Had a great run with the Dell Streak! - Streak 5 General

Ah... good by for now folks. Had the Dell Streak for two year and loved every minute of it.
Wished Dell had marketed it like Samsung did their Galaxy Note II which I just got,
I had more people than I could count ask me "what in the heck do you have" with the Streak.
It could have been Dell who had the phablet niche had they done it right along with a better support.
Bet the Dell bigwigs are banging their heads on the wall this past year seeing how they BLEW it.
Too bad... now I'm on the Samsung bandwagon.
You'll see me on the Note II forums.

So what are you doing with it now....

giveen said:
So what are you doing with it now....
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Gave it to my much younger sister-in-law and she loves it.

william58 said:
Gave it to my much younger sister-in-law and she loves it.
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Well she got the iPhone 5 and gave back the Dell Streak.
I put it up for sale on Craigslist for $60 and was amazed how many people emailed me about it... must have been at least 15.
The Dell Streak was more popular than I though. I sure did like it the two years I had it...

I'm not surprised it's still pretty popular. Prices on ebay are still around £100 for a good one, considering I bought a good second hand one for £150 two years ago now. And it's not been wanting for performance, I know the camera is really poor these days and perhaps the lack of ICS (well at the moment hopefully!) is starting to make the Streak show it's age but the only reason why I'm considering actually getting a new device is that my Streak is getting a bit unreliable and that's probably more due to me messing about with it than anything else.

yeah i couldn't agree more !

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I'm not surprised it's still pretty popular. Prices on ebay are still around £100 for a good one, considering I bought a good second hand one for £150 two years ago now. And it's not been wanting for performance, I know the camera is really poor these days and perhaps the lack of ICS (well at the moment hopefully!) is starting to make the Streak show it's age but the only reason why I'm considering actually getting a new device is that my Streak is getting a bit unreliable and that's probably more due to me messing about with it than anything else.
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I don't know about the camera being so poor, I'm a professional photographer and I got one of my better shots with that dell streak to this day on a flight to Las Vegas from Seattle 3 years ago. It was early and the sun was just rising as we flew by Mt Rainier... and my Nikons were in my bag above me in the overhead bin... so not to lose time I took some pics with the Dell Streak 5. Did a little post photoshop work... Gotta admit this is a GREAT photo!
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Most people fail to realize that more megapixels do not necessarily make for better pictures. With a PHD camera like what smartphones carry, it doesn't matter how many megapixels the thing has because the lens is simply too small to admit enough light to take advantage of the extra megapixels. Obviously, cameras with interchangeable lenses are a different story.
The picture William58 posted is proof positive that great pictures can come out of the Streak's camera. I actually doubt a 13MP smartphone camera could do much better.

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Can someone explain this? Fake/ Knock off G1?

Hi everyone, I am new to the t mobile community and I was looking on good ol ebay for a G1 without a contract. At that point my search threw back this in the query. I was quick to call b.s and all that so ofcourse i didn't buy it, but I just want to ask you all what in the hell is this. Has anyone out there bought it or had any experience with this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=230319434420
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=170293667058
Just some cheap "iClone" phones from China. Check your local craigslist- people cant seem to get rid of them fast enough once they get duped into buying them
Alright, In the first link the bid has ended so i cannot help you there. NOW In the second, It's a piece of hardware that may be fake, For Example, My cousin bought a phone like that about 2 months back from ofcourse good ol' Ebay, And what was it, A Japanese phone that looked just like the Iphone, It streamed TV had an antenna for when we made the switch on cable and antennas would be dead. It had like an 8 megapixel camera, Beautiful sweet deal for a smackin' $200 bucks. SO he went ahead and bought it. When it arrived it was the phone, or more exact the model, Which weight no more than a stack of papers, It didnt turn on, NOTHING. He decided to use a flathead screw driver to open it up, and what he found was that the phone had nothing inside, Literally, Nothing but sand, To make the phone weigh. So from me to you. Don't buy it. Skip it. Go to T-mobile and get the G1. lol But that was just 1 experience never know.
damn what a shame. Hopefully the people who are winning these ebay auctions don't get a box of sand shipped to them as well. I just did some reseach on meizu, they seem to be the company that is producing this stuff. Maybe its good enough for china, but I sure as hell am not taking a chance with it.
Those phones are real (not sure about the eBay one, but Deal Extreme and others sell the iClones) but they are very low quality. They also sell a ton of Nokia clones.
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Those phone don't even look like the G1. DA.
Lol... that second one has got SIX speakers!! Must be goood... hehe
Haha
I bought one of these a couple mounths ago they are useless without the stylus and no where near as good as any phone made recently but if all you got is 150 and u need it unlocked then this pos is for you lol...
Edit: this thing does internet movies music and my favorite was the web cam mine had it does a few things but it doesn't do any all that good
These phones do have uses. A lot of these Chinese knock-offs are bought by people needing unlocked phones and multi-SIM capability. In Europe, for example, there are many more carriers over much shorter distances than in the US. Also, the practice (law?) there is caller-pays-all. Incoming calls don't cost anything. Outgoing calls cost your rate plus the rate of the person you're calling, making having multiple SIM cards for different countries more economical. Many of these phones have gimmick features like TV reception, but all come with clunky, proprietary operating systems. Finding good, useful applications will be a constant source of frustration for someone looking for a way to complement his 10mm CZ "diamond" stud in his ear.

nice comment from people who bought Ipad 2

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110312/tc_ac/8044392_ipad_2_buyers_offer_mixed_reactions
no flames intended, but the people interviewed was quite hilarious IMO
well, makes me glad i'm not one of the apple fanboys ^^
Seems all the smart tech savvy people buy ipads
"...is like super fast...". This annoys me. Why does it annoy me? Clue's in my name
TheGrammarFreak said:
"...is like super fast...". This annoys me. Why does it annoy me? Clue's in my name
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but, is like super fast!
Yes, the ipad is nice and pretty... That said I wouldn't trade my galaxy tab for it, I have what the ipad have plus flash and widgets and I can take it anywhere in my jacket pocket.
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jorgepsantos said:
Yes, the ipad is nice and pretty... That said I wouldn't trade my galaxy tab for it, I have what the ipad have plus flash and widgets and I can take it anywhere in my jacket pocket.
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well, if you read carefully, there's a woman that said the iPad 2 can be put in her pocket lol
can't imagine what kind of pocket she had
a photographer dude that use its camera for actually taking pictures, and actually prefer using iPad instead of his cam coz iPad have a longer battery life and he doesnt have enough money to buy extra batteries for his camera (wonder how much he got his iPad)
that one cracks me up
ROFL, i cant stop laughing
How can you argue with somebody like this?
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I love the camera the most because I cannot afford spending money on batteries for my camera, and this has a long battery life."
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Yeah really she said that
lol, nice pic you got there rofl
we definitely can't beat the aura coming from his face
Thank goodess those folk bought Apple and not Android..!!!
It is obvious that these people never looked at or tried anything but the iPad. Good marketing by Apple. Bad customer.research by the customers.
The one that says "I thought it would have better apps.“ shows the tech level of these people. Sad, just sad.
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Seeing these euphoric people standing in the line for 8 hours to get a new ipad2 just wants to make me vomit.
LOL ))) Could not stoped laughing )))
Thank GOOD I Bought The Tab...
After I Read This Bull**** I Would Sell The Ipad 2 Anyways...
But Please Be Fair To Apple...
They Do All They Can To Make Other People Laugh At Their Customers...
Nice find, Justin. I enjoyed reading their comments. At least they're honest (a 9.5" in height device is not bulky) LoL
i would die of laughter if i hired a photographer and they came through with their ipad 2..
Just reading the comment about it being lightweight - from my use of the old ipad in the store afyer a while it began to get quite heavy (thats partly why i got the tab) i doubt with the ipad 2 apple have made it dramaricaly lighter (doubt it). either that or i have feeble arms (not the case)
and re it being small - i doubt it will fit in a pocket unlike the tab (thats what samsung claim and it will fit in my jenes pocket)
and re it being fast? Its 1.8ghz in total whilst the xoom is 2ghz so the xooms faster.
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Even the tabs crummy camera is better (why cant it shoot hd?)
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Betting on the right horse is a blast.

Had some idle time, went to a local electronics shop.
Browsed through the mega offering of tablets.
Left utterly convinced that the 7.7 still is heaps ahead of anything offered there.
...hadn't swiped the stupid grin out of my face, after arriving home, when I stumbled upon this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3E7fUynrZU
Perfect now, more to come, it seems...Giddyup!
XK
XDAKhan said:
Had some idle time, went to a local electronics shop.
Browsed through the mega offering of tablets.
Left utterly convinced that the 7.7 still is heaps ahead of anything offered there.
...hadn't swiped the stupid grin out of my face, after arriving home, when I stumbled upon this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3E7fUynrZU
Perfect now, more to come, it seems...Giddyup!
XK
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I like my 7.7 better than my nexus 7. You wouldn't think. 7 inches would make much of a difference but it does.
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LOL I love this!
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everyone love that... but the current price will be crazy...
I don't necessarily love that.
....It's just that Samsung is clearly the front innovator here.
As soon as they step up product manufacturing quality and get their commercial vector to focus, they will be on their way to absolute "portable communications + media devices" market dominance (...they may need to get someone new to achieve that focus...).
Myself, I am thinking about this:
http://slant.investorplace.com/2012/10/forget-apple-stock-heres-how-to-buy-a-slice-of-samsung/
XK
Flexible is one thing but can a crease be made in the display by accidentally folding it?
My wifi 7.7 finally came in yesterday. Thing is leaps and bounds over the Nexus 7 I had. Screen is absolutely superb and the speakers are great. Best part is I dont have to worry about it falling apart in my hand like that dam Nexus. When I got it out of the box it was on HC but immediately flashed up a message for the jump to ICS. Im really surprised how smooth it runs on ICS. Ive tweaked it to my liking and disabled some of the crap. But all in all im extremely pleased with it.
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Considering my N7 was 250 and my 7.7 was only 270 through Verizon with mobile data for $10 a month with no contract plus a way better screen, better build quality, and looks way better totally worth it. Tegra 3 isn't all that. I don't mind the lack of development so much but I really wish samsung would support this like it really should. There are tabs still being released as new with similar hardware specs and have jelly bean and will still get updated. This tab really shouldn't of had HC out of the box when it was released IMO.
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XDAKhan said:
Had some idle time, went to a local electronics shop.
Browsed through the mega offering of tablets.
Left utterly convinced that the 7.7 still is heaps ahead of anything offered there.
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In 11 days I will have owned this for 1 year and I am blown away that there is not yet a tablet I would prefer over this one. The Note 8 would be nice, but without the AMOLED screen, I still prefer the 7.7.
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In 11 days I will have owned this for 1 year and I am blown away that there is not yet a tablet I would prefer over this one. The Note 8 would be nice, but without the AMOLED screen, I still prefer the 7.7.
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It's pretty incredible, isn't it?
I laughed at the advert part of that samsung thing when the guy puts the tab on the table with the flashing lights on it.

Enuf *****in

The phone is decent. Ignore the nitpickers
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AW: Enuf *****in
Definitely, yes.
Out of all "new" devices I have bought, this so far has given me the biggest "wow". I have never experienced such a leap in performance and awesomeness from one device to another device like with this one. And it's not like I jumped 2010 to 2013; most recently I went Galaxy Note to Xperia T to Xperia Z.
It's not perfect, it's got it's faults. But it's whining on a very high level.
Edit: crappy thread title btw, should be named "Xperia Z appreciation thread"
People will always whine about the latest phone. Next will be the HTC flagship then the Samsung galaxy flagship then the 2H Sony flagship and so on.
There will never be a perfect phone, like computers, always issues and society wanting more.
Dont worry its normal
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Get used to it. That's how things are now on XDA.
Wait for S4 - then people will trash HTC One. And after few months, they'll trash S4 and praise another device... Seriously, if we have people calling S4 Pro chips "outdated" now - it's clearly quite absurd...
What a useful thread!
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iujona said:
The phone is decent. Ignore the nitpickers
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"Decent" ist not enough for a flagship-smartphone, braw.
(Only not-loving it for the display's viewing angles, rest is cool)
You gotta unterstand the people want to express their disappointment when they spent lots of dollars.
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"Decent" ist not enough for a flagship-smartphone, braw.
(Only not-loving it for the display's viewing angles, rest is cool)
You gotta unterstand the people want to express their disappointment when they spent lots of dollars.
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Your right, but Funny thing is most people were expressing their disappointment before phone even released so they didn't even spend lots of dollars at the time or could have cancelled their order.
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pintness said:
"Decent" ist not enough for a flagship-smartphone, braw.
(Only not-loving it for the display's viewing angles, rest is cool)
You gotta unterstand the people want to express their disappointment when they spent lots of dollars.
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Perfect argument.
But if we talk about people who actually own S3 devices and are very happy about it - this argument becomes invalid instantly... i mean people who criticize plastic screen protector, but are fine with whole flimsy plastic body - that's just ridiculous.
Lol we now have a threat where people are *****ing about people *****ing. I miss sometimes the old xda. Hope it comes back when people are able to buy the one and the s4
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Seconded. Crap thread.
With new technology introduce almost every 3months.There can never be a "perfect phone". Even telcos are finding it difficult to catch up( new phone launch almost every month). If the performance of a phone is not upto our expectations, why dun we just buy a better phone if we can afford it instead of whinning over it. Else , lets just be appreciative. My humble personal opinion, XZ is a great phone with flaws( design by human and humans are'nt perfect).I cannot afford to purchase a "greater" phone cause my line will not be able to recontract for another 2 years.Thus am contented with XZ. 2cents.
I don't think that this topic deserves its own thread.
Closed.

[Q] iPhone 6&6+ is sucks :) what you think ?

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Ha ha ha love it man I really can't believe these apple fan boys will be so impressed with these "new" features when it's second nature to us lol
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:good::laugh::laugh::laugh::good:
Funny to compare those 2 devices! 1 you can buy for under $200 now unlocked!
I really do not understand how those people camp outside of apple stores for days for that thing.
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They selling their spot or promoting their webpage
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yeah lets just laugh !!!
One Plus One said:" welcome to plus group" refer to i6+
guys finally i didn't get what s meaning of "bigger than bigger" !!!!
i don wanna make joke but really wht does it mean?
Yeah and now they will have enough screen room to read alot more content in landscape mode....I laughed hard when they introduced that...I was like wtf?....I dont hate but damn....not to mention thier live stream was a disappointment the streamers had to show updated pics of the event...one thing I can say positively about the apple is that thier release dates are much sooner... same month as the presentation. ...
I have to say, Apple usually has great designs, but its new Watch is downright ugly. I also prefer the design of the 5S to the iPhone6. Not that I care so much, Imma buy the Note 4.
they completely miss the innovator (the boss)...
:laugh: I like the tagline,,, Welcome to 2012 LOL
ip6 and 6p are a utter joke, I even know some die hard apple fans who say its meh but yet still say they are getting it. Im like are you serious??
they have also conned the apple fans by not inc a 32gb model so now in the uk this is what you get.
iphone 6:
16gb £549
64gb £619
128gb £699
Literally any 2012 android flagship is better
iphone 6+:
16gb £619
64gb £699
128gb £789
literally any phablet is better, never mind the note 2, 3, 4.
My brother uses iPhone and when I ask him about features he said "it just works".. lol
He also said Android crashes alot. Not sure where he heard that my stock rooted n4 had never " crashed".
I think though the iPhone would be ok if the price was inline with premium android phones. I really like the build quality but the price is insane. The day I go out and spend over $1100 for a phone is the day it will have lady parts.
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We all laugh because iPhone 6/6+ finally add things we had in 2012, but in reality I'd say Apple finally caught back up to Android. All the main features of Android are now present in the iPhone 6/6+. I'm shocked that Apple finally gave up Steve Jobs' silly notion that large screens are bad. 4.7" and 5.5" are solid screen size options that cover most people'swishes.
You still have to deal with Apple's closed ecosystem. In terms of phone lockdown, though, since carriers in the US are locking down Android handsets more and more that point becomes less of an issue here in the US.
I'm still primarily considering Note 4 and Nexus X/6/5(2014)/whatever to replace my Note II, but this is finally a new serious contender from Apple.

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