IS it a good deal?
Im getting one in a trade and i have to include 50 more dollars
Whats your opinion?
is it a good deal?
Shadow_Android said:
IS it a good deal?
Im getting one in a trade and i have to include 50 more dollars
Whats your opinion?
is it a good deal?
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It depends on what you value in your phone. Sensation is definitely worth more, but may not be better for you. If you care a lot about your screen, the nexus s is a lot better because despite its lower resolution, it is an all around better screen. Do you like sense or aosp? Most consider the nexus s stock rom smoother than the sensation stock, but if you are running a custom aosp rom, the sensation is likely better. Sensations gpu is weaker. Sensation has hspa+ I believe, but nexus s doesn't. So its up to you to decide which features you care about most and decide based on that which device you want.
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xboxfanj said:
It depends on what you value in your phone. Sensation is definitely worth more, but may not be better for you. If you care a lot about your screen, the nexus s is a lot better because despite its lower resolution, it is an all around better screen. Do you like sense or aosp? Most consider the nexus s stock rom smoother than the sensation stock, but if you are running a custom aosp rom, the sensation is likely better. Sensations gpu is weaker. Sensation has hspa+ I believe, but nexus s doesn't. So its up to you to decide which features you care about most and decide based on that which device you want.
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Well the main reason i want the sensation its because the extra core which makes the rom extra smoother and the sd card slot
I do like that it has 4g and as the screen i dont really care as much
so im going for it!
Thanks!
Definitely do it, a buddy of mine has one and its way faster of course.
There was actually a thread a while ago that was talking about going from the sensation to the nexus s, they all said the nexus s runs ics smotther and quicker than their old sensations. Again that was just speculation, maybe they were lying BUT probably not so idk. I say go try out a sensation at the store and see if you'd like it
Thanks for the comments guys
i did end up getting it and i gotta say it feels faster already
i just need to root this baby up!
I had a Sensation.. rooted it..ran Elegancia ICS
It was actually frustratingly slow.
I had it OC'd , beats audio mod and the speaker volume was waaaay too low.
Overall neat phone...but I for sure love my Nexus.
The Sensation did have great qualities too. Build was solid, camera was good
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I had a Sensation.. rooted it..ran Elegancia ICS
It was actually frustratingly slow.
I had it OC'd , beats audio mod and the speaker volume was waaaay too low.
Overall neat phone...but I for sure love my Nexus.
The Sensation did have great qualities too. Build was solid, camera was good
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Isnt that rom sense based?
Yeah..ICS with Sense
Tried others too with and without sense..but Elegancia was the best.
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Yeah..ICS with Sense
Tried others too with and without sense..but Elegancia was the best.
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Thats probably why it was slowish
For me the screen of sensation is not good enough. The minimum I would consider an upgrade from nexus S is galaxy nexus and galaxy S2.
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Do you think custom ROMs will allow us to have HTC's Sense UI 3.0 on this phone?
Oh... boy... here we go.. i admire you for having the balls to ask about Sense UI in Samsung thread. Hehe. Short answer is NO!!!
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You never know.. The original SGS has turned out a terrific developers phone so if the SGS2 has unlocked bootloaders i cant see why not
If htc sense is that important though just wait from the sensation
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Oh... boy... here we go.. i admire you for having the balls to ask about Sense UI in Samsung thread. Hehe. Short answer is NO!!!
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Its already on the SGS to a fashion... no working data or wifi though yet lol
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Its already on the SGS to a fashion... no working data or wifi though yet lol
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Yeah, half baked.
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I'd love to have it, with the recent reports showing the horsepower that it have coupled with Sense 3.0 that would be the perfect phone to have
If people want the HTC Sense experience then they should look at a HTC Phone. Although a Port is possible, its very time consuming and by the time someone actually port's it over with all the drivers working, your device will be close to the yearly refresh and you will want the next best thing. This will leave the developer in a limbo where his efforts didnt truly pay off.
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If people want the HTC Sense experience then they should look at a HTC Phone. Although a Port is possible, its very time consuming and by the time someone actually port's it over with all the drivers working, your device will be close to the yearly refresh and you will want the next best thing. This will leave the developer in a limbo where his efforts didnt truly pay off.
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It's not possible, Galaxy S is half baked, Nexus S also try, half baked. Samsung uses totally different structure on android Nexus S can't even port TouchWiz and its the same manufacturer. I would love to get S II spec wise it blows the Sensation out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041405
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Get a HTC and you will have sense and you don't have to worry or stress about being ported or not.
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Get a HTC and you will have sense and you don't have to worry or stress about being ported or not.
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Yes sir, sorry sir
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Why would u want Sense on Samsung?
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Motola Atrix
Samsung Captivate - CM7 1.2 ghz
Motorola Backflip - CM6
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Yes sir, sorry sir
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Why would u want Sense on Samsung?
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Motola Atrix
Samsung Captivate - CM7 1.2 ghz
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I see you have a Motorola Atrix 4G. What do you think about it? I'm in doubt between Atrix, S II and Sensation.
Thank you!
Ugh, how can people even like Sense. It is the worst android UI out of all the custom ones out there.
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Ugh, how can people even like Sense. It is the worst android UI out of all the custom ones out there.
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Probably because of the animations. I do HATE the sense dock :/
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Ugh, how can people even like Sense. It is the worst android UI out of all the custom ones out there.
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Id say its all about taste. Personally I think motorola's UI is the worst, followed closely by the apple wannabe touchwiz. Funny, I actually hated sense as well at first, but now that im using it for a while, I LOVE IT.
Also, its because htc has added soooo much functionality, like finding/wiping/ringing from anywhere(laptop) incase its lost, or stolen, etc. Plus auto-backup of messages, apprx 100 very useful widgets, plus may apps wich save you a lot of time if you had to download one by one. Basically, its a complete package that looks good and offers functionality that no other manufacturer can even come close to, especially being built in from start. no headaches. I myself wish it could be ported but I doubt, especially with how "involved" its gotten lately
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I see you have a Motorola Atrix 4G. What do you think about it? I'm in doubt between Atrix, S II and Sensation.
Thank you!
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I had a Galaxy S, then Atrix and now Inspire. Next I'm buying Galaxy S II because the bootlogger is unlocked and I want the light weight, dual core processor power and video enhancements.
The Inspire is amazing. I like it far better than the Atrix because I can put custom roms on it. I was able to root the Atrix and do a few modifications but it was very limited. I strongly recommend the Inspire.
The Sensation is locked down as is the Atrix. If you want a good out of the box phone Atrix is as good as you get until the Galaxy S II arrives. Sensation will be great but probably about the same as the Galaxy S II.
It is hard to recommend a phone without knowing what you do with your phone. For me the unlocked boot logger is the difference between buying and not buying.
Personally I prefer Sense.I think that Samsung have basically copied the iPhone in design and UI. If someone could remove the native Samsung bloat and add sense, all would be good in the world(for me at least)
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Personally I prefer Sense.I think that Samsung have basically copied the iPhone in design and UI. If someone could remove the native Samsung bloat and add sense, all would be good in the world(for me at least)
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Couldn't have put it better, dude. trouble is, can we have the best of both worlds?
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I think we can. If enough people that have bought a SGS2 ask for sense then I am sure someone(developer) will be willing to design it for SGS2. From what I have seen of custom roms so far, I think that there are some more than capable developers out there that could do it. If I could write code I definitely would(perhaps I should start learning. The only question is can an old dog(me) learn new tricks?????)
I got nexus s from craiglist for the time being till my Atrix get cm7. I got a chance to use miui rom. Wow I'm really impressed. I do love stock roms but this one is brilliant. It's completely redesigned interface. Looks like iphone but million times better! Anyone else got a chance to evaluate it ever?
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Yep I used it all the time on my Evo, its awesome, its basicly a CM rom, but with different design, in fact, any phone that has official CM7 will almost have MIUI =)!
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Yep I used it all the time on my Evo, its awesome, its basicly a CM rom, but with different design, in fact, any phone that has official CM7 will almost have MIUI =)!
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Oh wow. It's really great then. Can't wait to run this on Atrix. I don't know why Nexus S runs smoother than atrix right now. I understand that nexus s is running on gingerbread but atrix has dual core processor and one gb ram. I run out of ram on nexus s quite easily, that's the only problem I have.
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I currently have a EVO 3d and I would like to know what you like and dislike about the phone and is it worth the switch
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246838
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246838
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That has nothing to do with this thread?
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oops looks like i misread the thread...
Yeah that's not the same question
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I like it lots and lots and lots and sometimes when i use an IPhone or a HTC Sensation i like it even more .I really like being able to talk to people by pressing a few numbers not sure if it will catch on though .
jje
Had mine for the grand total of 4 days...so far i can't fault it. I upgraded from my zte blade, and this is just awesome!
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Well comparing it to the evo3d it basically has better specs plus hw acceleration which is a very nice feature. The screen is awesome imo, tho some people don't seem to like the oversaturated colours. Personally i love it but you have to check it yourself before you decide.
Anyway i wouldn't upgrade right now if i were you, you still have a very good phone, just wait for something newer and better, like the quadcores expected to come out in 2012
My first Android and like this so much. Even after using it for three months I still couldn't make it work the way I'd like, but still its not bad. Frankly, I'd be more happy if this device had iOS instead of Android.
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My first Android and like this so much. Even after using it for three months I still couldn't make it work the way I'd like, but still its not bad. Frankly, I'd be more happy if this device had iOS instead of Android.
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If this phone had IOS instead of Android id sell it, IOS is nowhere near as good as Android, everything works out of the box but your strictly limited in what you can do,i hate restriction.
Best phone right now without a doubt, having owned it since May it's been excellent! Pervious Android device was the DHD, it's faster, smoother and slicker!
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My first Android and like this so much. Even after using it for three months I still couldn't make it work the way I'd like, but still its not bad. Frankly, I'd be more happy if this device had iOS instead of Android.
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galaxy s2 is better than evo 3d, in
battery life
quadrant score
weight (u noe how light is the s2)
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galaxy s2 is better than evo 3d, in
battery life
quadrant score
weight (u noe how light is the s2)
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Lol who cares about quadrant... It's a great phone.... Had many android phones and still have others.. Nexus s and one still one of my fav but sgs2 its the greatest... I do have a evo 3d too. I like it but this just better bro. Closest to a sgs2 I would say wp7 running mango. Smoothness
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Ok thank you everyone for the input guess I'm going to get the epic touch when it comes out
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ttieder said:
Ok thank you everyone for the input guess I'm going to get the epic touch when it comes out
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Fastest android phone out there, but build quality could be better.
tbh the only phone that could probably knock the sgs2 off it's perch is the motorola atrix.. bigger battery and tegra 2, but then i've never used one so i have no idea about user experience.
Hello My very post here. Best phone I ever owned. it would have been perfect if it was a tegra Device can't see why they did that for a flagship Device !!!!
You will miss sense. Htc phones have better dialer, more useful widgets, like for example favorite contacts and rss reader, better sms delivery report, lockscreen and ringtone volume management. On other side Sgs2 has better multimedia support (mkv) better screen and weight, brilliant call quality and its very smooth in menus.
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Hello My very post here. Best phone I ever owned. it would have been perfect if it was a tegra Device can't see why they did that for a flagship Device !!!!
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If you like tegra, buy a galaxy R i9003. Its even cheaper. Here in sweden the price is 399€
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I have only owned HTC phones so I don't have any experience with any other brand's versions of Android, but why is there never a port of Samsung, LG or Motorola's?
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I have only owned HTC phones so I don't have any experience with any other brand's versions of Android, but why is there never a port of Samsung, LG or Motorola's?
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why would we want to?
i think someone tried to port motoblur once on the Glacier, not sure about it's progress though.
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why would we want to?
i think someone tried to port motoblur once on the Glacier, not sure about it's progress though.
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Well I was wondering cause I've never messed with them before and would like to check them out.
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Rafy moto blur
www.megaupload.com/?d=U7H862KA
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Pretty cool rom. Too bad wifi and cameras dont work though.
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Reason we don't have those is because we don't have the correct drivers.
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Your on the g2x?
mackster248 said:
Reason we don't have those is because we don't have the correct drivers.
Powered by a G2x
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tvotony said:
Your on the g2x?
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Yeah, traded my MT4G for a G2x last week.
You are a legend for the tutorial video's. What made you trade
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Yeah, traded my MT4G for a G2x last week.
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You are a legend for the tutorial video's. What made you trade
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Haha, thanks man appreciate that. I just wanted a change, and a slightly bigger screen.
And in anticipation of ICS, I figured a dual core processor like the Tegra2 would be better to run ICS. And I like the build quality and hardware of the G2x. Pretty top notch. Plus the re-sale value is better, I hate how the MT4G is so cheap nowadays.
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Haha, thanks man appreciate that. I just wanted a change, and a slightly bigger screen.
And in anticipation of ICS, I figured a dual core processor like the Tegra2 would be better to run ICS. And I like the build quality and hardware of the G2x. Pretty top notch. Plus the re-sale value is better, I hate how the MT4G is so cheap nowadays.
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So you haven't had any issues with the G2X? Currently I'm choosing b/t the G2X & Sensation, but I'm not really sure which is better. I thought G2X had backlight bleeding or something like that. But, I'm leaning to the Sensation since I wanted a higher res.
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So you haven't had any issues with the G2X? Currently I'm choosing b/t the G2X & Sensation, but I'm not really sure which is better. I thought G2X had backlight bleeding or something like that. But, I'm leaning to the Sensation since I wanted a higher res.
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No, G2x has been perfect so far. I love the Tegra 2 because it never heats up with light useage like Snapdragon's. And the build quality and external speakers are great. I have slight screen bleed on the top right. But I don't notice it unless the screen is all blacked out with high brightness. So it's no real issue.
I would probably chose the Sensation because oh the qHD and slightly bigger screen. But the G2x is great too.
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chukis13 said:
I have only owned HTC phones so I don't have any experience with any other brand's versions of Android, but why is there never a port of Samsung, LG or Motorola's?
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Mostly because it's VERY hard to adapt a whole different framework and kernel across different manufacturers. Even with the same manufacturer it isn't always easy (Nexus One still doesn't have a proper Sense 3 ROM, while its cousin Desire has it running stable for months - because kernel adaptation without source isn't easy).
Too much work, too little to gain.
Ok so here we go,I plan on getting a new phone with Tmobile. gonna give this one to my mom, as a Christmas gift (lame I know). It's either the galaxy s2, the sensation or the amaze. What are yall views, ofcourse Ima root it.
From my fist to your face, enjoy!
Galaxy S II !!! imma a fanboy lol
MyTouch HD (Black)
Kernel demonspeed v7
lagfree 1516Ghz - 768Mhz
Edited Build Prop
Beats Audio
Gingerbread 2.3.5
Dark Side Sense 3.3 !
Sensation.
It's a hell of a lot cheaper than the Amaze and the specs are only marginally weaker.
And you have way better dev support so you'll have the best ROM's.
With the SGS2 you're stuck with Samsung providing you with updates.
HTC SENSATION ALL THE WAY MAN!!!
wayyy better development, i don't know how many times better than the Galaxy SII, and doesn't lose to the HTC Amaze one bit (well, maybe a little...). plus, it's cheaper
price isnt a problem with me, i make almost 300 a week. i do like the sensation,amazing dev section. the s2 stats are very impressive,while the amaze's camera options are pretty cool.
I have the s4g and love it. Overclocked to 1.5 and I got the amaze cam mod so this phone is just as good as thee amaze. But on the other hand is the sgs2 nice phone but I don't like the whole samsung ui. I like sense. That is all on opinion though. The s4g is cheaper than the other two and im sure we will see ics.
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I have the s4g and love it. Overclocked to 1.5 and I got the amaze cam mod so this phone is just as good as thee amaze. But on the other hand is the sgs2 nice phone but I don't like the whole samsung ui. I like sense. That is all on opinion though. The s4g is cheaper than the other two and im sure we will see ics.
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how does the sensation hold up for you? good build quality,stuff like that?
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Sensation.
It's a hell of a lot cheaper than the Amaze and the specs are only marginally weaker.
And you have way better dev support so you'll have the best ROM's.
With the SGS2 you're stuck with Samsung providing you with updates.
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what do the roms for the sensation look an feel like,mainly is there a huge range to pick from.
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price isnt a problem with me, i make almost 300 a week. i do like the sensation,amazing dev section. the s2 stats are very impressive,while the amaze's camera options are pretty cool.
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I remember when that was a good amount of money. Now that doesn't even pay my monthly bills lol
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I've been stuck between sgs2 and amaze myself. But I am leaning amaze because of the resolution difference.
You should go to both sections and read on the vs threads they have. Some are biased but they give you good points of view on both. I think it usually ends up with...
Resolution, ui, screen, and build. speed is virtually the same. I think both parties don't bother with sensation anymore as many of them actually upgraded from it.
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what do the roms for the sensation look an feel like,mainly is there a huge range to pick from.
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Just check out the sensations development section
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how does the sensation hold up for you? good build quality,stuff like that?
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Never had one problem with any thing rooted or non rooted. No lag or hiccups. Everyone is right there is a huge array or roms to choose from. The phones build is good. I've had an evo and I like the feel of this a lot better. Fits nice in the hand.
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I remember when that was a good amount of money. Now that doesn't even pay my monthly bills lol
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Id hate to see your bills then..
From my fist to your face, enjoy!
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Never had one problem with any thing rooted or non rooted. No lag or hiccups. Everyone is right there is a huge array or roms to choose from. The phones build is good. I've had an evo and I like the feel of this a lot better. Fits nice in the hand.
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I might just get it.
From my fist to your face, enjoy!
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I remember when that was a good amount of money. Now that doesn't even pay my monthly bills lol
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Lmao I was just thinking that.**** I make almost 3 times that a week and its almost not enough.
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Lmao I was just thinking that.**** I make almost 3 times that a week and its almost not enough.
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Well for me being 19, I'm loving it right now.
From my fist to your face, enjoy!
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Well for me being 19, I'm loving it right now.
From my fist to your face, enjoy!
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Enjoy it lol. I pay $1200 a month just for rent and that doesn't even include utilities or anything lol
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Enjoy it lol. I pay $1200 a month just for rent and that doesn't even include utilities or anything lol
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I'm enjoying it right now, trying to find a sensation right now for a good price.
From my fist to your face, enjoy!
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I'm enjoying it right now, trying to find a sensation right now for a good price.
From my fist to your face, enjoy!
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Shouldn't be hard... I got one that I don't even use cause the battery life sucks, but its my backup if this phone poops...
As much as I love htc, after the qc problems with mt4g, I'm going to get sgs2. I'm in the same boat about to upgrade and it seemedto me that more people were happy going from amaze/sensa to sgs2.
Thats just me.
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