. I just wouldn't expect a phone that works just the way you want out of the box. Though to answer your question, the G2x seems to have the lasting power, with vanilla Android, Tegra 2, a swift 2.3 update planned, and an unlocked bootloader if/when support is dropped and you decide to flash it to extend its life. However, I've heard some QC issues, bugs with it, not that HTC doesn't have its own problems with that.
Does the g2x have its own forum now? I saw the optimus 2x forums, but I dont know if its for the g2x. I wonder if its already out in europe because there are roms for the phone.
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Sensation it is!
G2X Dual Core 1GHZ processor
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/26/htc-officially-dissolves-locked-bootlader-policy/
Looks like the Sensation won't have a locked bootloader.
Now the GS2 is going to actually have a competitor.
The sensation is nice but for me the CPU and GPU just don't cut it. SGS2 is the only upgrade option for me =]
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The sensation is nice but for me the CPU and GPU just don't cut it. SGS2 is the only upgrade option for me =]
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I've seen reports of the CPU/GPU combo in the Sensation being faster then the Exynos. I can't wait to see the 2 phones head to head.
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/26/htc-officially-dissolves-locked-bootlader-policy/
Looks like the Sensation won't have a locked bootloader.
Now the GS2 is going to actually have a competitor.
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Meh. I still think the sgs2 will do better
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I've seen reports of the CPU/GPU combo in the Sensation being faster then the Exynos. I can't wait to see the 2 phones head to head.
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The mali400-MP has far more power than adreno220...adreno220 is no weakling though, its very impressive. I'd put the adreno220 in league with sgx540, but its no multicore GPU. As for CPU its good, but is still cortex-a8 with some a9 features bolted on, it doesn't have the improved neon, etc. That comes with a9. It won't be a bad phone, just not good enough for me =]
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i'm pretty annoyed by the 3br problem
Longcat14 said:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/26/htc-officially-dissolves-locked-bootlader-policy/
Looks like the Sensation won't have a locked bootloader.
Now the GS2 is going to actually have a competitor.
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Sensation will have a locked bootloader. We are at HTC's mercy whether they will issue an update in timely manner to unlock it.
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Sensation will have a locked bootloader. We are at HTC's mercy whether they will issue an update in timely manner to unlock it.
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You must be confusing Samsung with HTC.
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You must be confusing Samsung with HTC.
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Samsung never locked bootloaders so there is no need of confusion.
HTC announced moving forward they will have unlocked bootloaders.
Sensation is set to release on June 7th and by now is already being delivered to retailers. It's not enough time to pull the stock, unlock bootloaders and send it to the stores.
So, we are at HTC's mercy whether they will roll out an update to unlock the locked sensation bootloader.
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SGS2 is the only upgrade option for me =]
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good luck with that on t-mobile.....lol edge only
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Samsung never locked bootloaders so there is no need of confusion.
HTC announced moving forward they will have unlocked bootloaders.
Sensation is set to release on June 7th and by now is already being delivered to retailers. It's not enough time to pull the stock, unlock bootloaders and send it to the stores.
So, we are at HTC's mercy whether they will roll out an update to unlock the locked sensation bootloader.
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I meant with the update thing. HTC releases updates. Samsung...... well yeah.
TBH, I think the only phone currently that can actually compete with the SGS II is the Samsung Hercules. I know it sounds redundant but HTC got itself disqualified when it decided to release a phone with only 768mb of RAM and 1gb onboard storage (yeah, I completely got spoiled by my Vibrant).
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good luck with that on t-mobile.....lol edge only
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not the international one =P I'm hoping TMO gets it...if not I'm gonna be vary sore with them
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You must be confusing Samsung with HTC.
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Lol
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IMO Samsung SGSII is still a better buy than the HTC Sensation.
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I meant with the update thing. HTC releases updates. Samsung...... well yeah.
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Maybe I'm wrong but besides nexus phones wasn't samsung first to release a gingerbread phone which (redundant as they may be) haven't they also sent out several updates for it? And is there any htc phone running gingerbread? Any yeah samsung screwed up but there were several other companies and even htc dragged their feet and few months between saying the incredible would receive froyo and when it actually did. Also in regards to samsung they have also updated the original sgs international with gingerbread too. Just my 2 cents
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Maybe I'm wrong but besides nexus phones wasn't samsung first to release a gingerbread phone which (redundant as they may be) haven't they also sent out several updates for it? And is there any htc phone running gingerbread? Any yeah samsung screwed up but there were several other companies and even htc dragged their feet and few months between saying the incredible would receive froyo and when it actually did. Also in regards to samsung they have also updated the original sgs international with gingerbread too. Just my 2 cents
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Well, with HTC, I'm sure your phone will get a GB update if the hardware supports it.
But, as bad as they are, Motorola updates all of their new phones. Even the DroidX is getting GB. If only they had unlocked bootloaders, I would buy their phones.
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Cool. But I can't go back to a non-Super AMOLED display.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/27/htc-sensation-review/
Engadget seems to agree with me about the display.
Plus the specs in GSII are still sexier.
Do you really want to wait another year or more for AOSP though? I'm sure the SGS2 will be riddled with more of Samsung's awful coding...
Super amoled plus and 16g internal or 1g internal and lcd not even to mention hardware differences im pretty sure it's sgsii ftw
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Hello,
Just wanted your thoughts on the Official Gingerbread for Vibrant.
Do you think it will ever come?
Do you even care?
Any feedback is appreciated .
Cm7 is gingerbread so its already out lol
Need help with cm7? Pm me I can try to help
I don't think about it because I don't care. Gingerbread for the Vibrant 3G is the last thing on Samsungs list.
i have cm7 so i could care less! i will be getting the hercules in a few months anyway
The Gingerbread ROMS are already pretty smooth and nice so I no longer care about the stock one which they seem that don't even WANT to update.
Whatev's when I get the chance I will be buying the SGSII.
...When it doesn't cost a lung for me lol
It's not going to happen.
And neither will me buying another Samsung mobile device, ever.
Ditto.
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Probably not coming since the Galaxy S 4G is essentially the successor to the original Vibrant. It would be a terrible sales decision for T-Mobile to support the older model, especially when the two are almost identical except for 4G, an FFC, and the lack of internal storage on the 4G.
I hate u guys.
I guess my best bet is to hunt craigslist for a nexus s.
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Really?
No CM7 is the same experience you will get with a Nexus S.
Buy a dual core phone or
Wait for next year.
Quad Cores aren't supposed to be ready until Q3 2012 or early 2013.
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I wouldn't mind waiting, I've played around with the 4g vibrant, and I like the 3g model better. The ffc is no big deal with me.
But I have a gut feeling that it will be early next year before we get a 2.3 from tmobile.
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It's not going to happen.
And neither will me buying another Samsung mobile device, ever.
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Prolly the same thing you said about froyo. No faith
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I cant afford a new dual core and my plan isnt up til dec of next year. Nexus seems the way to go unless u guys wanna buy me a hercules
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Really?
No CM7 is the same experience you will get with a Nexus S.
Buy a dual core phone or
Wait for next year.
Quad Cores aren't supposed to be ready until Q3 2012 or early 2013.
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Sorry, but current dual cores devices are useless and equally as fast as the Nexus S since ICS is yet to be released to optimize Android for multicore devices. You may as well get the one phone guaranteed to get ICS which will increase the Nexus's speed as well. The G2X looks like its not getting ICS and the Sensation would be bogged down by Sense again. Galaxy S2, maybe.
No offense because the 2.3 Roms out right now are smooth. But they straight murder the battery life. Why have a mobile device if you a charge every 8 hours.
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Prolly the same thing you said about froyo. No faith
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No, I held out hope because Samsung promised and promised and promised, and there was a BIG media hullabaloo about the lack of timeliness on the 2.2 update.
Samsung has had exactly ONE press release saying they're putting 2.3 on "all" Galaxy S phones and nobody in the media is talking about a lack of update. Basically, it's as if no-one cares, Samsung included. Only a few people on forums are making any fuss about it, and everybody knows forums in general fly fairly low under the radar.
I still say we're not going to see it, and even if Samsung delivers it before the end of the year, it's far too little far too late. I have no desire to reward their failures and apathy with more purchases.
edit: Oh, and you can thank the ****ing SGS 4G for the lack of an update. IT'S getting 2.3 leaks left and ****ing right, and the rumor is from devs in the know that there isn't even 2.3 source code in existence for the Vibrant.
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Sorry, but current dual cores devices are useless and equally as fast as the Nexus S since ICS is yet to be released to optimize Android for multicore devices. You may as well get the one phone guaranteed to get ICS which will increase the Nexus's speed as well. The G2X looks like its not getting ICS and the Sensation would be bogged down by Sense again. Galaxy S2, maybe.
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You are right the good thing about dual cores is one core is incharge of one process and other core incharge of another process. This would probably be best for me as I am constantly studying in school, and switch between apps really fast and single core just cant take from browser to xxxx app to xxxx app and back to browser without it getting stuck!?
If you got like 15 apps and just use it for ROMS and GPS and shiny fast things then by all means stick with the Galaxy S.
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Prolly the same thing you said about froyo. No faith
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Yep just ask the behold 2 users oh wait they never did get their update never mind.
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It's not going to happen.
And neither will me buying another Samsung mobile device, ever.
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This........
Galaxy S2 will go no longer than Ice Cream Sandwich.
Galaxy S3 will only go like 2 updates
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So as my old thread kinda pointed out before, the Samsung slider Verizon was getting was awfully similar to our Epics in appearance. And guess what? it is real and it's being released soon. So what I found to be interesting about it is that it runs on the exact same hardware as the Epic! Well, that is, excluding the processor -__- while we have a single core 1ghz processor, the Verizon slider will sport a dualcore 1.2ghz processor. The real reason behind this post is this: this to me sounds like the closest sibling our Epic has in the Galaxy S family thus far, so with the processors being the only real difference, will we be able to port anything from it over to the Epic and/or will their source help us in any way to further advance development on our Epics? Hmmm...
http://www.mydaily-gadget.com/news/...g-stratosphere-fcc-release-date-verizon-specs
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Well, that one would hurt. So, they have a stable, problem free Cingerbread on that phone already? EDIT..it doesn't say that's going to be dual core for certain. They are comparing the stats of the Galaxy S2
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JohnCorleone said:
Well, that one would hurt. So, they have a stable, problem free Cingerbread on that phone already? EDIT..it doesn't say that's going to be dual core for certain. They are comparing the stats of the Galaxy S2
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So there still might be some hope for us afterall. The mandatory 18 month support deal google is enforcing now means that this Verizon slider will hopefully get up to ICS, and if we can hopefully find something useful from it ( like port some of its ROMs, kernels, use some of its source) then we might have a shot at extending the Epics "life" right? I'm being hopeful because as bad as I want to jump ship to a new device, I'm not ready to give up my physical keyboard just yet.
EDIT: ok, just reread it JC and your right. As of now, all the hardware specs coincide with our Epics, the processor it will be porting is yet to be announced. It does say it'll be a "budget phone" in another article I read, so considering high end devices at the moment are sporting dual core processor 1.2ghz and up, I'm willing to be it will also be a 1ghz single core like ours
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JohnCorleone said:
Well, that one would hurt. So, they have a stable, problem free Cingerbread on that phone already? EDIT..it doesn't say that's going to be dual core for certain. They are comparing the stats of the Galaxy S2
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Unfortunately I wouldn't doubt it. The Galaxy S line(Not 2) was handled horribly. We should have been like Samsungs personal nexus line with support and updates, but not a single phone got that. Which isn't bad in all truth. But it could have went better with ICS coming soon.
Also aren't we still within 18 months? It's been a year but not too much over it.
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Yeah especially if we were basically Samsung's testers for Gingerbread on another similar device. I don't know enough about development to know if ROMs could be easily ported from it
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Everything I saw about the stratosphere showed it to be exactly like the epic, just for VZW. Been waiting for it as my girlfriend has VZW and her renewal is this month. And the leaked pics I've seen of it show 2.3.4, so maybe if we're lucky we'll see the source for that and can put something together from it if we don't see official GB released by then..
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Unfortunately I wouldn't doubt it. The Galaxy S line(Not 2) was handled horribly. We should have been like Samsungs personal nexus line with support and updates, but not a single phone got that. Which isn't bad in all truth. But it could have went better with ICS coming soon.
Also aren't we still within 18 months? It's been a year but not too much over it.
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The 18 month support policy wasn't being enforced until just recently so our Epic's, I'm guessing, won't get further than GB (officially speaking of course) Korey also stated that GB would be the final "dying breath" of the Epic support wise. So this could be our final chance at a big helping hand in development...
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Highly doubt this will be relevant at all. Thinking there will be similarities in driver code is akin to thinking there was going to be similarities in our epics and other galaxy s's. And we all know how well that turned out.
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Highly doubt this will be relevant at all. Thinking there will be similarities in driver code is akin to thinking there was going to be similarities in our epics and other galaxy s's. And we all know how well that turned out.
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Well what this handset has that the rest of the other handsets dnt is the hardware keyboard which I heard was a problem devs had a rough time with considering the other galaxy s counter parts had no hardware keyboard. Also, the rest of the hardware matches perfectly, all we need is the processor to be announced. I'm thinking this handset will help us out a bit somehow, but then again, I'm no dev, so take my "hopefulness" with a grain of salt
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QUOTE=squshy 7;17522647]Highly doubt this will be relevant at all. Thinking there will be similarities in driver code is akin to thinking there was going to be similarities in our epics and other galaxy s's. And we all know how well that turned out.
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Try not to get too excited, the article that the op posted mentioned that that this phone may be Verizons gsII contender. The only thing that may be similar is the cameras. Then again that's what we said about the nexus s...
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QUOTE=squshy 7;17522647]Highly doubt this will be relevant at all. Thinking there will be similarities in driver code is akin to thinking there was going to be similarities in our epics and other galaxy s's. And we all know how well that turned out.
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Try not to get too excited, the article that the op posted mentioned that that this phone may be Verizons gsII contender. The only thing that may be similar is the cameras. Then again that's what we said about the nexus s...
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The camera will be different(1.3megapixel ffc) we have a .3megapixel
The keyboard however will be the same, 4 android butttons 4 capacitive android buttons 4" screen, the 5megapixel cam the same.
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I think it will be similar. Verizon rehashed the Evo a little less than a year later. Verizon only has 1 dual core 4G phone. Finally, Verizon said they weren't getting a GSII variant and if this was dualcore, it would probably be considered a GSII variant just like the epic is.
Well they also have a better screen because they have a super amoled plus instead of a super amoled so they don't have to deal with weird subpixels.
Epic 4G, is that you?
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Well I guess best we can do at this point Is hope we can pull some dev off this device. But hey. hope is better then nothing.
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corythug said:
Well I guess best we can do at this point Is hope we can pull some dev off this device. But hey. hope is better then nothing.
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Yeah, that would work as well. In any case, even if their source or porting any of their stuff doesn't help us, their device community would still be of great value to us.
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