Hi Everyone
I just need some advice, is the Galaxy Note a good phone? I have the HTC One x and there is this screen issue problem a few people are experiencing which I am also starting to experience.
Just wanted to know how good the Note is.
Thanks
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Note too has screen issues.
Gamma test problems, blocky blacks, color banding.
And we all are hoping ICS would fix it.
Having said that I would still prefer Note.
Boy124 said:
Note too has screen issues.
Gamma test problems, blocky blacks, color banding.
And we all are hoping ICS would fix it.
Having said that I would still prefer Note.
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color banding fixed at ics, blocky blacks no
eve7 said:
Hi Everyone
I just need some advice, is the Galaxy Note a good phone? I have the HTC One x and there is this screen issue problem a few people are experiencing which I am also starting to experience.
Just wanted to know how good the Note is.
Thanks
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I will answer as a Note user its simply great! Love using it and have no issues at all leave the ICS. Rom beside it gas a powerfull CPU even more than it takes for us to use everyday , love the music in it and the browsing iwould say replace any tablet or laptop, no flash issues no problem with big pages you can kill any thing and wait to it in ICS currently its AOPK/AOSP ported but the official will rock, as far as using will obe handed is an issue but sooner you will get to it without a problem my opinion is that its the best out there now worthy as no other.
The one x , haven't seen any in my country yet but saw the specs it us apowerful phone but from my point of view it doesn't have the same magic like the note looks lije a copy of it almost....
For me check the signiture ;p
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I don't have any screen issues with my Note. It looks wonderful. Of course, you will probably get biased information here since it is the NOTE forum.
I've heard the One X is good, but it's also HTC which I'm skeptical about.
Hey mate, just thought I'd throw my opinion up before you get the whole "this is the Note forums, of course we're gonna say it rocks" speech
Personally, I was offered a trade by a friend who recently received the One X as an upgrade, so I used the phone for a couple of hours to see what I thought, and I must say it is FANTASTIC but for me personally, I think that the Note is EPIC
The sheer size of the Galaxy Note is what I love the most, and whilst the One X has a large 4.7" screen, the Note with it's 5.3" screen is just incredible, and whilst the Super LCD 2 screen on the One X is lovely, it doesn't compare to the HD Super AMOLED PLUS screen of the Note, in my personal opinion.
I would say that the One X is a faster phone, because the quad core 1.5GHZ vs. dual core 1.4GHZ of the Note speaks for itself, but I personally don't see any need for a quad core Android device in 2012.
Android 4.0.3, with Sense 4 on the stock ROM of the One X absolutely DESTROYS Android 2.3.6, with TouchWiz on the stock ROM of the Note... but (and this is a large but ) the Note has a fantastic development community and we have some simply superb AOSP/AOKP Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs already available and we haven't had any official releases of Android 4.0 yet which means they're just going to continue to get better! Also in my opinion, the pure Android experience beats any overlay put out by HTC/Samsung/Motorola etc. and most HTC devs cook ROMs based on Sense.
Another thing I want to point out quickly, is that whilst Samsung have a TON of different phones/tablets out, they always show their flagship devices plenty of love, and allow them to remain at the "top" whilst HTC will have another flagship device out in a couple of months. That's what I hated most about my Desire HD, I knew that a month or two after I received it, it was no longer "the best thing" anymore.
/rant.
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The problem I have is I have had the Galaxy S2. And don't like TW. Is there anything I can do about this without rooting my phone?
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MamaSaidWhat? said:
Hey mate, just thought I'd throw my opinion up before you get the whole "this is the Note forums, of course we're gonna say it rocks" speech
Personally, I was offered a trade by a friend who recently received the One X as an upgrade, so I used the phone for a couple of hours to see what I thought, and I must say it is FANTASTIC but for me personally, I think that the Note is EPIC
The sheer size of the Galaxy Note is what I love the most, and whilst the One X has a large 4.7" screen, the Note with it's 5.3" screen is just incredible, and whilst the Super LCD 2 screen on the One X is lovely, it doesn't compare to the HD Super AMOLED PLUS screen of the Note, in my personal opinion.
I would say that the One X is a faster phone, because the quad core 1.5GHZ vs. dual core 1.4GHZ of the Note speaks for itself, but I personally don't see any need for a quad core Android device in 2012.
Android 4.0.3, with Sense 4 on the stock ROM of the One X absolutely DESTROYS Android 2.3.6, with TouchWiz on the stock ROM of the Note... but (and this is a large but ) the Note has a fantastic development community and we have some simply superb AOSP/AOKP Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs already available and we haven't had any official releases of Android 4.0 yet which means they're just going to continue to get better! Also in my opinion, the pure Android experience beats any overlay put out by HTC/Samsung/Motorola etc. and most HTC devs cook ROMs based on Sense.
Another thing I want to point out quickly, is that whilst Samsung have a TON of different phones/tablets out, they always show their flagship devices plenty of love, and allow them to remain at the "top" whilst HTC will have another flagship device out in a couple of months. That's what I hated most about my Desire HD, I knew that a month or two after I received it, it was no longer "the best thing" anymore.
/rant.
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According to u which screen has better contrast?Does the hox display looks like washed out like all the screen look when compared to superamoled?and which screen colour saturation u did like the most?
eve7 said:
The problem I have is I have had the Galaxy S2. And don't like TW. Is there anything I can do about this without rooting my phone?
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Absolutely. TouchWiz is just the launcher. You can find launchers on the Play Store. (Apex, Nova, Launcher 7, Launcher Pro, ADW)
i dont have HTC One X
so ireally can not tell !
what i can say about the note is :
Pros :
clear large screen , samsung touch wiz UI , S-pin can be very useful to some poeple ,
very great battery life , reasonable price .
Cons :
large Size makes it harder to handle then other phones ( but the htc one x is 4.7 inch so not much of a different ! )
it's not quad core as one X but .. its very decent in performance and speed
What is the camera like, sorry about all the questions.
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Hi,
Has anyone received ICS official from Samsung yet with this device in the UK?
If not have you guys got a date?
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I got both, and as i love my Note and it always the Note that follow me and stays loyal...
I like the Hox alot, more a toy for me but for others it for sure should work like a really nice phone.
But like other folks have say if you like the big screen go for the Note as it is fantastic, and when you have use it for a while you will have hard go to back to normal size..
The Hox has also a fantastic screen tho, but still not as big..
For me the Note win because : screen size, pen and Battery.
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I've owned both so this is my honest opinion.
One X is a superb phone but it has a few glaring issues I couldn't past. I had two handsets. The first had a loose screen. The second had a yellow tint at the bottom and light greys would occasionally flicker. Build quality definitely needs improvement so don't be shocked if you need to switch handsets a few times.
The camera on the One X is an absolute joy to use.
Before the problems I fell in love with it. The screen is a beauty and it fits well in the hand.
If it wasn't for the fact I had to send two back, it would have been a keeper.
The Note on the other hand, arrived perfect and is perfect. Build quality is superb and the screen is equally stunning but for different reasons. High contrast and its simply amazing for watching video. The size of the device is great too, I was expecting it to be too big but its just ridiculously functional. The screen space to fit icons is untouchable and the S Pen is handy for jotting down notes without fuss.
Battery life on the Note is also far better than the One X, good 4 to 5 hrs on screen time. One X will give you around 3 to 3 and a half tops.
My only complaint of the Note is not having Ice cream sandwich yet, but its not far off.
What you need to work out is how you use your phone. If you travel a fair bit and want something to use on a bus or train then the Note is what you want. Choice of switching out battery as well as the battery being better to begin with seals the deal. If you just listen to music though, the One X is superb. It's only when the screen is on does it suck the life away.
If you also intend to play graphically intensive games, then obviously the One X is the one to get. Just have to make sure your near a charger because it kills the battery in no time.
Overall I prefer the Note because of how I use it. I do a fair bit of reading and the screen is better suited for that purpose.
I have banding. It's not software related but a problem with the screen. But I can only really tell when I have the brightness set at the lowest level.
My home button lost the spring in its step, but others say theirs is just like brand new.
Alot of lag, but hopefully ICS will fix this.
Stupid question..
I've had my Note since November and still love it to bits.
I reckon it craps on the HTC One. (yes I've played with a One)
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I had to get both to solve this one [sigh], 'cos they're the best two phones available without doubt! They're really quite different personalities & some days one suits more so it really comes down to what you want. I think the HTC is a new gen superphone with great specs while the Note is more like a BIG SGS2 but the size is great screen wise! 4.7 now seems a bit small & 5.3 a tiny bit big. If someone does a 5" screen like the HTC, WOW!
MamaSaidWhat? said:
The sheer size of the Galaxy Note is what I love the most, and whilst the One X has a large 4.7" screen, the Note with it's 5.3" screen is just incredible, and whilst the Super LCD 2 screen on the One X is lovely, it doesn't compare to the HD Super AMOLED PLUS screen of the Note, in my personal opinion.
I would say that the One X is a faster phone, because the quad core 1.5GHZ vs. dual core 1.4GHZ of the Note speaks for itself, but I personally don't see any need for a quad core Android device in 2012.
Android 4.0.3, with Sense 4 on the stock ROM of the One X absolutely DESTROYS Android 2.3.6, with TouchWiz on the stock ROM of the Note... but (and this is a large but ) the Note has a fantastic development community and we have some simply superb AOSP/AOKP Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs already available and we haven't had any official releases of Android 4.0 yet which means they're just going to continue to get better! Also in my opinion, the pure Android experience beats any overlay put out by HTC/Samsung/Motorola etc. and most HTC devs cook ROMs based on Sense.
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actually, note has super amoled hd, not super amoled plus. plus implies rgb matrix, but we have pentile matrix. the main reason why the screen of the note was particularly awesome at the time was because there was nothing else as large with the same resolution (amoled or lcd). but now the htc screen can be a comparison. not only is the htc screen an ips panel (accurate colour representation), it is also full rgb matrix, not pentile. so side by side, our notes are over saturated and not as sharp as the htc screen. amoled does have the advantage in terms of being able to display true blacks, but thats still offset by colour banding issues.
one advantage we have is larger battery capacity, but if you see some of my other posts on the issue, our battery is still worse compared to the one x in web browsing until we get ICS and can invert colours. in other tasks such as phone call and standby, our notes win... but thats only because the screen is off.
another advantage we have is that we have a microSD slot which lets us expand our storage by up to 64gb. but this will depend on the user.
however, the thing i would suggest to the OP right now is dont buy a note if he already owns a one x. its a downgrade in most areas, and a sidegrade at best. plus, today is 1st of may. in 2 more days, samsung announce their next galaxy. if you run antutu on your phone, you can see that the s3 is on the score chart and that its running a 720p display, exynos quad core with overclocked mali gpu and 1gb ram. it scores 12150 in antutu. buying a note now when the official announcement for samsung's new beast arrives in 2 days is just silly. even if the s3 isnt as great as its being hyped to be, at the very least a few stores will drop their prices on the note.
Souai
Aww thank you so much for your advice really helped I think I will stick with the One X. Its only because the flicker screen issue has been a really big put off and I do not want to go through the whole being on my 3rd one and still have flicker issues. Thanks alot.
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Why have you chosen the Galaxy or why will you be choosing the Galaxy rather than the Evo? Is the better screen tech your primary reason?
I ask this after being an Evo owner over the past month and now currently testing (playing with) the iPhone 4. I loved the Evo but my unit was defective and so I'm considering getting a new one at the end of July (hoping new batches ship out then) or one of the SGS versions; Verizon, At&t and then T-Mobile in that order is what I'm in favor of as far as which SGS.
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Why have you chosen the Galaxy or why will you be choosing the Galaxy rather than the Evo? Is the better screen tech your primary reason?
I ask this after being an Evo owner over the past month and now currently testing (playing with) the iPhone 4. I loved the Evo but my unit was defective and so I'm considering getting a new one at the end of July (hoping new batches ship out then) or one of the SGS versions; Verizon, At&t and then T-Mobile in that order is what I'm in favor of as far as which SGS.
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Evo 3D power sux, SGS is better eot.
I can't use the EVO 4G because I'm in the UK and we don't have any CDMA networks. Otherwise, I would rather have the EVO 4G for its screen - the Galaxy S' has better contrast, but it has a PenTile matrix, meaning it doesn't have the full complement of the three RGB subpixels per pixel (it only has two), with consequences for sharpness.
For me, it's a decision between the Desire and the Galaxy S, both of which have AMOLED screens, so I can't avoid PenTile. The Galaxy S' screen is definitely better than the Desire's, though, and it also has a better GPU (and, it seems, CPU) and a proper multi-touch digitiser that doesn't get easily confused.
Mithent said:
I can't use the EVO 4G because I'm in the UK and we don't have any CDMA networks. Otherwise, I would rather have the EVO 4G for its screen - the Galaxy S' has better contrast, but it has a PenTile matrix, meaning it doesn't have the full complement of the three RGB subpixels per pixel (it only has two), with consequences for sharpness.
For me, it's a decision between the Desire and the Galaxy S, both of which have AMOLED screens, so I can't avoid PenTile. The Galaxy S' screen is definitely better than the Desire's, though, and it also has a better GPU (and, it seems, CPU) and a proper multi-touch digitiser that doesn't get easily confused.
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Thanks for your input guys! Since you mention the screens, how about the Evo only having 16bit 65K color?
I have yet to choose a new phone but I dumped the EVO after two weeks for three reasons. The 30fps cap, the purple tint, and most importantly the screen only displays 65k colors.
These three were together made me take the phone back.
Supermighty said:
I have yet to choose a new phone but I dumped the EVO after two weeks for three reasons. The 30fps cap, the purple tint, and most importantly the screen only displays 65k colors.
These three were together made me take the phone back.
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All a bit confusing about the Evo now that I look into it bit. Take a look at this post claiming that it's not 16bit: http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g...-million-both-phones-199-a-3.html#post1091681
I'm waiting to have my launch day Evo returned to Radio Shack (manager is trying to get me in past the 30 day mark with his Sprint rep). I thought the screen was beautiful and just had issues with the screen raising and a few others build issues.
I need to touch the Galaxy before I know for sure. The Droid X could have been good but the large bump on the back and that ugly 80's camera flash remind me of how ugly I thought the first Droid keyboard was. I'm sure we have a lot of slick devices coming out later this year but it's already a tough call for what to have right now.......
AshMa said:
... The Droid X could have been good but the large bump on the back and that ugly 80's camera flash remind me of how ugly I thought the first Droid keyboard was.......
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Yep, I don't understand how Moto can keep making such butt-ugly phones. Between the ugly Moto design and the ugly Verizon branding, the Droid X is a phone only a true nerd can love
I had a google nexus, which hardware-wise is pretty simillar to the evo.
The snapdragon processor is pretty good, but samsung's hummingbird is better (and is produced at 45nm, less power consumption)
The real tie-breaker for me was the GPU.
The Adreno200 in the snapdragon SOC is pretty weak, if i need to put it in proportions, the SGX540 in the Galaxy S is around 3 times stronger, possibly even a bit more.
Screen- while the evo's screen is sharper (on paper), 65k colors and low contrast ratio wipe that advantage completely. The difference is just too big.
Now the most important point- the evo is a real battery -hogging monster, it can barely last for a day and a half in very moderate use, while the SGS can probably last for twice the time under the same use.
I'm not too a fan of dragging around chargers and backup batteries, don't know about you.
I'd turn my eyes over to the droid X, better hardware (TI OMAP 1GHZ+SGX530>Qualcomm Snapdragon, any day), better battery time, probably a better camera as well. Motorla made a nice comeback.
I'd make the prime options the Epic 4G or Droid X.
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the Droid X is a phone only a true nerd can love
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Right!!!! When Moto made the Razor they got it all right in the looks dept.....now they keep bringing us boring/ugly styling one after another.
Pika007 said:
I had a google nexus, which hardware-wise is pretty simillar to the evo.
The snapdragon processor is pretty good, but samsung's hummingbird is better (and is produced at 45nm, less power consumption)
The real tie-breaker for me was the GPU.
The Adreno200 in the snapdragon SOC is pretty weak, if i need to put it in proportions, the SGX540 in the Galaxy S is around 3 times stronger, possibly even a bit more.
Screen- while the evo's screen is sharper (on paper), 65k colors and low contrast ratio wipe that advantage completely. The difference is just too big.
Now the most important point- the evo is a real battery -hogging monster, it can barely last for a day and a half in very moderate use, while the SGS can probably last for twice the time under the same use.
I'm not too a fan of dragging around chargers and backup batteries, don't know about you.
I'd turn my eyes over to the droid X, better hardware (TI OMAP 1GHZ+SGX530>Qualcomm Snapdragon, any day), better battery time, probably a better camera as well. Motorla made a nice comeback.
I'd make the prime options the Epic 4G or Droid X.
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I see your points seem valid to me. But personally I think the Epic is too thick with the keyboard (plus Swype is all the typing speed I need in my pocket). If the Epic came without the keyboard and if the screen really is that great; I'd be down to deciding between it and the iPhone because Sprint service with the Evo for me has been wonderful unlike this stupid At&t on the iPhone.
We all seem to get so focused on the specs that may not matter all that much? I mean these are phones and not desktops of say 15 years ago when we would research the heck out of a purchase because we knew we were going to keep it for at least 2, 3 or more years........
Anyhow, I really just don't see the bad in the Evo display I have and it's right here being matched up to my iPhone 4. I'm going to do something that no tech blogs ever seem to do. I'm going to load up both these phones, with the exact same high res images and then see how they look to me. Wish I could test the Galaxy along with these two phones, but I will have returned the Evo by the time I get my hands on a galaxy........
Because im not on sprint
And even if i were still on sprint i wouldnt take evo because of the poor battery life as well as the inferior screen quality.
Why are we focused on specs?
We want games to work on our newly-bought super-high-end phone. That's all.
At first there were the HTC devices with a qualcomm MSM7XXX. OK cpu, weak gpu.
Then came along the droid/milestone. ok cpu, ok+ gpu.
Then the wave of snapdragon devices- Very strong cpu, weak gpu.
We all waited for a balanced solution that will let us have a strong cpu and gpu, with android.
Untill the galaxy S, Droid X and Milestone XT720 come along, the iphone was the only balanced device.
About the displays- it's not that the evo display is bad. It's just that both the samsung and the galaxy s are way better. The first time i loaded a high-res video to my galaxy s side by side with my brother's milestone (which is regarded as a device with a very good screen by itself), my mind was blown. The difference is as clear as day.
I can say this with confidence-
Sharpness is overrated. We are talking about 3-4" screens here, not home 50" displays. As soon as 640X360 resolution over 3.5" was passed, the matter started to become pretty ridiculous. You need a 10X magnification to actually see pixels, i doubt your eyes have that.
On the other hand, be it a 1000" screen or a 1" screen, the difference in contrast/colors in general is always visible.
It might not be the "sharpest" screen around, but it is clearly the display with best colors around.
For someone who uses his phone as a media player a lot, this was VERY important to me.
BuddyLee said:
Because im not on sprint
And even if i were still on sprint i wouldnt take evo because of the poor battery life as well as the inferior screen quality.
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That's what I forgot in my last post; are you guys saying that the SGS has much better battery life than the Evo??? From all the comments on the thread here about first thoughts, it seems that folks aren't doing any better.
On the Evo board, I see all the same types of comments and the same range as I do here. Some Evo owners say they can't make it a day and some say they can make it a day and a half and even 3 days, after make half a dozen changes to the device. I know what my Evo battery life has been like and it's not anywhere near as good as this iPhone I'm trying out or even as good as my HD2 was. So I do have a feeling that I'll try the Galaxy and come right back to this board, asking about how to get better battery life.
I just love this device the screen is awesome!!
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Pika007 said:
Why are we focused on specs?
We want games to work on our newly-bought super-high-end phone. That's all.
At first there were the HTC devices with a qualcomm MSM7XXX. OK cpu, weak gpu.
Then came along the droid/milestone. ok cpu, ok+ gpu.
Then the wave of snapdragon devices- Very strong cpu, weak gpu.
We all waited for a balanced solution that will let us have a strong cpu and gpu, with android.
Untill the galaxy S, Droid X and Milestone XT720 come along, the iphone was the only balanced device.
About the displays- it's not that the evo display is bad. It's just that both the samsung and the galaxy s are way better. The first time i loaded a high-res video to my galaxy s side by side with my brother's milestone (which is regarded as a device with a very good screen by itself), my mind was blown. The difference is as clear as day.
I can say this with confidence-
Sharpness is overrated. We are talking about 3-4" screens here, not home 50" displays. As soon as 640X360 resolution over 3.5" was passed, the matter started to become pretty ridiculous. You need a 10X magnification to actually see pixels, i doubt your eyes have that.
On the other hand, be it a 1000" screen or a 1" screen, the difference in contrast/colors in general is always visible.
It might not be the "sharpest" screen around, but it is clearly the display with best colors around.
For someone who uses his phone as a media player a lot, this was VERY important to me.
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I see where you're coming from! I love games and I tried NOVA on the iPhone 4 two days ago and I was blown away. But I'm just not into gaming on phones and without real controls even if I had the time to play games as often as I'd like to, it just doesn't appeal to me much.
My HD2 came with transformers and I loaded it onto the Evo's sd card. I am a filmmaker and all I can say is that it looked and played perfectly on the Evo. I've heard people say that they watched films on the Evo with terrible results and all I have to say is that any device needs to have the right video format type and bitrate for a specific device (the right encoding app and settings makes all the difference).
I have no doubt the the SGS display is one of the very best if not the very best (it or the iPhone display). BTW' You might want to take a look at this smartphone display review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365915,00.asp
I had not thought of it until I started reading about it here. I'm talking about text not being as clear on the SGS screens. Again, I guess I won't know what these comments are about, until I get to try this phone myself. Some folks say it's a big deal and then others say it's not. Also I guess that has something to do with the "screen door" effect of the SGS display tech?
I guess what I meant about specs was that if any phone can do everything you want it to today and do it well, then that's about all that matters. rather than seeking out the best specs for some type of future proofing that just doesn't make much sense in regards to how quickly phone tech is advancing and how xda folks like us, are going to keep upgrading sooner rather than later. An Example would be people who worry about a phone not having 4G LTE radios now, even though by the time the towers are all in place, those same people, will be moving on to a new phone.
JosipR said:
I just love this device the screen is awesome!!
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Are you having any speed issues and how is your battery life treating you? Also would you say text is as sharp as on other high-end devices?
We being non US does not have the EVO 4G to play with but I have been using a Desire for the last 2 months. The reason why I swapped to the SGS is mainly because of the multitouch screen issue with HTC. Typing with SGS is even better than the iphone which, love it or hate it, were the best in terms of virtual keyboard. However I am disappointed with the speed so far, especially with emails. Hopefully the next firmware address those issues.
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We being non US does not have the EVO 4G to play with but I have been using a Desire for the last 2 months. The reason why I swapped to the SGS is mainly because of the multitouch screen issue with HTC. Typing with SGS is even better than the iphone which, love it or hate it, were the best in terms of virtual keyboard. However I am disappointed with the speed so far, especially with emails. Hopefully the next firmware address those issues.
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After using the iPhone 4 keyboard a lot in the last few days I would have to say yes it is the best tap type touch keyboard. Something about it and I assume the screen tech, make it very good. But the hands down best touch keyboard is Swype hands down which is not on iOS yet. Also the HTC keyboard is also very nice on it's own but also having the voice button on the keyboard is really nice (not sure if the SGS has that as well).
Oh and thanks; I was forgetting about the fact that the rest of the world got the SGS first but no Evo. Sometimes we silly Americans behave as if we are the world.
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It might not be the "sharpest" screen around, but it is clearly the display with best colors around.
For someone who uses his phone as a media player a lot, this was VERY important to me.
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It's a matter of different priorities, yes: the great majority of what I do on my phone is read or write text, so having nice crisp text is important to me. I remember being amazed by how great the text looked on my first 640x480 PDA with ClearType. Conversely, I rarely watch video or look at photos on my phone.
The decision's pretty much taken out of my hands if I want a high-end Android phone in the UK. I would love the iPhone 4's display though.
Hello, guys, it seems that Nexus S is finally announced but it has almost the same tech specs, that Samsung Galaxy S had and probably completely the same design.
The problem is that my Samsung Captivate is broken and I am coming to UK in 1 week just for 3 days and Nexus S will not be in stores at that moment. I am not sure wheather to buy DHD in England for a lower price than in Moscow or to wait 1 week more and to buy Nexus S.
What would you advise? Is DHD a GOOD phone? Shouldn't I wait for that Samsung' made phone?
BTW my Captivate was broken because of that Super Amoled screen, I even don't know why (and can't replace it).... Just advise me something
And could you please name some retail stores in which I can buy DHD in London? Not using online stores
The DHD has far better specs than the SGS. Until someone tests the new Nexus S against the SGS & DHD no-one is the wiser.
Hopefully Samsung fixed all the issues with the SGS when making the Nexus S, otherwise you've just got baking hot Android on a really poor handset.
Nexus S is only pre order it won't be in stored anytime this year.
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Nexus S is only pre order it won't be in stored anytime this year.
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Yes it will, december 16th for UK and 20th for US. Other countries I don't know.
Before the Nexus S was announced I was excited and thought I will be buying it as my next device.
Now that its been announced i am dissapointed to say the least. All it is is a samsung galaxy s with a NFC chip and gyro sensor. I also just found out that it doesn't come with a sd card slot which is unacceptable . The only good thing about the samsung is the S Amoled screen. The build quality on the samsung is poor and cheap.
The desire HD wins hands down for me, with its beautiful design and gorgeous big screen .
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Nexus S is only pre order it won't be in stored anytime this year.
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Nexus S is available on the 16th of December.
however dhd is a spec wise better phone ie more ram 2nd gen snapdragon ect...
however the nexus S is a developer phone you get updates and support from google and its designed to be a reference hence the todays average specs nfc chips front camera ect....
personally id just by the dhd and use a 2.3 stock rom that will no doubt be released soon
as for waiting for dual core android phones ...well if the nexus S is the new reference phone for devs then chances are that our dhd's will be viable till the next dev reference after the nexus S
ethe DHD has higher specs, 720p video recording against 480p, 8MP cam against 5MP, 768RAM against 512, dual flash against one, 4.3 inch screen against 4, metal unibody construction against light plastic, real pixel density against virtual
the nexus S pluses feature better screen coating, much better view angles and deeper blacks but pentile matrix virtual density, frontal cam, NFC & gyro, better battery, less cell radiation and ofcourse enjoyable official OS support
both feature similar processors at 45nm 1GHZ, the DHD processor is optimised can be easily OCed to 1.5, both have great GPUs, the S gpu stronger in theory
the nexus S feels refined and subtle, the DHD is a badass big daddy
looking at the nexus S its clear the DHD is already HTC's answer, I expect them to announce 2.3 soon
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the nexus S feels refined and subtle, the DHD is a badass big daddy
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Sorry couldn't help...Loved this quote. Seems like DHD is answer to all the phones featuring a Single core processor running android.
Just love the phone.
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ethe DHD has higher specs, 720p video recording against 480p, 8MP cam against 5MP, 768RAM against 512, dual flash against one, 4.3 inch screen against 4, metal unibody construction against light plastic, real pixel density against virtual
the nexus S pluses feature better screen coating, much better view angles and deeper blacks but pentile matrix virtual density, frontal cam, NFC & gyro, better battery, less cell radiation and ofcourse enjoyable official OS support
both feature similar processors at 45nm 1GHZ, the DHD processor is optimised can be easily OCed to 1.5, both have great GPUs, the S gpu stronger in theory
the nexus S feels refined and subtle, the DHD is a badass big daddy
looking at the nexus S its clear the DHD is already HTC's answer, I expect them to announce 2.3 soon
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seconded.
Just my 2 cents tho - in theory the SAMOLED and the coating give the Nexus S an advantage ( the blacks, the viewing angles, the power drain ). What they don't tell you is that in practice:
how much "blacker" can it get? trust me u got enough black on DHD to racially abuse it
The viewing angles on DHD are already ~160. I don't know how u hold ur phone but even 130 would be pretty much enough for me
And the less power consumption only counts if "black pixels" prevail in what u got on the display. Read : if u browse/read a book/have a light wallpaper it eats the battery for brunch (consumption is almost twice as high as SLCD)
They're really two completely different phones for different kinds of people. I will have both phones in the house so it's no biggie. But the nexus s gpu is superior and the phone has the benefit of full google support. As an android enthusiast I rate that support highly.
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They're really two completely different phones for different kinds of people. I will have both phones in the house so it's no biggie. But the nexus s gpu is superior and the phone has the benefit of full google support. As an android enthusiast I rate that support highly.
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Yes but the DHD has Cyanogen !!!!!!!
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They're really two completely different phones for different kinds of people. I will have both phones in the house so it's no biggie. But the nexus s gpu is superior and the phone has the benefit of full google support. As an android enthusiast I rate that support highly.
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yes me too my wife wanted the desire Z badly but now im convincing her with the Nexus S, the design plus weight is a little female
however i still feel the DHD is better, regarding the GPU we are yet to see a game that performs better on the galaxy S, lots of the sexy stuff in gingerbread we already have in the new sense if not better like copy paste functionality, i also found this interesting the nexus S got rid of the touchpad and has the speaker output at the bottom just like the DHD
as for super amoled, i had a desire amoled and it pissed the hell out of my eyes, i'm a graphics artist and the pentile grid just drove me mad, that was on a smaller 3.7 inch screen, i'm sure at 4.0 the situation is even worse
i wear glasses, sometimes the amoled screen looked so high res and sometimes it looked low, 1 pixels outlines looked doted, its just a silly solution and compared to retina it fails bad in pixel density
if the DHD had the sexy SLCD like the classic desire/Z it would have won hands down in my eyes
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And one last thing - if the plastic feels as cheap as the galaxy s - f*ck it. People aren't paying 600 euros for the feel of holding their mom's €4.50 dildo.
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This is a hell of a badass statement! I will use it, if you allow me to.
And the point you make about the black/white backgrounds and S AMOLED screen is true. You just forgot to say, to the S Amoled advantage, that it has better contrasts too.
f.
we can't simply fool ourselves and deny the advantages of amoled like the infinite contrast, extreme angles and in case of super amoled the sunlight visibility
however equally reviewers can't just go and shout super amoled wooohoooo, both amoled and super have the active matrix grid, which give it much less pixel accuracy then the stated specs, ie its not 235ppi like they state
just put any amoled device next to slcd device or iphone 4 or even the DHD and you will see what i mean, the definition on amoled is fuzzier
also samoled had extreme colours saturation which isn't accurate but we don't know if this is the case with the nexus S
IPS LCDs or super LCDs are the best solution if you ask me
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true, but to be honest it would be nice to get updates officially without rooting and about a week after release of said updates.
But I do think the desire hd is the better phone more ram comparable cpu/gpu, but nothing comes close to unibody build quality
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Maybe the nexus s will get cyanogenmod too. Cyanogen does not officially support any Samsung at this stage, but that may change since the s is a dev phone.
Personally I don't give a flying **** for the samsung. Spec wise there is not much difference but the chitty plastic shell and lack of an sd slot make the nexus s a fail in my book.
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i'm feeling a little betrayal from google, after all it was the hero and htc's efforts that made android so popular
really interested to know the details of this google nexus deal
i think you will find its not something major for example the dev android tablet is a motrola one which was demoed the other day, i think you will find android is spreading its dev devices over the differnt manufacturers and not favoriting manufacturers.
i guess it kinda highlets their openness ?
yes i agree they can't favor a manufacturer
Samsung is a more widely known manufacturer. Its only recently that HTC started selling devices under the HTC brand name. Most would end up as a carrier branded handset.
"HTC might actually be the star of the Android show this time around though, as we have been told HTC will have a major flagship device hitting Verizon shelves in the fall. It’s said to feature a whopping 5-inch 1080p HD display (a non-PenTile screen), a new chipset that includes a quad-core Krait CPU and an Adreno 320 GPU, HTC Sense 5 and a Scribe pen. Yes, HTC is launching a Galaxy Note competitor."
http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/26/verizons-summer-fall-2012-smartphone-roadmap/
If the Scribe pen is going to be built into the Phone like it is the the S-Pen...this may be worth looking at. I would preffer a 5 inch to a 5.3 inch...that tiny bit may make the difference on making it easier to touch the Symbol switch button on the keyboard...plus a 1080p display on a 5" display!? and I though a 720p display was sweet!
I don't plan on letting my Note for a while yet, but this would be a nice piece of tech to look forward too.
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"HTC might actually be the star of the Android show this time around though, as we have been told HTC will have a major flagship device hitting Verizon shelves in the fall. It’s said to feature a whopping 5-inch 1080p HD display (a non-PenTile screen), a new chipset that includes a quad-core Krait CPU and an Adreno 320 GPU, HTC Sense 5 and a Scribe pen. Yes, HTC is launching a Galaxy Note competitor."
http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/26/verizons-summer-fall-2012-smartphone-roadmap/
If the Scribe pen is going to be built into the Phone like it is the the S-Pen...this may be worth looking at. I would preffer a 5 inch to a 5.3 inch...that tiny bit may make the difference on making it easier to touch the Symbol switch button on the keyboard...plus a 1080p display on a 5" display!? and I though a 720p display was sweet!
I don't plan on letting my Note for a while yet, but this would be a nice piece of tech to look forward too.
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emmm if it will be 5 inch lcd screen, then have fun with battery life ;D
Yeah. The power draw will be disgusting. =/
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Looks like an lg vu to me???
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well we will have The Note 2 ... Just watch IFA.....
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Wouldn't be a huge competitor I think, at least for me. The screen would draw massive amounts of power being non-pentile for 5in. Not to mention its also a 1080p screen taking up even more battery for the GPU. So you'd need a huge battery which would make the device heavy and bulky. The krait chip is ok on power consumption, but I still think quad-core, unless there was webtop, is unnecessary. Especially since the a15 dual cores fly and have better power consumption. But then again it's a selling point to some people to have the best of the best. What I want is a Note2 with basically everything the curent has, but the
Exynos 5250 (2.0 dual core cortex a15). I'd like to see an upgraded Mali to go along with it, although they're power as it is anyways. Along with some other small things like LED notification, 12mp camera, and maybe a more accurate stylus (it can be off by 3mm sometimes for me). I would probably buy it quickly then.
Nah, I don't want LCD TFT screen after Super Amoled. Why don't use it?! Even Motorola now use Super Amoled.
Competition of 5" smartphones is a good thing.
If HTC still uses qualcomm CPU, I don't think I will move back to HTC.
I used to be HTC fanboy, really love HTC sense's integration, best proprietary Launcher/UI/framework among ALL android devices, I didn't even feel like I need to root nor change launcher when I was using HTC devices
BUT HTC really has a loose end on hardware spec. when I was going to upgrade my HTC Desire, I was choosing between HTC sensation and Samsung Galaxy SII.
Sensation was a HUGE disappointment to me, sluggish control, pitiful hardware spec as a flagship product. I ended up got the SII.
SII has superb hardware, everything was SO smooth and fast but the touchwiz is a major let down to me. I always hope one day I could use HTC sense on Samsung devices(which now I understand it will never happen)
Now I have Note, still the touchwiz is a real bugger but now I flashed ICS Stunner with Apex launcher, only thing I miss is the function S-Pen with S-memo. the rest are excellent. still not as good as SenseUI for my taste but close enough.
IF new HTC's Note competitor can have the smoothness operation like Samsung's device and retain the ability of SenseUI.
I will move back to HTC in a heartbeat.
I honestly don't like to flash rom, fix this fix that. I like good proprietary stuffs, maybe I am getting old, I don't like to geek around like I used to. I just want to have a phone that works for my taste at the first day I bought it, no mods, no flash.
sorry for the long post. Just my little thoughts
Well if the screen is S-LCD2 like the one on the One X then I'll seriously consider it..
Sense is the best UI out there, period (IMHO of course)
But I agree with @whatsaqazza, I'll take dual core A15 over quad core A9 any day, and it's obvious in One S vs One X that it has better performance and better battery life as well
Let's wait and see
Most of the high end devices are fast enough these days. I'd rather see more effort spent on power savings. I'd like to be able to beat the heck out of my device for a good 16 hours and still come home with 20% battery left. Dual core is fine.
What's up with all the "Sense UI" love? I upgraded from an iPhone to my first android phone -- an HTC Evo 4g. I absolutely loved it over the dumb iPhone. Then I upgraded to the Dell Streak 5 because I wanted a bigger phone. I later grew out of it got an HTC Inspire, once again I was a happy camper. So at that point, I decided I would never go back to another NON-HTC phone... until, my friend showed me the new Samsung Infuse 4G.. after playing with it a few mins, I was in LOVE with it! I couldn't believe what I was missing out on, the TouchWiz UI of Samsung made the Android experience even better! The next day I sold mine on craigslist and got me a brand new Infuse 4G off of ebay and have ever since become a fan of Samsung. Even today, after trying out a few Roms and custom launchers from the Market, I always end up coming back to my beloved TouchWiz UI. It is absolutely the best! I just can't stand using my phone without TouchWiz. It's that good!
I ****ing love my Note, but even I can't find a single argument in favour of tw over sense? Sense is just the most polished launcher anywhere.
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What's up with all the "Sense UI" love?
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I tried HTC HD2 and Wildfire about 2-3 months. Touchwiz is crap but Sense is worse, I really don't understand it and I don't like this UI style. It is almost impossible to customize. Very bad that all manufactors spit on Google offer a choice for users to choose Android stock interface or using inconvenient unpolished manufacturer UI, which add so many troubles and eat many % of battery and RAM.
Personally I hate sense. I find TouchWiz smoother, sadly. TouchWiz may lack the feature set or polish, but actual USE is smoother/quicker.
That said it is irrelevant for me until HTC switches screens. Those Pentile LCD's are just ugly IMO.
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Most of the high end devices are fast enough these days. I'd rather see more effort spent on power savings. I'd like to be able to beat the heck out of my device for a good 16 hours and still come home with 20% battery left. Dual core is fine.
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Same situation than in the ultrabook field. Yeah, there are Core i7, quad-core, 3.4 GHz parts, and GPUs with 2 GB dedicated RAM, but that on a small and thin device only means 2 hr battery life, chasis and keyboard hot as hell and noisy fan that breaks twice a year.
I keep using my Galaxy Note on power savings mode, and when I buy a new laptop, I'll make sure it has an Ivy Bridge ULV chip (17 W TDP). I do not run anything that requieres so much power and I do not like hot and noisy things on my hands for hours.
That may be OK on a gaming desktop, with plenty of fans and away from you under a desk, but not on a portable device. Look at the people complaining about the new chip on the New Ipad. Just selling GHz is not the point nowadays.
I can't believe how much people like Sense & Touchwizz.
I think that the best skin over android is Sony's. I just bought an Xperia S for my dad & absolutely love the live wallpaper, the weather widget & the overall skin on the settings list etc. Seriously, nothing else compares IMHO.
That being said, I personally never had a HTC Phone, but have played with a friend's one for a while. I felt that neither Sense nor Touchwizz was really good enough.
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I can't believe how much people like Sense & Touchwizz.
I think that the best skin over android is Sony's. I just bought an Xperia S for my dad & absolutely love the live wallpaper, the weather widget & the overall skin on the settings list etc. Seriously, nothing else compares IMHO.
That being said, I personally never had a HTC Phone, but have played with a friend's one for a while. I felt that neither Sense nor Touchwizz was really good enough.
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Once you are on AOSP or CM9, you don't want to go back to TouchWiz. Also, I coudn't stand Blur while on my Motorola Atrix. I was happy to become "blur-less". I have a friend who has a HTC and they were happy to become "sense-less" as well.
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Personally I hate sense. I find TouchWiz smoother, sadly. TouchWiz may lack the feature set or polish, but actual USE is smoother/quicker.
That said it is irrelevant for me until HTC switches screens. Those Pentile LCD's are just ugly IMO.
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You have literally no idea what you're talking about when it comes to screen technology.
Also, your eyesight must not be exemplary or you would have noticed the phone you tapped this out on uses a pentile subpixel arrangement. ;-)
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1080p on a 5" screen ? .. would that be something like 450ppi ? I find that a stupid waste on battery power on something that tbh, can we really tell with a 5" screen.. I would have opted for a 720p screen to cut cost and save battery.
I could be completely wrong..im just guessing
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1080p on a 5" screen ? .. would that be something like 450ppi ? I find that a stupid waste on battery power on something that tbh, can we really tell with a 5" screen.. I would have opted for a 720p screen to cut cost and save battery.
I could be completely wrong..im just guessing
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I completely agree, but you have people who just want "the best". 1080p is overdoing it, 720p is perfect for 5.3in IMO.
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I made a similar topic in the HTC One X section but to try and have a more or less objective view on my question I will post my question here too.
I am considering upgrading from my DHD to the One X or SGS III.
I saw that in most reviews the SGS III is the superior over the One X, now my question is if that is worth the € 100 (actually the difference is a bit bigger even) extra to get the SGS III ?
I like design of both phones, with a slight preferation for the One X. I noticed android development community of the One X has expanded greatly already whereas the SGS III seems to still be taking off.. (much more flashing fun for the One X that means). Sense doesn't interest me that much, I would go for an AOXP rom anyways probably, or if I wouldn't root the phone right away yet use another launcher. I have no experience with TouchWizz from Samsung.
Hopefully some people can help me with my decision.
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I made a similar topic in the HTC One X section but to try and have a more or less objective view on my question I will post my question here too.
I am considering upgrading from my DHD to the One X or SGS III.
I saw that in most reviews the SGS III is the superior over the One X, now my question is if that is worth the € 100 (actually the difference is a bit bigger even) extra to get the SGS III ?
I like design of both phones, with a slight preferation for the One X. I noticed android development community of the One X has expanded greatly already whereas the SGS III seems to still be taking off.. (much more flashing fun for the One X that means). Sense doesn't interest me that much, I would go for an AOXP rom anyways probably, or if I wouldn't root the phone right away yet use another launcher. I have no experience with TouchWizz from Samsung.
Hopefully some people can help me with my decision.
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I had One X had to send for repairs. Sad thing about getting unlocked from HTC your warranty is void. They won't even care if its hardware. On the other side Samsung has chain fire .. lol . No locked boot loader, unlocked handsets. Repenting why I bought a one x. If you want a box let me know I will sell you mine.
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The issue about the locked bootloader is an interesting point to consider, thanks..
Buy the SGS3 its worth it. I will give you some reasons for it.
-better performance
-removable battery
-unlocked bootloader
-supports micro sd cards
-wolfson dac (brilliant sound)
-htc one x is laggy (tested three different devices of the international version)
Design is always subjective but in my opinion all HTC devices are have the same design since the desire s.
Some guys had to send the HOX back three times because of mistakes in the production.
My advise is to go for the SGS3.
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I noticed android development community of the One X has expanded greatly already whereas the SGS III seems to still be taking off.. (much more flashing fun for the One X that means).
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To answer you for above part. If you're in for short term flashing fun then get OneX if you're in for long haul get SIII. You mention one x community has expanded you need to know that SIII was officially launched couple of days ago and yet it was already rooted 2 weeks back. There are devs w/o SIII and have successfully rooted/cwm/developled ROMS for SIII. So what do you think will happen once they get their hands on actual device.
Yet when i had visited early last month on 1x forums it was all about complaining about build quality, warranty issues whether it's void or not void using HTC's own tools and people even offering money for s-off thingamabob whatever that is.
And here on SIII it takes less than 2 mins to root the device including booting time. One of the fastest boot time i've seen on any phone. About 20secs. And dont forget the legacy of SIII which is S2 one of the best Droid phones around and tons of backing of a huge dev community.
So your choice
Yes, stupid remark of me that the developping community is bigger atm for the One X seeing this device has been launched some months ago and the SGS III only a few days.
I am tending more and more to the S III.
Try them both before you decide. First hand experience is always better than user views. Your views and needs will differ from the rest of us.
Both are superior phones at the moment.
More things to consider:
Sense vs TouchWiz - Sense on the HOX is excellent, a little laggy but it's feature's are useful same as TW, TW is better optimised and has it's own feature set as well.
Design and build - HOX has had some build issues but get a good one and it's lovely. Feels nice in the hand and design is lovely. I've got a feeling the SGS3 will feel better in the hand due to it's better shape and curved nature.
Battery/storage - HOX built in, SGS3 expandable and replaceable. SGS3 wins this contest, however 32gb is plenty for most.
Camera - debatable.
Screens - debatable and personal preference. I personally love the HOXs screen. Natural colours and whiter whites but poorer blacks compared to the AMOLED. Try both and see which suits your eyes better.
Audio - SGS3 with wolfson clear winner if listening to music, however HOX is not that bad better than other phones without wolfson dacs.
I can go on, but won't as I've not played with the SGS3 as of yet.
Both are great. Choose 1 and be happy.
You really gotta do a hands on to be fair, GS3 might be scorned when being shown in pictures but when it's on your hand, it's a whole different story.
One X has superior design and build, feel and look. Call quality is better, crisper. Camera and video playback better.
After sales repairs etc in my experience very good. Very convienant handset is Picked up, repaired and delivered if under warranty even rooted devices. Samsung not great in my experience.
SG3 has better UI and more vibrant colours. Better led light notification. Slight lag and home screen does reload quite often (probably software update will fix this) not experienced this with One X.
To be honest which ever handset you go for you will be happy as they are 2 of the best handsets out there at this time.
agreed. and think of it this way. if you are going to use an external sd card for more music then the s3 is the one for you. if you are after a better build quality phone which will feel premium in your hand then it is the One X. also removable battery as well you have to think about that...
all in all both phones are great.
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Try them both before you decide. First hand experience is always better than user views. Your views and needs will differ from the rest of us.
Both are superior phones at the moment.
More things to consider:
Sense vs TouchWiz - Sense on the HOX is excellent, a little laggy but it's feature's are useful same as TW, TW is better optimised and has it's own feature set as well.
Design and build - HOX has had some build issues but get a good one and it's lovely. Feels nice in the hand and design is lovely. I've got a feeling the SGS3 will feel better in the hand due to it's better shape and curved nature.
Battery/storage - HOX built in, SGS3 expandable and replaceable. SGS3 wins this contest, however 32gb is plenty for most.
Camera - debatable.
Screens - debatable and personal preference. I personally love the HOXs screen. Natural colours and whiter whites but poorer blacks compared to the AMOLED. Try both and see which suits your eyes better.
Audio - SGS3 with wolfson clear winner if listening to music, however HOX is not that bad better than other phones without wolfson dacs.
I can go on, but won't as I've not played with the SGS3 as of yet.
Both are great. Choose 1 and be happy.
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THe clear differences (the others being more subjective) are:
1. HOX has non-removal battery and non-expandable memory while GS3 has both.
2. The looks.. Many seem to prefer the HOX design than the GS3 (having handled both, the pictures don't do the GS3 justice.. HOX looks as good as it does in the pictures..)
3. Sense vs Touchwiz.. Sense is more flashy while Touchwiz won't dazzle anyone. At the same time, Touchwiz offers more functionality eg Smart Stay, Motion gestures, more notification bar shortcuts/toggles...
I think overall it's a choice between design/looks and functionality.
If you need more than 16GB or removable battery, buy the GS3.
If you want something that looks good and feels good then buy the HOX.
There is a whole thread right here dedicated to SGS3 vs HOX chat.
Closed.
So, I have the Note II (Awesome device) But now the HTC One is out and on paper in specs its sort of common with the Note II but not as much.Lets go over with the specs shall we?
The note II features a 1.6 ghz Quadcore Exynos 4 CPU - The One has a Snap dragon 600 Quad core 1.7 Ghz processor. Now the 600 is quite new of a processor meaning not many phones have it (Only the Optimus G+ and now the One,as far as im aware) So in the processor im gonna leave it as is just because we still have yet to see the 600 in action.
Both of these devices feature 2 GB RAM - Draw.
The screen is quite different however, On the note II you got a 5.5 Inch Super amoled panel with a resolution of 1280x720 giving a dpi of 267- HTC One has a 4.7 Inch display with a Super LCD 3 panel with a resolution of 1920x1080 which results in a whopping resolution of 469ppi. Many say the 1080p screen is overkill but unless you experience it for real you will see a difference..i have to give this to the One.
In battery not much tests have been made for the One here but my bet the Note II will have a better battery. The Note II has a 3100 MAH battery which is just awesome. The One has a battery of 2300 MAH . Keep in mind that the Note II's battery is removable but the One is not!.This one goes for the Note II
The One comes in 2 models of 32 and 64 gigs of storage with no expandable SD Card. The note II comes in 16 gigs of internal storage and can support an SD card of up to 64 GB. Note II wins this one.
The Camera on the One is the "Ultra pixel" one which no one really is sure what it is or how its better so..im going to leave the camera because no one really can judge.
Software wise , Both the Note II and the One come with Android JELLY BEAN 4.1.2. (Both will be upgradable to 4.2.2)
One thing i wanted to note(no pun intended) is that the Note II has an S-Pen! Im not going to go in the features of it because they are alot..But let me tell you this,Its just awesome..you can take notes with it, Very productive. ( ONE ALSO has Beats audio and 2 front speakers , note 2 doesnt have that)
Ending this..Both of these phones are great..But for me I can upgrade and ditch the Note II to get the One (Got the money) But im going to stay with the Note II because its the phone i want , i dont want to go back to 4.7 inch screen. So thats just my take on it..Its your choice and your money Both of them are great..But ive had HTC in the past..i wont have one again.
I'm curious about the camera in One, they promised a good low light performance. The sceen also may be interesting, but until i see it in real life, I cannot talk about it. The battery, I guess, will be at most 3/4 of ours (a wild guess).
My final verdict: not worth upgrade (if this is really an upgrade?), I'm waiting for S4 and even 5S (these are the phones to set new trends )
Even though htc one has a better specification, better screen, and faster processor. The battery itself will keep me and some people sticking to note 2 for the time being. If you want gaming, the HTC sure will provide better gaming performance (12,000 in quadrant! ) but from my experience of owning HTC one x and one x+, both have terrible battery, especially compared to note 2.
Htc also have quite lame software in my opinion. But HTC Sense looks better, much better than TouchWiz. Note 2 in my book is still the best smartphone to date with s-pen, split screen and other various productivity tools. Great phone for working. The battery will last a full day with heavy usage.
if u prefer raw performance and good camera go for htc one but if u prefer more usablity with spen and storage stay with note 2 and wait for note 3 launch at end q3.
htc one is the king of android phone with optimus g pro but both phone doesnt support digitizer so it lack the usability and precision of note 2.
about battery life, nowadays u can buy an external charger or use in-car charger if u are moving around so battery is not an issue actually unless u go to a very rural place for a week with no charger around but any phone also cant last that long.
anyway its up to user individual.
update - S4 wil also be launching in march so about the king of android is still a puzzle.
htc one has the better built quality it seems with metal construction and injection moulding which is somehow, more solid than plastic (or polycarbonate) on N2
OK there is NO Doubt that the phone is a new top tier phone! But I don't know... HTC has great build quality, but their software is meh. Their updates are slow, because they have to test that REALLY heavy skin over Android, so they are never really on time with updates, and if they are, it's only for the first few months. I don't know, I think HTC has a GREAT design team, and engineers, but I don't really like their software development team because their mentality is build a great device and sell as many as possible and then push out the next one. Samsung, for the moment, is doing a great job. The ORIGINAL Note got updates, and so did the S2. That's just my opinion based on my experience. It could vary. haha. Oh, but battery life is FOR SURE going to be worse on the HTC unless they did something revolutionary with their software and hardware. mAh is mAh! There's no way around that.
I own both devices(Note 2 and One X). In comparison for both devices(stock), I like the the Note 2 the most - no lags, while on the One X - lag is everywhere. The SenseUI is terrible when it comes to response. The only noticeable difference between both devices is when the user wants to access the phone's memory, Kies really suck while on the OneX it's just toggle-transfer-safely remove the device.
Let's be total honest here, One is WAY better than Note 2, in terms of performance, build quality and design. But I won't switch to it, why? Because I don't want to spend extra money for it as my Note 2 is just 4 months old and I still like OLED than LCD.
Agreed on the whole "I had an HTC before and will never have one again". Seriously, their phones always had an issue whether it was software related or hardware. But that's just my experience. I'm never going back. Regardless of how fast it is or how much better. I'm satisfied with the note performance and battery life and especially that it has official cm10.1 support. Awaiting key lime pie and future updates on this beast! :thumbup:
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I own both devices(Note 2 and One X). In comparison for both devices(stock), I like the the Note 2 the most - no lags, while on the One X - lag is everywhere. The SenseUI is terrible when it comes to response. The only noticeable difference between both devices is when the user wants to access the phone's memory, Kies really suck while on the OneX it's just toggle-transfer-safely remove the device.
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this topic is about the all new "One" not the "One X"
One is newer device, of course it will be faster than Note 2.
Would I go for One? No!
Why?
No MMC slot, embedded battery, less battery capacity.
I was the ultimate HTC fanboi up until the original Note came along. It was then I realised Samsung were King when it came to innovation and superior software. I bought the S3 then the Note 2, the Galaxy Camera and the Note 10.1 tablet. I have become a Samsung fanboi without doubt!
However...
I am suddenly taking an interest in both the Sony Xperia Z and now the HTC One. Why? Well purely on a design basis. The Galaxy range is becoming a bit boring in the looks department. I understand that plastic is good for making my devices lightweight and durable but they don't ooze premium like the HTC ONE and the Sony Z (and dare I say the iphone 5 - yes that's quite an admission for an anti apple guy!)
My conclusion is for now I am waiting on what the Samsung Galaxy S4 brings to the table and more importantly the Galaxy Note 3, before I consider jumping ship again. For the time being I am a Samsung fan and I love the Note II but it's about time we had higher resolution AMOLED screens, twin speakers and aluminium chassis for what are ultra premium products.
Sv: HTC One vs Note II
The HTC One has a LOT more pixels to move around wich means that the extra 100mhz CPU power can't even begin to make up with it = laggy? (unless it has an awesome GPU). Also the screen 4'7 is too small for my taste.
This also means more power required from a much smaller battery in the One. Two things I really love about the Note II is the awsome battery life and the ability to simply switch battery if needed.
The One's design looks great however putting the rear speaker in the front looks retatded I think, and to put a "Beats Audio" logo on the back of that beautiful phone is also retarded
In autumn 2013 the Note III will be out and I can honestly say, I will keep my Note II till then!
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All positive and negative aspects aside has anyone noticed how ugly HTC phones have become? Especially the back.
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this topic is about the all new "One" not the "One X"
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Oh I'm sorry, I thought this was about One X because I've read someone comment about it. Thanks for mentioning it.
galaxy358 said:
Even though htc one has a better specification, better screen, and faster processor. The battery itself will keep me and some people sticking to note 2 for the time being. If you want gaming, the HTC sure will provide better gaming performance (12,000 in quadrant! ) but from my experience of owning HTC one x and one x+, both have terrible battery, especially compared to note 2.
Htc also have quite lame software in my opinion. But HTC Sense looks better, much better than TouchWiz. Note 2 in my book is still the best smartphone to date with s-pen, split screen and other various productivity tools. Great phone for working. The battery will last a full day with heavy usage.
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I own both devices(Note 2 and One X). In comparison for both devices(stock), I like the the Note 2 the most - no lags, while on the One X - lag is everywhere. The SenseUI is terrible when it comes to response. The only noticeable difference between both devices is when the user wants to access the phone's memory, Kies really suck while on the OneX it's just toggle-transfer-safely remove the device.
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Isn't it easier to put it this way without much of explanation.
Cpu = Htc one , it's 40% faster then the one in note and 40% more powerfull, battery consumption is less for around 50%
Display = Htc one , much better sharper crisper , brighter , viewing angles, much more usable on daylight and colors are more accurate then on amoled.
Battery = this one is unknown , but considering it has less power hungry chip smaller screen SLCD3 more power hungry display then amoled and full HD we can expect around 8 hours screen on time. Possibly more still unknown.
Design and build quality = Htc one no doubt about it.
Features = kinda hard call , HTc one comes with plenty of new things while note holds of it's own.
Camera = reported to be currently the best one on the market especially in the dark ( 300% more light then on other devices )
About one X since you mentioned it , you really didn't know how to use HoX no offense still don't ( tho you're right when you compare stock vs stock ) , hox is on a different level now, runs games full effects no laggs ( that can't even s3 & note 2 do ) Battery life has literally doubled , check in my signature screen shoots you'll see almost 7hours screen on time with heavy usage and high brightness at some point.
Anyone final words: Htc one is great but i think us who have quad cores should skip it and wait to see what will sammy bring us in note 3, s4 and what will snapdragon 800 do , it's twice faster then s600. Just my 2 cents.
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About one X since you mentioned it , you really didn't know how to use HoX no offense still don't ( tho you're right when you compare stock vs stock ) , hox is on a different level now, runs games full effects no laggs ( that can't even s3 & note 2 do ) Battery life has literally doubled , check in my signature screen shoots you'll see almost 7hours screen on time with heavy usage and high brightness at some point.
Anyone final words: Htc one is great but i think us who have quad cores should skip it and wait to see what will sammy bring us in note 3, s4 and what will snapdragon 800 do , it's twice faster then s600. Just my 2 cents.
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I did a mere comparison of the two devices, the One X & Note 2 stock devices because that would be the first noticeable differences for prospective buyers. Is it a norm nowadays where you go to an electronics shop where customers would ask clerks of how their phones behave/function while running on custom ROMs? The answer is a no. First they compare the physical aspects of the phone literally head to head and next is what's under the hood.
@TOPIC - sorry for going off-topic.
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I did a mere comparison of the two devices, the One X & Note 2 stock devices because that would be the first noticeable differences for prospective buyers. Is it a norm nowadays where you go to an electronics shop where customers would ask clerks of how their phones behave/function while running on custom ROMs? The answer is a no. First they compare the physical aspects of the phone literally head to head and next is what's under the hood.
@TOPIC - sorry for going off-topic.
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Agreed about that one :highfive:, but we're *XDA geeks are we not * and all we do is flash more or less and on the way learn few things here and there :good: Anyway we're way off topic lol , excuse us guys.
You should wait and make a comparison between S4 and One.
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HTC One
cpu win
Note II
dispaly size win
3100mAh battery win
replaceable battery win
s pan win
4g win
sd card support:crying: win
note2 win