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anyone else seen the galaxy s phone yet? it released on Tmobile last week same day as the droid x... unless you were following it you probly dont know... I dont have t mobile so I didn't know it came out yet, but my friend got it and I have to say the 4 inch super amoled screen is beautiful and the 4 inch size is virtually perfect... every company is making their own rip off of htc sense anymore so it doesn't really matter... I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the phone after what I dealt with having my omnia... but most of that was winmo problem
the display made my friends iphone 4's "retina" bs look like an omnia, our screens just dont get that bright and vivid, avatar looked beautiful on it
drop your impressions or comments below
The Galaxy S forums are over that way.
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really? no way?
I own an incredible and must say that that phones super amoled looks great... no wonder samsung is hoarding all the amoled displays to themselves... when the galaxy s comes to verizon I will be switching, unless the incredible starts printing me money and doing my laundry
eh, have fun with that. I love my exclusive incredible on Verizon because everyone has the same phone that posts something about it..with Samsung having the same phone on all four networks..i guess it's cool, but there will be several diff radios to tinker with since it's on TMO, ATT, Verizon, and Sprint..
Are you saying that the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Incredible isn't as good as the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Galaxy?
considering their tech specs are so close, and their sourced from the same manufacturer, not sure where you're coming from on this one.
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Are you saying that the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Incredible isn't as good as the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Galaxy?
considering their tech specs are so close, and their sourced from the same manufacturer, not sure where you're coming from on this one.
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Um yes there very different. That's like saying a lexus and a toyota are the same even though they are both made by toyota.
The Galaxy S screen is gorgeous. And easily outshines our regular AMOLEDS. Yes the difference really is noticable.
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Are you saying that the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Incredible isn't as good as the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Galaxy?
considering their tech specs are so close, and their sourced from the same manufacturer, not sure where you're coming from on this one.
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The difference is Incredible has the AMOLED and Samsung Galaxy has SUPER AMOLED...
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Um yes there very different. That's like saying a lexus and a toyota are the same even though they are both made by toyota.
The Galaxy S screen is gorgeous. And easily outshines our regular AMOLEDS. Yes the difference really is noticable.
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Actually Lexus brand is a US thing. The Lexus line up of cars are marketed as toyotas in Japan. So you know there's that.
And I've seen them. My AMOLED screen looks just as awesome as a vibrant's. Especially when they are sitting right next to each other, playing the same movie. So there's also that.
Go have fun with your Samsung, but please stop talking.
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Actually Lexus brand is a US thing. The Lexus line up of cars are marketed as toyotas in Japan. So you know there's that.
And I've seen them. My AMOLED screen looks just as awesome as a vibrant's. Especially when they are sitting right next to each other, playing the same movie. So there's also that.
Go have fun with your Samsung, but please stop talking.
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Um well I live in America. A Lexus is a Lexus. I could give a **** about what it's called in japan. And BTW Lexus is marketed as Lexus in 70 countries. Even japan. The bottom line is that Toyota makes BOTH Brands. Which means that my point is still valid. He was saying there wasn't a difference or that the tech was so "similar" that there wasn't a difference. The SUPER AMOLED has a higher dpi as well as better viewability in direct sunlight and less power consumption. Also images don't look "jagged" like they do on my incredible. Did I say the screens didn't look similar? Nope. I said the SUPER AMOLED is better. Which in all accounts it is. Better power consumption, better readability in direct sunlight and in non direct sunlight. Higher dpi which means much crisper and detailed images. Plus better viewing angles. So you stop talking. Troll. I own an incredible btw. I can't own a Galaxy S variant on Verizon. It isn't released yet.
I'll stick with HTC.... the galaxy s screen is nice tho.
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Um well I live in America. A Lexus is a Lexus. I could give a **** about what it's called in japan. And BTW Lexus is marketed as Lexus in 70 countries. Even japan. The bottom line is that Toyota makes BOTH Brands. Which means that my point is still valid. He was saying there wasn't a difference or that the tech was so "similar" that there wasn't a difference. The SUPER AMOLED has a higher dpi as well as better viewability in direct sunlight and less power consumption. Also images don't look "jagged" like they do on my incredible. Did I say the screens didn't look similar? Nope. I said the SUPER AMOLED is better. Which in all accounts it is. Better power consumption, better readability in direct sunlight and in non direct sunlight. Higher dpi which means much crisper and detailed images. Plus better viewing angles. So you stop talking. Troll. I own an incredible btw. I can't own a Galaxy S variant on Verizon. It isn't released yet.
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Legitimately just made an account to say that it's couldn't*, not could give a ****. Also, no one ****ing cares, so chill out.
Yet you legititmately made an account to correct an error i made on purpose and to tell me you don't give a ****. Yet i should calm down? Lol...
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Yet you legititmately made an account to correct an error i made on purpose and to tell me you don't give a ****. Yet i should calm down? Lol...
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You were going out of your way to make the situation much more ridiculous than it is. Not going to argue about it online. Got plenty of other things to do.
Lock please.
blah blah blah.....
I own a Dinc too. Maybe I should start posting about it in the G1 forums. You know just because I'm a troll.
You still need to stop talking.
1. I didn't start this thread
2. I just stated my opinion in a nice way.
3. Your the one attacking my analogy of lexus etc even though your wrong. I didn't troll ****. I offered my opinion on a screen I've seen in person when most haven't to let them know there is quite a difference.
..... anyway....
My son got the Captivate from ATT. It's a VERY nice phone. Good size, great screen and just as fast. I think my wife will finally upgrade from her Q9h.
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My son got the Captivate from ATT. It's a VERY nice phone. Good size, great screen and just as fast. I think my wife will finally upgrade from her Q9h.
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Played with one today as my sister in law got one. Nice screen, great hardware all around, but the dog slow response time of the home button and other capacitive buttons was killing me the whole time I was trying to set it up. For now I'll keep my Incredible.
the difference between the AMOLED and the SUPER AMOLED is lower power consumtion for one, and the Super AMOLED has both the sensors and display all in one thinner peice making more room for the other hardware. I personally dont think the displays are visibly any different
just wondering. i can pick one up locally. brand new, for 250.
why do you guys stay with the nexus since it is not made any longer and what do you love about it?
also..hows the battery life compated to a galexyS phone? ( i have the vibrant)
Personally it's because newer devices haven't offered me anything which I really want/need. I am tempted to go with a HC tablet which will give me access to Tegra2 specific apps/games which is all I feel I'm missing when comparing the N1 to newer handsets. It also runs CM (Never mind the plethora of other ROMs) and trackball alert really is hard to beat once you get used to it
i had one right when it came out. there were no roms really yet for it and it was on 2.1 i think...i cant remember how "fast" it was..i do remember i liked the screen, but im concered about battery life..
i LOVED how thin the phoen was...
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i had one right when it came out. there were no roms really yet for it and it was on 2.1 i think...i cant remember how "fast" it was..i do remember i liked the screen, but im concered about battery life..
i LOVED how thin the phoen was...
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I get great battery life but it will obviously depend on the user. A combo of setcpu and a decent kernel will definitely help extend the battery. I found that ROMs really kicked off when Froyo hit. Although it has slowed over the past few months the N1 still has great support, especially considering it's nearly 18 months old.
$5 internet and Roms
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$5 internet and Roms
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what do you mean??? $5
because no other device so far has the same build quality, materials, sexy work-of-art look and feel of the nexus one. plus no other phone has color trackball alert to set ANY notification to ANY color you want. just glance at my phone, blue-new twitter, red-new gmail, yellow-missed call, etc. that is just a necessity once you have it, and not a single other phone is coming out with even a regular notification light, let alone colored.
plus the nexus one is the size of perfection, not so big monsters like these other phones lately. and it still has the amoled screen, not great in the sun, and not as good as super amoled, but all the same indoors.
i just cant find something to replace my nexus one with
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because no other device so far has the same build quality, materials, sexy work-of-art look and feel of the nexus one. plus no other phone has color trackball alert to set ANY notification to ANY color you want. just glance at my phone, blue-new twitter, red-new gmail, yellow-missed call, etc. that is just a necessity once you have it, and not a single other phone is coming out with even a regular notification light, let alone colored.
plus the nexus one is the size of perfection, not so big monsters like these other phones lately. and it still has the amoled screen, not great in the sun, and not as good as super amoled, but all the same indoors.
i just cant find something to replace my nexus one with
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would you consider the screen the same as like a galexy S phone? crisp/sharpness wise?
i am a HUGE rom flasher, so i think i would benefit from a phone like the N1
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would you consider the screen the same as like a galexy S phone? crisp/sharpness wise?
i am a HUGE rom flasher, so i think i would benefit from a phone like the N1
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it IS in fact teh same screen as the galaxy s, both screens are from samsung. both screens use the same pentile matrix pixel layout. the only difference is the galaxy s has super amoled which means the touch layer and glass layer is merged together to produce thinner glass area. the nexus one has the traditional tiny gap. indoors booth look nearly the same (nexus one is sharper because same resolution but 3.7 inch screen. the galaxy s pixels are more visible). outdoors in sunshine is where the galaxy s might be easier to see the screen.
also, not a single other android device exists that has the desk top dock and car dock. that makes the nexus one the full package that no other android device has.
of course the nexus one has the touch screen bug, cant do more than 2 finger inputs, and has the glitch issue. so its a tough call to buy it now. since its probably only 200 dollars i'd say its a no brainer. but not 500 dollars lol.
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it IS in fact teh same screen as the galaxy s, both screens are from samsung. both screens use the same pentile matrix pixel layout. the only difference is the galaxy s has super amoled which means the touch layer and glass layer is merged together to produce thinner glass area. the nexus one has the traditional tiny gap. indoors booth look nearly the same (nexus one is sharper because same resolution but 3.7 inch screen. the galaxy s pixels are more visible). outdoors in sunshine is where the galaxy s might be easier to see the screen.
also, not a single other android device exists that has the desk top dock and car dock. that makes the nexus one the full package that no other android device has.
of course the nexus one has the touch screen bug, cant do more than 2 finger inputs, and has the glitch issue. so its a tough call to buy it now. since its probably only 200 dollars i'd say its a no brainer. but not 500 dollars lol.
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whats the "glitch" issue? also, is the screen nice and responsive?
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whats the "glitch" issue? also, is the screen nice and responsive?
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Every now and than (1-2 times a day for me) the screen calibration gets borked. So if you touch one spot it reads a few mm away sometimes it thinks your touching the soft keys. The way to "fix" the issue is to shut off the screen than wake it up again.
Thats the only issue I've had. Personally waiting for the HTC Sensation or the next Nexus variant to upgrade.
Free (so far) wireless tethering.
Although I am looking at upgrading to the HTC Sensation 4G when it comes out in June.
I love the n1 because it can do everything i use it for and its still a very responsive phone. I pay 15$ for a grandfathered unlimited data plan from att so until theres a superphone available that can do all mine can do plus more and on att(since im not interested in changing cell providers) then im not really in the new phone market.
i use mine for internet access on the road for work like a the airport for instance.
reference for research for anything and everywhere.
navigation for work and play
music streaming from my home pc with subsonic(fantastic app)
music playing locally while in the car
music music music
reminders and email for work
communication with co-workers and friends via trillian on msn/gtalk/aim/facebook
timewaster and newsreader for my google reader feeds
i dont play many games but the ones i do work decent enough
only drawbacks i see with it is the multitouch, like others have said it will think youre touching the bottom menu buttons for some reason, usually i run into this after i had docked it and undocked it or it had been charging. you can kind of reproduce it if youre movinga touch point in the top left of the screen and then tap towards the lower to mid-right. if you have a multi-touch test app you will see it thinking your finger drops straight down. you get used to it though, i dont mind it too much anymore. being able to rotate the map would be nice like on the vibrant but the two finger perpendicular slide to rotate isnt so bad. I still love my n1 a lot more than my girlfriend's vibrant which is tainted by the samsung ui overlay nonsense. give me aosp or give me death.
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whats the "glitch" issue? also, is the screen nice and responsive?
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the glitch is every once in a while the screen thinks you touched a different spot. this happens about once a week for me, mostly less than that. its easy to fix, just lock the phone then swipe to unlock, the issue goes away for another week lol. but it IS a hardware issue that can never be fixed, so we just live with it.
other than that i think the screen is just fine for responsive. probably not the best in the world, but its good to me. touch a spot and it registers immediately.
I love my sexy nexyyyyyy!!!! I like trackball that's why i keep my N1.
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It's a great Developer device for those who like Flashing!
I'm keeping mine for now to see what the Pyramid looks like when released...
I can get a brand new one unopened for 250 in town....
As a vibrant, vibrant 4g, n1 owner ...the build quality of the n1 is awesome. Just tits when compared to plastics.
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1) Community Support
2) Lighted Trackball - it's a lifesaver during meetings!
3) Incredibly pocket-able..thin/light/resilient
4) It's unique - and it's not a Samsung/Moto device!
XDA is no longer worth my time.
Hi Guys...
When i went from s1 to s2 i was like wowww what a screen
And everyone around me told me when they saw the phone like damnn thats a huge and a thin phone how can u call and carry that phone..well after a week or two i wqs used and felt good in my hand...now i have the galaxy note.
I unpacked it hold it in my hands i was like damnnn thats huge how in hells name im gonna carry this one...i couldnt used it with 1 hand anymore..well after a week im used to it and i had a s1 and a s2 in my hands it was like toyssss..how did i used those back then?
a iphone 3g feels like a lighter to light up my cigarrete )
But dont get me wrong i love the note
I just cant back to smaller phones anymore
Do u guys have the same feeling?
Me to i look at people at work with smaller phones and laugh. .. The note rocks and im not going to a smaller screen ever
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I want from the dell streaks 5 inch to 4.5 infuse. Twas rough, but i said the same thing when i had the dell. It was just to sluggish
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Some people (usually iPhone users) claim that the Note is humongous and far too big to carry around and yet they never say the same about the iPad (double standards). The same people claim the the primary function is a phone, but for most people the primary function is Web Browsing. Sooner or later, iPhone users are going to get fed-up Web Browsing on such a small screen. So Apple will need to follow everyone else and increase the screen size or lose customers.
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Some people (usually iPhone users) claim that the Note is humongous and far too big to carry around and yet they never say the same about the iPad (double standards). The same people claim the the primary function is a phone, but for most people the primary function is Web Browsing. Sooner or later, iPhone users are going to get fed-up Web Browsing on such a small screen. So Apple will need to follow everyone else and increase the screen size or lose customers.
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I don't think they will not by much anyway, they went on so much about the retina display when it came out, they will always have to deliver on it now. Which means increasing resolution, memory and processor all at the same time, and either increasing the price or taking less profit. We know how much apple love there profit margin so doubt they will want to cut that, and would the consumer pay even more for the new iphone?
So true, Galaxy S2 used to look so big to me, now it looks to the GNote like the Iphone looks to the S2.
Seriously, whenever anybody pulls out an Iphone at work now i just point and laugh... "how quaint!" i say.... as you can imagine it never goes down well
You just get used to the size of the thing and I can't imagine going back to anything as piddily as an iphone
We share the same sentiment.
I too cannot go back to a smaller screen device.
Prior to this I had an iPhone 4 but before that I had an HTC desire.
But transitioning from the Desire to the iphone4 was relatively easy due to the difference only being 0.5 .
But from the Note's 5.3 to even a 4.5 will be difficult.
Me too. Could never go back to 4.3 inch
Just think about the 3.5 inches of the iPhone screen...
Hey, it's technically possible to make a 1920x1200 3.5" screen. But you need a f*cking MICROSCOPE to read a web page there.
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Lol I pity the iphone fanboys. Allegiance to a company that doesn't give them any freedom of choice. Galaxy Note is the best toy I've ever owned. I rarely touch my laptop or desktop unless I have to.
You know what's something I always thought would be amazing? What is Samsung has a secret weapon already in deployment (as far as screen technology goes)? What if that secret weapon is SAMOLED+?
Think about it... Regular SAMOLED (and HD SAMOLED in the GNexus and Note) uses PenTile, which has 8 sub-pixels per pixel (4 green, and 2 each blue and red)... However, SAMOLED+ is true RGB, and actually uses 12 sub-pixels per pixel. So on SAMOLED+, that's 4 red, 4 green, and 4 blue for each single pixel. Let that sink in for a moment... Most ordinary RGB displays only have 3 sub-pixels per pixel. 1 each of red, green, and blue...
Can you guess where I'm going with this yet?
Essentially, Samsung already has better-than-retina AMOLED displays already out in the wild, if they were to use 3 sub-pixels instead of 12. So, what if it's only a matter of releasing a firmware update to such equipped devices, so that they effectively quadruple their screen resolutions by addressing 3 sub-pixels per pixel instead of 12?
Wouldn't that be awesome? I could just see it now:
Apple announces their iPad3, and how it has quadruple the resolution of the outgoing generation. The Apple crowd goes "Woo, yay..." while everyone else goes "Damn... I wish my screen were that nice..."
Then Samsung comes out "Hey guys! You know how awesome your SAMOLED+ displays are? You want higher resolution? Well, guess what, you've already got it! Here's an update for ya! *boom!!* Quadruple your old resolution!! You're welcome! "
Apple: "WTF!? Seriously? Foiled again!! Damn you Samsuuuuuuuung!!!!"
can't look back
Went from iPhone 3G to Dell Streak 5", waiting on the arrival of the Note... couldn't go back to a smaller phone. Didn't know what I was gonna do when Dell announced they weren't gonna update the Streak 5, so you can imagine how happy I was with the announcement of the Note... FINALLY a phone that will actually be supported by it's company!!!! No more DJ Steve dependence (He was a God send don't get me wrong), just finally not having to keep updating to fix bugs in someones independent OS launches.
The same in here. I bought HTC desire, it was my first 3,7" and it was like ooooh, thos is big, this is not like my old G1! Then, SGS2 come out and i bought it and it was like oooooh, this is much bigger, was hoping i will have no problems with the size because of my small hands. I got use to it. Everytime i buy a new phone, my friends are laughting on me, that i have that big bricks. And then, i bought Note. Soooo huge. After 2 weeks a get used to it. My friends stoped laughting on me after i made home cinema in club from my Note
1 weeks ago i held sgs2 in my hands... ou sh*t, it is tooo small
Cant go back to smaller phone.
1 year ago my son brought home the Samsung 4" Focus (windows phone) and I couldn't believe how sharp the Super-Amoled and 4" screen was compared to my iPhone 4. So I made the leap and soon got the 4'5" Samsung Infuse...extremely nice (except the GPS sucks) and it got me used to carrying around a much larger phone.
Now I'm all set for the Note in 2 weeks. I can't wait to see peoples reactions.
And I agree those 3.5" screens look like toys and should be handed down to <5 year olds.
Just got my Note about an hour ago and Im already in love! ... It makes my Infuse (which is already a big phone) look small
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Just got my Note about an hour ago and Im already in love! ... It makes my Infuse (which is already a big phone) look small
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Congrats, I just got one as well yesterday. Really blown away with the screen real estate.
oh don't get me started, i can't even look at my iPhone 4 anymore!
I came from the Xperia Arc. That screen was (is - my son has it now and loves it) very nice, and the envy of smaller phone owners. The trouble for me was the complete lack of internal storage.
Now it seems so very small!
That's exactly what I said when I bought the Gnex... When I play with my iPhone 4s I can clearly see how the screen is sooo tiny... Can't believe I've stick with such a small screen for so long. Can't wait to get my hand on the note when it comes out next week in Canada!
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Here's my story:
Started with the OG Droid - 3.7", cool!! So much bigger than my BB Curve that I had been using.
Then swapped it for a Nexus 1 a couple of months later, partly cos it was slightly wider (in portrait mode) though still 3.7", which made a big difference to me - cooler still!!
Then got the G-Nexus on day 1 - 4.65" - woohooo!!!!! Absolutely loving it!!
By then, I figured that if I could have 5.3", then why not, so I swapped it for the Note!!
YEP, CAN NEVER GO BACK!! Held the Nexus 1 again the other day - like others said, how on earth did I use to live with that mini screen?!?!
I'm tempted to say that this is the biggest I can go, but how many times have I already said that???!
I ordered my HOX from ebay after reading all the positive reviews about it's crisp screen. But as soon as I powered up my phone and went in to the setting screen I could clearly see the dull yellowish tint on the whites. I had come from super amoled screen on SGSII. So the screen looked too warm for my liking, blacks were also not that deep.
After updating the device to the latest firmware, flashing 4 different custom ROMs, the yellow tint did not go away. Now today after two days I just decided to sell it for $120 less than what I had bought it for. $120 gone in vain.
From now on I will always buy electronic stuffs before testing it personally, and will never trust all these "REVIEW" sites.
Hope the SGSIII will have better screen than HOX and SGSII, otherwise I'm f****d.
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I ordered my HOX from ebay after reading all the positive reviews about it's crisp screen. But as soon as I powered up my phone and went in to the setting screen I could clearly see the dull yellowish tint on the whites. I had come from super amoled screen on SGSII. So the screen looked too warm for my liking, blacks were also not that deep.
After updating the device to the latest firmware, flashing 4 different custom ROMs, the yellow tint did not go away. Now today after two days I just decided to sell it for $120 less than what I had bought it for. $120 gone in vain.
From now on I will always buy electronic stuffs before testing it personally, and will never trust all these "REVIEW" sites.
Hope the SGSIII will have better screen than HOX and SGSII, otherwise I'm f****d.
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Don't worry mate... **** happens. I hope you'll have a more satisfying experience with the SGS3. It's always a good idea to try out a demo of the phone at a local store before taking the plunge, but as far as HOX is concerned, it's been a gamble so far... people have gone through upto as many as 9 replacements (acc to the HOX forum) and are still finding issues with it. Some have been lucky enough to get a fault-free device, but a significant proportion are very miffed at the QC implemented by HTC before shipping the phones off. Same goes with the HOS - what with the chipping issues and all. Replacements are not the solution here, as i guess HTC needs to seriously take a good hard second look at its manufacturing process.
My hox is on Craigslist. Ordered a pebble blue from negri.
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aditya666 said:
I ordered my HOX from ebay after reading all the positive reviews about it's crisp screen. But as soon as I powered up my phone and went in to the setting screen I could clearly see the dull yellowish tint on the whites. I had come from super amoled screen on SGSII. So the screen looked too warm for my liking, blacks were also not that deep.
After updating the device to the latest firmware, flashing 4 different custom ROMs, the yellow tint did not go away. Now today after two days I just decided to sell it for $120 less than what I had bought it for. $120 gone in vain.
From now on I will always buy electronic stuffs before testing it personally, and will never trust all these "REVIEW" sites.
Hope the SGSIII will have better screen than HOX and SGSII, otherwise I'm f****d.
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You know the tint goes away after a week or so right?
How much did your hox go for?
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You know the tint goes away after a week or so right?
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Read on the HOX forum that the yellow tint is due to the lamination glue that takes some time to dry out and set and then the colours become better. I really don't know how accurate that info is, but going by my personal experience with a One X (friend's) I must say the screen is positively the best I have ever seen on a mobile device so far. That said, I still have to put it next to an SGS3 to see how they both compare (this can be a very subjective feeling, so there's no way to tell without actually eyeballing it yourself)
Good job brother! Welcome to the club.
Sold my HOX on ebay yesterday and ordered my SGS3 today. I just didn't love the HOX-- I finally smoothed it out mostly with a custom rom and kernel, only to introduce some other goofiness. Oh well--the SGS2 was my fave all time android device so I'm excited to use the new one.
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Don't worry mate... **** happens. I hope you'll have a more satisfying experience with the SGS3. It's always a good idea to try out a demo of the phone at a local store before taking the plunge, but as far as HOX is concerned, it's been a gamble so far... people have gone through upto as many as 9 replacements (acc to the HOX forum) and are still finding issues with it. Some have been lucky enough to get a fault-free device, but a significant proportion are very miffed at the QC implemented by HTC before shipping the phones off. Same goes with the HOS - what with the chipping issues and all. Replacements are not the solution here, as i guess HTC needs to seriously take a good hard second look at its manufacturing process.
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I did try the demo unit but I forgot taking my SII to compare the screen.(biggest mistake). At the store the screen look good. But when I came home and compared it with my SII I was highly disappointed.
I doubt that it would have lost it's tint, because it was way too yellow.
Yeah, HTC need to improve their quality control.
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My hox is on Craigslist. Ordered a pebble blue from negri.
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Why did you sell your HOX?
Mine went away for ~$600, had bought it for ~$720.
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I did try the demo unit but I forgot taking my SII to compare the screen.(biggest mistake). At the store the screen look good. But when I came home and compared it with my SII I was highly disappointed.
I doubt that it would have lost it's tint, because it was way too yellow.
Yeah, HTC need to improve their quality control.
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If you're located in Delhi, you can come to the official launch event in Select CityWalk (Saket) next week. A couple of us from XDA are going... going to get our phones along for reviews and comparisons...
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Good job brother! Welcome to the club.
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Thanks brother. Cheers!!
cdd543 said:
Sold my HOX on ebay yesterday and ordered my SGS3 today. I just didn't love the HOX-- I finally smoothed it out mostly with a custom rom and kernel, only to introduce some other goofiness. Oh well--the SGS2 was my fave all time android device so I'm excited to use the new one.
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I agree, SGSII with custom GB ROMs was perfect, super smooth, fast and had excellent battery life. May be SII's awesomeness didn't let us love HOX.
All the best for your new SGSIII. (BTW, I'll test it personally before ordering it).
enigmaamit said:
If you're located in Delhi, you can come to the official launch event in Select CityWalk (Saket) next week. A couple of us from XDA are going... going to get our phones along for reviews and comparisons...
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Wish I could come, but I'm located right at the center of India.
Looking forward for your reviews, and please do caompare it's screen with HOX.
Hope you have a great time there.
i returned my HOS for a SGS3. Does that count??
And the HOX Exodus begins.....
JD
REAL white does seem slightly yellow, but not everyone likes it. I had my Plasma Calibrated, and while it made the detail much better by making the grey scale perfect, it was way to yellow for my taste, so i changed the temperature. It may not be 'correct', but its much more pleasant (and i still have the details and brilliant blacks).
You get a lot of 'true white' nazis on here, that blindly moan about AMOLEDs being blue and over saturated, but some of us like that.
Pre-ordered mine too. WIsh to sell my I9100 S2 as well. Interested can send me a PM. I believe i am a part of this club already.
JupiterdroidXDA said:
And the HOX Exodus begins.....
JD
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LOL Someone said it would happen
right there with ya....
I'm holding on to my HOX till next Wednesday, when the SGSIII comes out here in Germany. (preordered a white one on Amazon)
And then the HOX needs to be replaced or fixed before I can sell it since that freakin' power button is already completely worn out and mushy after just one month of use.....
aditya666 said:
...From now on I will always buy electronic stuffs before testing it personally...
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You're going to buy without testing first lol!?!?!? That means you may end up regretting your buy and having to sell it off again
HTC ONE X is out now and its a its the fastest phone out. Well see how GS3 compairs in real world use. I have the Galaxy Note and the 1X they are great phones but 1X screen is 10x brighter and crisper side by side.
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For those who have the Samsung Galaxy III or planning to pick one up when it comes out, what is one CON about the SG3 that would make you NOT want to buy the GS3 or return it to the stores and wait or exchange for a different phone?
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Had it just over 2 days now, can't can't really find anything that would make me not want to buy it. If anything, and can be argued, the strength of the screen. Though again, I still bought it, so no real cons from me.
I think my only real concern would be future updates. But that's about it for me.
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teh roxxorz said:
Had it just over 2 days now, can't can't really find anything that would make me not want to buy it. If anything, and can be argued, the strength of the screen. Though again, I still bought it, so no real cons from me.
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Strength of the screen? Huh?
It looks like a piece of jewelry the glass of the screen. Kinda like One X international or ATT.
I'm actually surprised but this samoled HD is actually better than the one GN in terms of pixelation (less pixelation here). But there's a noticeable black color contrast issue compared to, say, Epic Touch black contrast - the blacks were completely black on ET, whereas with this screen, they aren't quite as black.
nabbed said:
Strength of the screen? Huh?
It looks like a piece of jewelry the glass of the screen. Kinda like One X international or ATT.
I'm actually surprised but this samoled HD is actually better than the one GN in terms of pixelation (less pixelation here). But there's a noticeable black color contrast issue compared to, say, Epic Touch black contrast - the blacks were completely black on ET, whereas with this screen, they aren't quite as black.
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I noticed the color contrast as well, but its so minute, to me at least. i say the strength arguable, cuz some like it, some don't, i'm personally satisfied my G S III. //not present condition.
teh roxxorz said:
I noticed the color contrast as well, but its so minute, to me at least. i say the strength arguable, cuz some like it, some don't, i'm personally satisfied my G S III. //not present condition.
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What is strength of screen?
Its all about personal taste and the phone you are planning to replace. If your current phone is better than the GS3, then stick with it.
I don't have mine yet but the deal breaker for me is the email client ..see how well it works with exchange server and the user experience. Not sure I like black background and white text in the email client either? I am a heavy corporate mail user...
I'm only issue is not having lte in my area yet but hopefully it won't be long
after using it for the past 3 days, the only gripe I have is how fragile it feels. I couldnt see this thing functioning properly after a few falls of 3 ft or more
awesomedeals88 said:
For those who have the Samsung Galaxy III or planning to pick one up when it comes out, what is one CON about the SG3 that would make you NOT want to buy the GS3 or return it to the stores and wait or exchange for a different phone?
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I had a hard time choosing this phone over the EVO LTE. I picked it because I thought it would have better developer support than the EVO LTE since I saw a lot of OG EVO devs jump ship to SGSIII.
However, the screen is much dimmer than the EVO's. It was way harder to see in sunlight compared to the EVO. It also feels a bit more slippery and fragile, and lacks HD Voice and a kickstand compared to EVO LTE. Still, it is a very top notch phone.
No deal breaker for Me
I love this thing .
Fast great Battery and Sammy dropped the source.
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Hopefully mine gets shipped this week (order the 32GB), but my biggest concerns at this point are: camera quality, screen pixelation, Wi-Fi/data/voice signal strength. The last one is my biggest concern- I've never had an Android Samsung phone that has performed well in this area from the Moment--> Epic --> NS4G, they've all had very poor reception. If the GS3 is plagued with this same issue I will swap it for the EVOLTE or await a new phone purchase until the fall/winter.
This phone is no more fragile than the S2 was. Put it in some kind of case (TPU for me) and you're fine.
E-Mail client works excellent with Exchange. I get 20-50 emails a day and have had no problem, Setup was a breeze.
Reception on this phone is identical to the dbm levels I had on the EVO LTE. WIFI is far superior as it actually connects and doesn't hang up all the time when loading. GPS is nearly instantaneous, even indoors.
As far as the screen goes...the EVO at max was way to bright for my eyes, even in bright daylight. For me anyway, the S3 screen turned up is just right outdoors....course I don't purposely try and stand in screaming bright daylight just to try it out and worry myself over it. There is no pixelation I can see, unlike the Motorola Pentile screens which drove me nuts.
I far prefer the colors and contrast of the S3 screen to that of the EVO. I honestly see know signs of the dreaded Pentile effects and even reading text on the internet it is sharp as can be. By the way...reading text for my eyes is much easier on this phone as the text is darker due to the black levels vs the grayish text on the EVO LTE.
This shape phone fits my hands perfetly whereas the EVO with the full rectangle and square corners was a bit to industrial and not comfortable in my hand.
Lastly, if the "plastic / polycarbonate" body of the S2 with a TPU on it was any indication of the resiliency of this phone considering the number of times I dropped the S2, I haven't even the slightest worry unless it falls glass down on a rock. If you drop any of these and it lands on the corner without some kind of shock absorbing case, you are pretty much screwed.
the only thing really bugging me is that Sprint's 3G is impossibly slow. my Galaxy S II was a great phone and still had WiMax.
by the time Sprint rolls out LTE in the LA area (end of the year at the earliest) there will likely be a newer, better phone.
the SGS III is AMAZING! screen is beautiful, it feels great in the hand, it is FAST and on WiFi is a phone I wouldn't trade for anything out there. the problem comes when you are not within range of wifi.
that's not this phones fault and is not a defect of the phone just unfortunate timing that I will have to wait about 6 months to use it on a high speed mobile network.
WiMax is no where near as fast as LTE but it is way way faster than Sprints 3G.
I have 28 more days to decide how much this bugs me and how likely it is that there will be a better Android phone available when Sprint finally flips the switch on LTE.
jfenton57 said:
Reception on this phone is identical to the dbm levels I had on the EVO LTE. WIFI is far superior as it actually connects and doesn't hang up all the time when loading. GPS is nearly instantaneous, even indoors.
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Unfortunately this isn't necessarily an indication of improvement on Samsung's part because the HTC One X series has been reported to have low quality/weak reception. The Samsung radios didn't improve to be as good as those in HTC but quite the opposite, HTC's are now as bad as Samsung's. This would be the reason that I would not get the EVOLTE instead and would rather wait til fall/winter. Bottom line though, if it proves to be a non-issue then I will keep the phone.
s3xda said:
after using it for the past 3 days, the only gripe I have is how fragile it feels. I couldnt see this thing functioning properly after a few falls of 3 ft or more
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Already dropped it 3 times from over 3 ft with out a case or screen protector. passed with flying colors.
mlin said:
Hopefully mine gets shipped this week (order the 32GB), but my biggest concerns at this point are: camera quality, screen pixelation, Wi-Fi/data/voice signal strength..
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Signal strength seems to be passable, but there is definitely pixelation on the screen. You don't even need good eyesight to notice it on white pages. It's a little jarring for me compared to the EVO LTE's screen but it's not a dealbreaker.
GPS was also my biggest gripe with Samsung, being that me & wife road trip a lot. The GPS is outstanding for me on the GS3. I couldn't be happier.
Skunk Ape1 said:
Already dropped it 3 times from over 3 ft with out a case or screen protector. passed with flying colors.
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Damn, dropsy. You need to tether your phone to your wrist!