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I haven't seen a thread like this, nor have i even heard mention of this for that matter.
What do you think about the body design of the EVO? I'm talking about the exterior, so the shape, curvature and that sort of thing.
I like the screens design, how the glass is the entire front. No borders. I also like the overall color scheme, especially the cameras.
The only thing i really don't like is the curved back. It looks like the phone is being stretched, like its overly full.
I don't like how the camera lens was designed; whos bright idea was it to have it stick out anyways lol! I HATE how weak the volume and power buttons get from the wear and tear (rooting, flashing). I like just about everything else, best phone I've had hands down.
It takes 2 clicks now to lower or raise my volume lol......*facepalm*
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dirkyd3rk said:
I don't like how the camera lens was designed; whos bright idea was it to have it stick out anyways lol!
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^This... I'd would've rather the phone be thicker than have it protrude like that.
Also a camera button would've been nice. (I'm glad it's successor will have it)
Overall though, I love it's design. Initially I thought it was too large but now, anything less, seems too small.
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I don't like how the camera lens was designed; whos bright idea was it to have it stick out anyways lol!
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Hear Hear! Too bad HTC seems to be stuck on the idea. I either run an extended battery or an IcyCell back just to protect it. This should not be necessary.
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I don't like how the camera lens was designed; whos bright idea was it to have it stick out anyways lol! I HATE how weak the volume and power buttons get from the wear and tear (rooting, flashing). I like just about everything else, best phone I've had hands down.
It takes 2 clicks now to lower or raise my volume lol......*facepalm*
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+1 My volume up button now makes a clicking noise and sunken in quite a bit compared to the volume down. And you don't even want to see my power button lol
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Up button clicks. Been flash crazy sink February.
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Its aight.
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Its aight.
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I agree with your existentialist and egalitarian analysis
In all seriousness.. Is it perfect? No. Is it the most stunning mobile device to date? Yes
I like the overall design except the camera and the ear piece. It scratches my ear while talking on it.
I hate the design of the phone. I wish they would have taken a page out of the Nexus One's book when they made the EVO. I miss my Nexus One (don't miss T-Mobile though, lulz).
I am looking forward to the EVO3D, though I wish Sprint was getting the Sensation instead. I LOVE the way the Sensation looks.
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I hate the design of the phone. I wish they would have taken a page out of the Nexus One's book when they made the EVO. I miss my Nexus One (don't miss T-Mobile though, lulz).
I am looking forward to the EVO3D, though I wish Sprint was getting the Sensation instead. I LOVE the way the Sensation looks.
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What is the sensation supposed to be t-mobiles evo 3D or their thunderbolt like device?
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What is the sensation supposed to be t-mobiles evo 3D or their thunderbolt like device?
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The Sensation is the EVO3D minus the 3D. And it is more aesthetically pleasing (IMHO): http://www.htc.com/www/product/sensation/overview.html
I would choose sensation too.. the bad thing about 3d is that yet again, it's a new thing which means people will wanna see it
Gimme a couple a days to come up with a new sig that is cool.
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I would choose sensation too.. the bad thing about 3d is that yet again, it's a new thing which means people will wanna see it
Gimme a couple a days to come up with a new sig that is cool.
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I'd prefer the Sensation because of the design/appearance. Easily give up the 3D for that. Short of the 3D, it's the same phone.
i love the design, but would have loved to have the curved front glass and gorilla glass...also the camera should have been recessed ...other than that perfect...
I wish it was more like the inspire or tbolt. After handling those, with their sexy aluminum bodies, the EVO seems platsticky and cheap. I also don't like the angle of the sides at all. I wish the sides were a uniform dimension. All of this is easily solved with a case anyways. Almost a must.
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i love the design, but would have loved to have the curved front glass and gorilla glass...also the camera should have been recessed ...other than that perfect...
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We do have gorilla glass. But the curved glass would have been super nice too. It just looks sexy like that. I agree with the camera too.
Is the sensation coming to sprint? I really do like the design of the EVO, and at the time what sprint had to offer it was the only acceptable phone.
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Is the sensation coming to sprint? I really do like the design of the EVO, and at the time what sprint had to offer it was the only acceptable phone.
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Of course it is....June 24th aka evo 3D. I doubt they'll get the sensation sprint is really banking on this 3D gimmick junk to stand out. Why would they get the same exact phone but without 3D?
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Of course it is....June 24th aka evo 3D. I doubt they'll get the sensation sprint is really banking on this 3D gimmick junk to stand out. Why would they get the same exact phone but without 3D?
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I think the sensation has less bulk and more aesthetically pleasing. Im gonna get the 3d, but im not a big fan of the look of it, its kinda ugly.
Don't think this has been posted, but apparently this danish site got a "close-to-final" retail sample and has put up and unboxing + review of it.
It's danish, but everyone can see the unboxing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DfoKoDYD7c
nice. wish it had english subtitles or something, but i guess most of it's self-explanatory.
liked the live comparisons between the SGS2 and One X
Thanks! That guys looks extremely happy lol, totally understandable
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nice. wish it had english subtitles or something, but i guess most of it's self-explanatory.
liked the live comparisons between the SGS2 and One X
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I've tried asking them to put up some english subtitles
Saw this before but great vid!
Saw this before but great vid! I wonder how he got his hands on it.
Looking at that video I'll give the sgs3 a miss.not great imo
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Looking at that video I'll give the sgs3 a miss.not great imo
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Must admit, I had the same feeling after watching that and sticking to my HOX. I'm not gonna cancel my pre-order though, I'm sure I'll love it when it comes.
I'm of the opposite opinion. It's looking better as I see it being handled more and more by reviewers. A big issue with phones this size is usability with one hand. Contrary to the specs it seems the Samsung may actually be narrower than the One X, and the rounded profile will give better reach. I like my One X very much. It's built stunningly well and feels very good in the hand, but even with my good sized guy hands I can just barely reach the ends of the screen as well as the hard buttons at the bottom without repositioning my hand.
The strengths and weaknesses of these two phones complement each other so well that there's nothing between them overall net. (The One XL has none of the problems the One X does since they have different chipsets and screens). Thankfully that glossy battery cover of the SIII can be changed. It's my biggest issue with this phone. If physical usability in the hand of one is much better than the other it will be the trump imo. I think I will return my One X and wait till the SIII releases. Maybe I'll end up getting another One X, but considering how different these two phones are and considering I'm in this for two years (contract) I want to be sure I'm getting the right one.
How funny they've made a magnetic cover for it like what the iPad 2 has.
That blue colour just looks better and better the more I see it. So glad my pre order of the white version cancelled itself lol
I wanted to punch him when he ripped if the back film so aggressively
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I wanted to punch him when he ripped if the back film so aggressively
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Lol..he was very excited!
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where did he got one? i wish to have one in advance....
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I wanted to punch him when he ripped if the back film so aggressively
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Haha yeah, I panicked when I saw that
faremoney said:
where did he got one? i wish to have one in advance....
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Review copy
boodies said:
Thanks! That guys looks extremely happy lol, totally understandable
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Lol so true, he was very excited and even though I didn't understand a word he was saying, that was a cool vid to watch thanks op!
The language reminded me of playing a record backwards. I'm pretty sure a subliminal message was planted in my brain, but what was it?
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The language reminded me of playing a record backwards. I'm pretty sure a subliminal message was planted in my brain, but what was it?
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Must...buy...Samsung...products...
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Thanks OP for the video....I suggest you mention users to mute the video while watching...
Is it me or does that back cover look so much better than any other photo taken from the unpacked event? I mean the back cover and the finish actually looks really nice in the video when he took the phone out of the box
Oddly enough few "hands-on" posts suggests that the phone actually feels nice in hand
This is better than porn! I can't wait to get this phone
I think this video answers most of the discussions here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1VgsO-LC8&feature=g-u-u
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great video! thanks for sharing.
notes i took away from this video:
flash performance is amazing.
S-Voice looks promising, hope to see it surpass SIRI.
camera has HDR?! WOW! if its true HDR =]
Camera is not finished, so those shots you saw in another thread arent from a production model either
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soraxd said:
anyway, great video, flash performance is amazing
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I think I won't need any third party browser anymore.
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If you can't tell by his long rant on the location of the keys, he is a well known samsung hate/iphone fanboy. You can literally tell whether the article was written by him based on the first paragraph.
However, i'm quite surprised that he actually liked the device
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If you can't tell by his long rant on the location of the keys, he is a well known samsung hate/iphone fanboy. You can literally tell whether the article was written by him based on the first paragraph.
However, i'm quite surprised that he actually liked the device
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Yep, he sound super annoying though and I'm not referring to his accent but the tone of his voice, I can't watch 26 min of him so I usually skip to the parts that I'm interested about like browser, screen, battery life. But I think overall he always gives an honest opinion.
the device dosent shows any sign of pebble blue in the whole video and no symptoms of brushed finish too!! nice...
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If you can't tell by his long rant on the location of the keys, he is a well known samsung hate/iphone fanboy. You can literally tell whether the article was written by him based on the first paragraph.
However, i'm quite surprised that he actually liked the device
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He says it in the video too - lol
Fairly annoying but he was honest in the review.
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Can't say I'm disappointed that it is plastic and not metal. He seemed to drone on about the plastic design. Sure plastic shells can scratch easily, but they stand up better over time than metal ones. I've had several devices metal and plastic, and metal always interferes with signal quality and when it bends, it doesn't bend back into place like plastic does. My TF201 looks terrible with all of its dents and scratches but my Evo 3D with its plastic back and only a little bit of metal around the edge is looking decent (except for the metal which is scratched and nicked.)
What is everyone's deal about plastic? A ceramic coating would have been interesting, but we have already seen the coating chipping off on one model of the HTC One series phones.
EDIT: Ok, so I see I wasn't the only person that found the way he complained about the keys and other nitpicking to be a bit biased and annoying.
It's good to be ambidex ^_^
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ANNOYING
If you want to be really annoyed, watch their HOX vs iphone test.
Obviously this guy has to learn how to operate a man sized phone.
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Yeah this guy is rearly a hardcore Iphone fanboy, I dont like his reviews and tests cause he is not objective at all. He was trying rearly hard to find something to criticize on and than mention that every minute, he seems very annoyed that this device is better than the Iphone...
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His problem is that he's a lefty and is used to a 3.5" screen.
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im a lefty. i used SGS2 and had no issues.
barondebxl said:
Yep, he sound super annoying though and I'm not referring to his accent but the tone of his voice, I can't watch 26 min of him so I usually skip to the parts that I'm interested about like browser, screen, battery life. But I think overall he always gives an honest opinion.
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I agree,
He sounds very condescending at times, lots of "obviously" and "of course". And his tone is terrible. Surely they can find someone with more ability than this dude?
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Killa357 said:
Can't say I'm disappointed that it is plastic and not metal. He seemed to drone on about the plastic design. Sure plastic shells can scratch easily, but they stand up better over time than metal ones. I've had several devices metal and plastic, and metal always interferes with signal quality and when it bends, it doesn't bend back into place like plastic does. My TF201 looks terrible with all of its dents and scratches but my Evo 3D with its plastic back and only a little bit of metal around the edge is looking decent (except for the metal which is scratched and nicked.)
What is everyone's deal about plastic? A ceramic coating would have been interesting, but we have already seen the coating chipping off on one model of the HTC One series phones.
EDIT: Ok, so I see I wasn't the only person that found the way he complained about the keys and other nitpicking to be a bit biased and annoying.
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stay away from ceramic coating!!! good thing Samsung didnt go there.
I sent my 3d htc one s back for a refund and preordered the SGS3 for that reason alone!!
By the way, flimsy plastic? So what? You scratch it and buy a new one, the phone looks like new.
try to do that with an alloy-ceramic phone.... No chance!
Well,PhoneArena's reviews are really good,as long as you don't watch the videos.
Although...iPhone smooth?Nowadays the iPhone is Android smooth.With ICS my Desire HD is smoother than the iPhone 4 of a friend and rivals the 4S.My S2 rapes them both.
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stay away from ceramic coating!!! good thing Samsung didnt go there.
I sent my 3d htc one s back for a refund and preordered the SGS3 for that reason alone!!
By the way, flimsy plastic? So what? You scratch it and buy a new one, the phone looks like new.
try to do that with an alloy-ceramic phone.... No chance!
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I'd have loved it to be HTC Sensation-style,where you can replace the whole housing apart from the screen in the form of a battery cover.That way you just don't give a rat's ass about scratches etc.
Very annoying. Love the phone. Plastic back is better for radio signal. Drop a plastic backed phone and you will get back a scratched but still very much working phone not like a glass backed device. Very easy to tell an I-Phone fan boy. Could not watch or listen to entire video due to the annoying Fan Boy.
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Well,PhoneArena's reviews are really good,as long as you don't watch the videos.
Although...iPhone smooth?Nowadays the iPhone is Android smooth.With ICS my Desire HD is smoother than the iPhone 4 of a friend and rivals the 4S.My S2 rapes them both.
I'd have loved it to be HTC Sensation-style,where you can replace the whole housing apart from the screen in the form of a battery cover.That way you just don't give a rat's ass about scratches etc.
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phonearena is generally good as long as it wasn't reviewed by Ray S
soraxd said:
notes i took away from this video:
flash performance is amazing.
S-Voice looks promising, hope to see it surpass SIRI.
camera has HDR?! WOW! if its true HDR =]
Camera is not finished, so those shots you saw in another thread arent from a production model either
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I do not think that because something else will change with the camera
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phonearena is generally good as long as it wasn't reviewed by Ray S
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This was John V or something.
Well,they are a really good site in fact.They may not have all the stuff Anandtech does,nor do they publish everything new instantly like SlashGear,Engagdet etc,but they do it all and do it well(Does that sound somehow...? ).I prefer them for my everyday mobile tech news reading.
EDIT:****,I must have my ears checked.He is Ray.John isn't the fanboy.I confused the voices and thought John was the annoying one.
Wow, you got to see the beating that this Note 10.1 gets in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7aYMgyXMCw
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This guy's videos are usually messed up. I really don't see the point in this out of this world damage videos. You should see his hammer drops.
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That video has no real value..If you damage your tablet its likely going to be from a Drop or sitting on it.. We all know that these screens are very tough against scratches . What causes issues is when the glass gets twisted . Dropping it from like 3 feet would be a much greater impact on the tablets well being then beating it while lts laying on a flat surface... I do think his mommy needs to spank his Ass and send him to bed with NO SUPPER For such abuse ...
Just my two cents.. Do not take this video as source to show how durable the tablet is ..
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This guy's videos are usually messed up. I really don't see the point in this out of this world damage videos. You should see his hammer drops.
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Ditto! This guy is whackAdoodle. Pay no attention to this...
It makes me feel less bad about writing harder on my note with my stylus though. I wish he tried carving it more..
(I do really fear accidentally sitting on my Note one day.)
people don't like his video but at least we know how durable the note 10.1 is, i've yet to see a drop test i've been waiting months for one.
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This guy's videos are usually messed up. I really don't see the point in this out of this world damage videos. You should see his hammer drops.
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He must have heard you and made a hammer drop video with the Galaxy Note 10.1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIwJbM7DuZg
I'm impressed at how durable the screen really is.
If you own a big phone, then you can relate to this funny, short video I made
Link to the video: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?...834654164&type=3&video_source=pages_video_set
I understand that some people get made fun of for getting big phones but most of the time there is a very good reason. Like me I have huge hands and if I had something with a 5 inch or smaller screen it just wouldn't fit right. IPhone for example feels like its microscopic when I hold one.
The title should be - Video About Big Phones.....Cause it sure ain't funny.
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The title should be - Video About Big Phones.....Cause it sure ain't funny.
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That's gonna leave a mark, but your right, it didn't register on my humor scale either.
Even my colonoscopy was funnier
These comments are way funnier than the video
Now this is a big ass 7 inch phone http://wmpoweruser.com/new-7-inch-windows-phone-shows-up-at-the-hong-kong-electronics-fair/. To be carried with a suit case instead of a case
This thread is about as funny as a screen door in a submarine!
Yeah, no one involved in that video has a future in comedy.
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Yeah, no one involved in that video has a future in comedy.
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Or a past
That was terrible.
Awful.. You seem like a lonely guy. POF is probably what you need in your life. These videos aren't gonna work out for you and anyone who says your good at comedy is just being nice or is the type of person who laughs at dogs humping
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Consider yourselves trolled.
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