Have owned this handset for over a month. And well I love it more than ever. All to many people are over critical of speakers,the screen viewing angles(you should be locked up for viewing your phone side on by the way).. But anyway Sony have done a brilliant job designing and manufacturing such a beautiful handset that is WATER RESISTANT. Look at the majority of WATER RESISTANT handsets that have came before. They contain more rubber than a condom factory. On the speaker side of things most people want to much. I can hear my phone ring is thats it's primary function. Some speakers are bigger and louder but I'm sure that is down to the WATER RESISTANT ability of the phone. If I want to listen to music then I either use headphones or Jack it into my amp. I may just be easily pleased. But even comparing with my wife's S4 I still prefer this handset. By no means is it perfect. But the imperfections I can live with. The perfect handset has never or will never be created. Everything can be improved.Just my honest opinion.
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Have owned this handset for over a month. And well I love it more than ever. All to many people are over critical of speakers,the screen viewing angles(you should be locked up for viewing your phone side on by the way).. But anyway Sony have done a brilliant job designing and manufacturing such a beautiful handset that is WATER RESISTANT. Look at the majority of WATER RESISTANT handsets that have came before. They contain more rubber than a condom factory. On the speaker side of things most people want to much. I can hear my phone ring is thats it's primary function. Some speakers are bigger and louder but I'm sure that is down to the WATER RESISTANT ability of the phone. If I want to listen to music then I either use headphones or Jack it into my amp. I may just be easily pleased. But even comparing with my wife's S4 I still prefer this handset. By no means is it perfect. But the imperfections I can live with. The perfect handset has never or will never be created. Everything can be improved.Just my honest opinion.
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The gimmick of water proofing can only go so far. If your coming from a premium device such as a Note II then you will be soley dissapointed with the camera lag, ui lag, sony's budget screen tech, annoying FLAPS, non removable anaemic battery etc.
Why does sony insist on giving its flagship phones such piss poor tft panels?
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Hardly a gimmick. Considering it was the deciding factor why I got it. I'm mounting bike nut. So I spend a lot of time on hills. So having a phone that works when it's wet is a plus and potentially a life saver. Where exactly is the gimmick in that? The camera lag is sorted by using nova launcher and running the camera as a shortcut in the activities tab. Opens almost instantly. The screen issue are you talking about viewing angles. Again why look at the thing side on. White balance again has a fix. What Sony don't do straight out of the box. The great devs on this great forum always find a way.
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The gimmick of water proofing can only go so far. If your coming from a premium device such as a Note II then you will be soley dissapointed with the camera lag, ui lag, sony's budget screen tech, annoying FLAPS, non removable anaemic battery etc.
Why does sony insist on giving its flagship phones such piss poor tft panels?
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If you are happy with your note2 why you keep checking Xperia Z forum
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akuma2012 said:
The gimmick of water proofing can only go so far. If your coming from a premium device such as a Note II then you will be soley dissapointed with the camera lag, ui lag, sony's budget screen tech, annoying FLAPS, non removable anaemic battery etc.
Why does sony insist on giving its flagship phones such piss poor tft panels?
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A gimmick is useless content that just acts cool. IP57 is a life saver. The s4 has gimmicks like the eyescroll function.
It's cool at first but after a while you'll start thumbscrolling like everyone else.
I've gotta agree though - The Z has it's flaws There's no lag like you say... But a few small glitches and over processing camera (It's still better than the HTC one anyway.)
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The gimmick of water proofing can only go so far. If your coming from a premium device such as a Note II then you will be soley dissapointed with the camera lag, ui lag, sony's budget screen tech, annoying FLAPS, non removable anaemic battery etc.
Why does sony insist on giving its flagship phones such piss poor tft panels?
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What ever mate
It has been a pleasure to ditch the SGS3, HTC One X and Nexus 4 to use the Xperia Z. Still have the GS3 and One X sitting in my drawer. Sold the N4 a week after I got it in December for a profit! After reading all the negative reviews, thought I might regret my purchase. Not a chance. SIM hasn't left the Z.
The ONLY time I've needed to remove a battery is ironically on Samsung devices when they freeze up every other day lol.
Not one reboot, freeze or ISSUE with this Sony device.
Next.
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If you are happy with your note2 why you keep checking Xperia Z forum
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The mere existence of threads like these occur when a significant amout of users are dissatisfied with a product. You wont find such dissatisfaction on the note II forum. I am trying to guide you to the right direction.
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Hardly a gimmick. Considering it was the deciding factor why I got it. I'm mounting bike nut. So I spend a lot of time on hills. So having a phone that works when it's wet is a plus and potentially a life saver. Where exactly is the gimmick in that? The camera lag is sorted by using nova launcher and running the camera as a shortcut in the activities tab. Opens almost instantly. The screen issue are you talking about viewing angles. Again why look at the thing side on. White balance again has a fix. What Sony don't do straight out of the box. The great devs on this great forum always find a way.
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Ultimately you can get a case for a phone which will protect it against the elements. If sony wanted to make the feature useful it should have made the phone chargable by using a mat so that the flaps did not have to keep being opened.
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OsiBasi said:
A gimmick is useless content that just acts cool. IP57 is a life saver. The s4 has gimmicks like the eyescroll function.
It's cool at first but after a while you'll start thumbscrolling like everyone else.
I've gotta agree though - The Z has it's flaws There's no lag like you say... But a few small glitches and over processing camera (It's still better than the HTC one anyway.)
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While I agree that the gs4 has alot of gimmicks samsung should be praised for at least innovating and try new things. Give me an improving eye scroll abillity anyday over ugly plastic flaps.
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The mere existence of threads like these occur when a significant amout of users are dissatisfied with a product. You wont find such dissatisfaction on the note II forum. I am trying to guide you to the right direction.
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Ultimately you can get a case for a phone which will protect it against the elements. If sony wanted to make the feature useful it should have made the phone chargable by using a mat so that the flaps did not have to keep being opened.
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While I agree that the gs4 has alot of gimmicks samsung should be praised for at least innovating and try new things. Give me an improving eye scroll abillity anyday over ugly plastic flaps.
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It's not about people are not satisfied with XZ but it's about too many trolls and jealous peoples
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I bought my xz mainly was because of its elegant modern design.
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To be honest, saying that Note II is cool and XZ isn't because of ABC goes to nowhere. You never know the background and intentions of people who bought this phone, so do we really need such threads? I'm leaving this open, but I would really appreciate some solid discussion taking place.
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I have heard that some is paid to do so and bashing
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The gimmick of water proofing can only go so far. If your coming from a premium device such as a Note II then you will be soley dissapointed with the camera lag, ui lag, sony's budget screen tech, annoying FLAPS, non removable anaemic battery etc.
You wont find such dissatisfaction on the note II forum
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Note 2 ? A Premium device ? Seriously ? With it's burn-in susceptible grainy screen, cheap plastic build that actually bends under your finger and squeeks when you squeeze it ? With defective eMMC chip resulting in few hundreds random brick even here on XDA, sudden death, exynos abuse and abysmal software with no sources, bugs impossible to solve by devs and stock UI that fits a kindergarten toy, but certainly not a high-end smartphone ?
Sorry for this rant, but I've owned Note 1 and 2 and was hugely disappointed to see that Note 1's problems not only didn't get solved, but actually more of them appeared and Samsung did NOTHING to solve them, and that was a real pain for me as Galaxy Note was probably my biggest love in smartphones world since the original iPhone.
Anyway, on the topic, water resistance is not a gimmick. The fact that you don't really need it - doesn't mean it's a gimmick. It's a very useful feature helping to save your phone from death as well as giving you a peace of mind while using your phone in the rain etc. I won't comment the rest, because yes, camera has lag, the ui lags sometimes - but if you're saying that this is a disappointment after Note 2, then there's no point in discussion...
Second part - I've spent a LOT of time in Note 2 forums and the level of dissatisfaction was enormous... especially with sudden death issues, exynos bug, devs moving away from Samsung devices, note 2 never getting stable release of CM ( like Note 1 ), some bugs that will never get fixed etc.
Back to discussion with actual XZ owners - did you have any problems with WiFi performance ? Mine performs terrible but I have an engineer appointment to get a Superpowered Fibre set up - they'll give me a new router and I hope it might solve it as many people said this ( new router ) solved their problems. Any experiences in this area ?
I didn't expect rants.
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I can't take it anymore for the following reasons:
-the screen is perfect and the Best I've had on a phone. No color issues, no banding, perfect
-3 months in and no scratches, pitiful glass
-several updates already and with the latest no lag whatsoever at any point
-the battery life is great and best of any smartphone I've owned
-calibration is fine
-camera is awesome and takes better pics than my 14mp point and shoot camera
-I run full brightness most of the day with no heat probs
As I think of more issues and probs I will update for everyone questioning their purchase
From the giant: Galaxy Note
Me too! I already get upset just looking at it!
I also hate the fact that it fits in my jeans pockets.
Why would anyone make a phone small enough to fit in a pocket!?
Sheesh, ridiculous.
And typing on a screen like this is waaaay to easy.
Samsung should really consider a smaller version! So I need a baby to do my texting.
4.3" perhaps?
Where can I find their idea box?
LOL thread. Please proceed!
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Haha great thread guys!
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Lol I should have a note this time next week so great thread
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So many complaints. Can't understand what tricks Samsung pulled to sell over a million of this substandard device.
POS! I Rarely have to reboot, and I'm running the stock ROM, UNROOTED! Samsung should have made it a little crappier so I would WANT to root. BAH! So aggravated!
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I'm actually getting a bit annoyed that I keep playing with it so much.
This phone is cellular CRACK. CRACK I TELL YOU.
It's too fast, I can almost feel the speed wind and it's messing up my hair!
And the battery lasts for too long, I no longer have an excuse to stay inside because my phone has to charge.
These and all of the other things that are perfect about the Note really makes it the worst phone ever! :-D
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Im too hate this Note! 5.3" is way too big for my extra small size S hand! Oh i wish i could upgrade my hand size to XXL size, any good idea to increase my hand size? How about serum injection? I heard the mad scientist do test it on a chicken & the chicken did become big..lol
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What's with the high resolution? An entire webpage can fit on the screen now. Why doesn't Samsung give us the opportunity to use the pinch-to-zoom feature more? That's what it's there for.
Its the WORSE phone i've ever had and it really DONT fits me.
I DONT love everypart of it. From the big screen to the pen.
since this forum is filled with NO complaints or NO whining posts. Galaxy note is realy just NOT the perfect phone for me so far. :-D
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P/S: i just could not stop laughing while sending this post ;P
No banding? I doubt it
I hate the note because i spent time playing with this beast longer than the time i spent for my gf. I didn't betray my gf, did i? =D
By a beast called GT-N7000.
I HATE THIS GODDAMN PHONE
because everything else I see as too tiny and so micro to use.
I need my 11.6" tablet now. 10" too small.
Hahaha .....cant stop Laughing
Awesome post >>...should be pinned to any " Note complaint forum "
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No banding? I doubt it
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Don't mess up my thread, it was perfect
From the giant: Galaxy Note
I really get angry with my Note, 'cause it's perfect, so it makes me selfish, over-proud. I trend to look down to ALL other Smartphones out there.
That's terribly not good.
msfguard said:
Lol I should have a note this time next week so great thread
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Congrats, you'll love this sorry pos with all the probs I've posted. I curse the day I bought this big, beautiful piece of a phone. It will cause major issues like sore thumbs, loss of time, addiction and the need to spoon with the phone at night cause you love it so much. Be careful!
From the giant: Galaxy Note
If only it had boobs
From the giant: Galaxy Note
From the giant: Galaxy Note
I love mine but im not hard to please when it comes to new phones lol. List some good apps for me to download for my s3
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Phone is great for me, only problem is sprints horrible service
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I am loving it so far. It was a switch coming from the large screen of the Note. But it is so much faster and smoother.
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I'm diggin it.. I think my expectations were too high though. I guess that's what happens when the phone is talked about 6 months in advance. I came from the T- Mobile Galaxy S2 which received the official ICS updated only a couple weeks before the Galaxy S3 was released. Plus the development with ROM's was starting to take off.
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Best phone I ve ever used! I'm enjoying it so much I'm not in a hurry to flash any roms yet only addition I've made to stock is the keyboard. The Samsung keyboard was driving me crazy. ICS keyboard is the best in my opinion even if it don't have a swipe feature. I was worried that it was gonna feel cheap and slippery in my hands but Sammy did a good job cause its the best thing I've ever held in my hands, well one of the best definitely glad I got the white hot color, so.. sexy! And also it represents my Home Team Champs!
White Hot! GS3
What does this have to do with themes and apps? Wrong section....
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Great phone... Build quality isn't so bad. I like it. Only thing I can't stand about the phone is touchwiz lol.
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This phone is garbage.I'm so mad I passed up a cliq for this crap.
Serious_Beans said:
Great phone... Build quality isn't so bad. I like it. Only thing I can't stand about the phone is touchwiz lol.
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The phone is great! Not a huge step up from the s2 but the 2gb of ram is def working for me. I underclocked just a bit and my battery is great! Also flashed capturbo rom and ics domination and I am in love!
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It's okay. I also have the SGSII and the Galaxy Nexus. The SGSIII is by no means a big improvement over either.
The software experience and design of the Galaxy Nexus makes it the most enjoyable to use of them all.
I think Samsung only defaced the ICS UI with their butt ugly TouchWiz UI (which I've been able to cover up for the most part with Apex launcher).
Most of the touted new features (besides the camera) of the SGSIII are pretty much gimmicks and don't even really work. S Voice is horrendous and should be deleted. The most useful one is probably smart call but it's only a hit or miss.
Overall the SGSIII is a stellar phone but I was expecting much more. I'm really left wanting more.
My 3 most frustrating issues with it are the horrendous battery life on T-mobile USA (also the battery takes an eternity to charge), and the freaking middle hardware button instead of the software button that's supposed to come with ICS. This detracts significantly from my experience with this phone and lastly, the freaking auto brightness is useless (and you can't use the phone in direct sunlight)
I would definitely return this phone if not for the 32GB storage with micro SD support and the zero shutter lag camera. Samsung you really performed way below expectation . I was expecting much more from the king.
I love it! I came from the Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S) though, so it was like a night and day difference between the two.
Same as another poster, I quickly installed the vanilla ICS keyboard, as I've never liked the Sammy keyboards. I'm not a swipe user, so I didn't lose out by moving to it.
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This phone is garbage.I'm so mad I passed up a cliq for this crap.
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what, are you smoking dehydrated engine oil?
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cmay119 said:
I love it! I came from the Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S) though, so it was like a night and day difference between the two.
Same as another poster, I quickly installed the vanilla ICS keyboard, as I've never liked the Sammy keyboards. I'm not a swipe user, so I didn't lose out by moving to it.
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You may want to try swiftkey keyboard. It's definitely the best. There's a trial version to help you get a feel for it and decide if it's for you.
This is my first Samsung phone, I came from a Dell Streak. I am 100% impressed with this phone. Couldn't be happier with it! I am of course looking forward to the inevitable Jelly Bean development...
I came from the s2 and this phone is better in all aspects. At stock the s2 was garbage. The UI was the same as gingerbread and that's awful. The s3 is way snappier thanks to the ram. The screen is a massive improvement, size and resolution. I like some of the "new" features. Its better than the "new" features of ios6 which is a freaking complete joke. Pop out video, swipe for a screenshot, and prevent screen timeout with your eyes are all actually useful features. I don't regret buying it outright.
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stondec said:
It's okay. I also have the SGSII and the Galaxy Nexus. The SGSIII is by no means a big improvement over either.
The software experience and design of the Galaxy Nexus makes it the most enjoyable to use of them all.
I think Samsung only defaced the ICS UI with their butt ugly TouchWiz UI (which I've been able to cover up for the most part with Apex launcher).
Most of the touted new features (besides the camera) of the SGSIII are pretty much gimmicks and don't even really work. S Voice is horrendous and should be deleted. The most useful one is probably smart call but it's only a hit or miss.
Overall the SGSIII is a stellar phone but I was expecting much more. I'm really left wanting more.
My 3 most frustrating issues with it are the horrendous battery life on T-mobile USA (also the battery takes an eternity to charge), and the freaking middle hardware button instead of the software button that's supposed to come with ICS. This detracts significantly from my experience with this phone and lastly, the freaking auto brightness is useless (and you can't use the phone in direct sunlight)
I would definitely return this phone if not for the 32GB storage with micro SD support and the zero shutter lag camera. Samsung you really performed way below expectation . I was expecting much more from the king.
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I have the T-Mobile variant and using the phone heavily all day I get 10 hours and the battery charges really fast...I love this phone...
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Coming from an original EVO with Sense.. the performance of this phone is amazing... love the hardware..
Touchwiz... ug... While I always use a custom launcher anyway, it's the 'little' things that Sense did which I love, specifically the contact list...
In fact I really hate this contact list so bad, it might cause me to swap this for the Evo LTE.. I just cannot stand seeing Facebook, twitter, linkedin ,outlook and gmail contacts as seperate entities... no reason I should see 5 entries for some of my friends.. Sense had it right with their linking option.
ALso loved the aggregation of Facebook, messenger etc.. that sense did. (Though the app "Contapps" has something very similar, it's almost perfect in fact, just hate the contact navigation itself there...)
(And no Touchwiz's linking is horrible as you have to manually link everything!! That's going to take me HOURS to do.. sheesh).
Overall the phone is great.. just irks me that the "PHONE" portion is the most neglected piece of the entire software.. seems somewhat Ironic.
Loving mine. I got a white one. My dad got the blue and my mom has my Hercules. Its fun watching them play with smart phones
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sometimes it hurts my eyes looking at the screen on the s2!
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I had HTC DESIRE HD before n tht i bought this phone n i am super disappointed after buying this phone. I wonder why did u go for this phone. I could hv gone for HTC ONE X+. May b i was drunk that time.
This phone has more ram thn my previous phone. More Cpu Power with 4 cores but still this phone freezes and dsnt perform multi tasking very well.
One thing I hv learned is that samsung phones are nothing but s***. Even the development is limited as sumsung doesnt release the source code. My advice HTC has been and always will be the best touch phone manufacturer.
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What rom and kernel was you using?
Did you remove bloatware?
If you were using stock, what version was you on and was it carrier branded (with even more bloatware)?
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SAMSUNG S series always seem to hold there value quite well like iphone and screen s always good. Like removable battery plus sd card. Never had one x but older HTC phones would always get dust under the screens. Has put me off them for life as I work in dusty environment.
Also battery life on HTC phones really poor
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Then go with the One X.
I chose the SGS3 for these reasons:
Way better Quality Control, thinner and lighter, removable battery and SD card, better internals, performance, official updates (doesn't really matter now that I'm on CM10.1), AMOLED screen, no battery life and build quality issues, TW is lighter and closer to stock.
One X is a nice phone, but its just not for me, the only benefit I could see was the camera and thicker plastic.
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i have a good friend with HOX. At this moment his phone is one step below mine (quite a big step)
Maybe you've got a lemon or something is wrong with your rom/kernel? I know many S3 have suffered from lag/stutter and such other related things...
I had a HOX before my s3. Both are great devices. HOX multitasking was not good at all, perhaps better in the +version. Only thing i miss a little is that screen, but i enjoy amoled too. S3 handles most games better, except tegra ones of course.
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What rom and kernel was you using?
Did you remove bloatware?
If you were using stock, what version was you on and was it carrier branded (with even more bloatware)?
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yes i hv removed al the bloatware. I m on miui right now my. Which i felt was more fast n better thn the stock ones.
dazza7111 said:
SAMSUNG S series always seem to hold there value quite well like iphone and screen s always good. Like removable battery plus sd card. Never had one x but older HTC phones would always get dust under the screens. Has put me off them for life as I work in dusty environment.
Also battery life on HTC phones really poor
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I had Desire HD for 2yrs never had a problem with screen only volume was an issue. Yes removable battery was also a reason i opted for s3 but apart from that it doesnt even come close to one X+.
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Then go with the One X.
I chose the SGS3 for these reasons:
Way better Quality Control, thinner and lighter, removable battery and SD card, better internals, performance, official updates (doesn't really matter now that I'm on CM10.1), AMOLED screen, no battery life and build quality issues, TW is lighter and closer to stock.
One X is a nice phone, but its just not for me, the only benefit I could see was the camera and thicker plastic.
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Well i dnt think that samsung s3 has better internals thn one X+, even the battery is same as s3
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I had a HOX before my s3. Both are great devices. HOX multitasking was not good at all, perhaps better in the +version. Only thing i miss a little is that screen, but i enjoy amoled too. S3 handles most games better, except tegra ones of course.
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I had the HOX before the S3 and switched because of the battery life mainly. I much prefer the design of the HOX and, contrary to any review you'll probably read on the web, I found the camera on the HOX quite a bit better.
I'd probably swap my S3 for a HOX+ given the chance, but I'm happy with the S3. It does so many things very well.
adilrenzu said:
One thing I hv learned is that samsung phones are nothing but s***. Even the development is limited as sumsung doesnt release the source code. My advice HTC has been and always will be the best touch phone manufacturer.
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Your signature would suggest a degree of prejudice and would cause me to question why you would buy a Samsung phone in the first place. It would certainly suggest that yours is not the most objective of 'reviews'.
In the interests of balance, HTC have produced some decent devices, but as nice as my last HTC (HD2) was, the need to send the phone back three times in just over a year to repair screen issues and the Customer Service debacle that finally drove me away from HTC, swearing never to return, was quite enough to leave me convinced that Samsung, for all their foibles, are an infinitely better option.
The sharp drop in HTC's share price doesn't lie either...
I don't. The phone is great.
Thanks OP for your insight. Unfortunately it seems to me that you are biased. If you like a brand and its products you should stick to them.
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I regret reading this thread.
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I regret reading this thread.
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:laugh:
Easy peasy dont like it sell it return it bin it .
But don't bother telling XDA SGS3 forum .
jje
Phone: Samsung S3
Rom: MIUI
No Body Can Beat HTC..
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I LOL'd at your signature.
I had the same feeling during the first 2 months of using my s3.. UI redraw every time after i exit internet browser, experienced lag here and thr but after i decided to install custom rom and kernel and remove useless bloatware, it suddenly became the best smartphone i ever owned!
This is great phone, 4 core, 1gb ram and external sd card, only thing I don't like is home button and 2 soft key, probably because I came from Galaxy Nexus which uses on screen virtual button, but everything is good
Well, maybe not, except SDS concerns me...
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adilrenzu said:
I had HTC DESIRE HD before n tht i bought this phone n i am super disappointed after buying this phone. I wonder why did u go for this phone. I could hv gone for HTC ONE X+. May b i was drunk that time.
This phone has more ram thn my previous phone. More Cpu Power with 4 cores but still this phone freezes and dsnt perform multi tasking very well.
One thing I hv learned is that samsung phones are nothing but s***. Even the development is limited as sumsung doesnt release the source code. My advice HTC has been and always will be the best touch phone manufacturer.
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A. Sell it.
B. Give it to me.
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in your signature. your using miui there is your problem or u using stock my friend got htc i would never get one in my life nice to hold but thats it try one of the custom rom's running great faster than any htc software
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htcsnap93 said:
A. Sell it.
B. Give it to me.
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i like B
barisahmet said:
I LOL'd at your signature.
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I can bet samsung is and will be ur last phone. No offences. Thts y u lol. Its same with people who use iphone for thm iphone is better hands down.
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This is great phone, 4 core, 1gb ram and external sd card, only thing I don't like is home button and 2 soft key, probably because I came from Galaxy Nexus which uses on screen virtual button, but everything is good
Well, maybe not, except SDS concerns me...
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Yeah the specs are goids thts y i m disappointed coz its not behaving as it has the exact specs
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I have had my Sony Xperia z for over a week now. I have been so impressed with the phone, it's speed, interface etc. The sound could be better but overall it's hard to complain. Defiantly the best phone I've owned.
Vodafone have kindly aloud me to trade my Xperia for the new HTC ONE at no cost or anything, straight swap. I know of HTC's recent poor history. My friends and family have had old HTC's (2/3 year old models) and they have been extremely poor in terms of reliability.
Just looking some opinions on the phones. I have read and watched many reviews on both phones and the HTC almost always comes out on top on each categorie (design, speed etc)
Considering it's a straight swap is it worth it and why. I'm a heavy phone user and I understand that phones with specs as close as these two are to each other that the differences is down to opinion. But would like some more expect (better knowledge or HTC ONE user help)
Thanks in advance
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I don't know.
You used the XZ
Why don't post this in HTC phone section.
All what I know about HTC that I had evo 3d before and it was really bad.
But my brother now have HTC one x, and it is fantastic.
You should ask around HTC sections
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The phones are near enough identical really, both premium high quality designs, really comes down to whether you want water proofing or ultrapixel. Lots of my friends have had HTCs and really hated the reliability and software support whereas Sony is markedly mote developer friendly.
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That's for your input. I have this same topic on the HTC forum but placed it here to make my decision unbiased to only HTC users and I wouldn't have had your Brothers experience if I hadn't of thanks again
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Thanks for your input*
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Its simple...Aluminium vs glass, Ultrapixels vs megapixels, 4.7 vs 5. These are the main differentiating factors that really matter..real world performances have reached a saturaioon point now and even S3 feels smooth. Your Choice!
I think I will choice htc one in many aspect.Good viewing angle screen,good speaker ,greater performance and other else（sorry for my bad English）.
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Ultrapixels vs megapixels
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It really isn't, the Ultrapixel camera still has a megapixel count.
1 Megapixel is 1 Million pixels.
1 Ultrapixel is 1 Pixel.
an Ultrapixel is just a much larger pixel, the HTC One is about 4Megapixels, those 4Million pixels have a much larger size than the 13.1 million pixels the XZ has.
The total pixel surface area for HTC Ones camera is approx. 16mm^2 where the Exmor RS at 13.1Megapixel is approx 16.4mm^2
Specs and Reviews are better in case of HTC one. Its hard to say about the reliability though as its been released in very few markets.
The viewing angles issue is forever popping up. But seriously anyone that views there phone side on is in need of help.
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In my mind there is no doubt. I simply love the XZ.
It has totally blown me away with it's speed and the screen, in my opinion, is awesome.
And im amazed about how long the battery actually lasts.
The HTC One is a nice phone, no doubt, its quite a beautiful phone, but so is the XZ. Design wise its a question of do you prefer glass or aluminium.
HTC is really proud about their speakers, but in reality, i would never use them, i always use a headset.
And their camera, i've seen pictures from it, and im not at all impressed.
So im sticking with my XZ.
Even S2 is still good for normal use. In the end it boils down to user experience. But for me, either phones are good. I am actually deciding on XZ and One as well. I saw the XZ in person already and I will see the One in person first before deciding. Some user reviews are exaggerated and biased so it's better to see it in person. S4 is almost the same as S3 so I want to try a different brand after my S2
I did a swot analysis and eventually bought the Xperia Z. You may refer to theOP here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38627785
And then reach your own analysis and conclusion. I had choices between the SXZ, HTC 1 and the HTC Butterfly. Hope this can help you (remain on the SXZ).
Dead cookies leave no trails...
Have to say the Xperia has changed my mind about Sony. I would probably pick the Sony over the HTC Instagram phone to be fair.
Low light performance of my Z seems to match what i;ve been seeing from HTC samples and the small shots in the daytime wouldnt cut it for me.
I am constantly zooming in on photos to check out people's facial expressions in photo's as there's always something hilarious in shots of night's out.
Aside from that, the water proof aspect of the Z is what's truly sold me. Couldn't have another phone i'm constantly worrying about dropping in puddles or wrecking in the shower.
The ear piece volume on mine is really clear now, for some reason it got better over time and is really loud and clear now. The speaker is loud enough as well. Although i've bought a portable speaker and use that for music and speaker phone it's awesome.
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The viewing angles issue is forever popping up. But seriously anyone that views there phone side on is in need of help.
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spot on ,why is everyone moaning about the screen from the sides ,do they watch they're TV from the sides ,i think not!
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spot on ,why is everyone moaning about the screen from the sides ,do they watch they're TV from the sides ,i think not!
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This.
Even if you just want to show your friends something on your phone, they will be looking at the phone from above like 95% of the time.
Much prefer Xperias. Have had the few generations. And when Sony no longer support us with firmware upgrades. Well we are never short of custom Roms on xda. And some of the best devs are behind are XZ already.
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With who, hardly anyone has one, if anybody
His network is going to take it back and replace it with the one
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Keep it
You've already experienced the phone's performance and it seems u r satisfied with it. Htc 1 is a real master piece but the Z is unique! I'd say keep it and enjoy!
I'm rocking the new sexy sony. I was talking about it with my colleagues at college. Almost everyone I've encountered asked me if my phone was a new Windows phone. I will be talking about the look and feel of my opinion. Please don't flame or bash regarding this. It's just my own experience and what I've notice about the Sony.
The square really makes it look like a Windows device. Anyways, I've finally took a shower with the phone and notice that the speaker sounds were really low. Anyways, after it dried up, the phone was working well.
There are few issues with the device. The battery life. It's horrible and mediashare has a horrendous battery leak. I'm gonna see if it gets any better and go from there. Also the back gets way too hot and makes my hand sweaty. It's kinda uncomfortable to hold at times. I'd wish sony would hurry up and release the fix for the t-mobile. Oh and because of t-mobile's exclusivity, our development are very slow and not enough people tinkering with it. I'm spending more time charging than actually using the phone.
I will be returning the phone if this continues. It is completely unacceptable. We should be able to get over 7 hours without having to root the device. Even than, the device's stock android feel shouldn't be laggy or discharge while ac is plugged in. (while charging and video playing)
Also the build quality is on par with HTC One and iPhone 5. Also, waterproof and shatter proof is pretty sick feature. And everyone thinks that it's impossible, because of the glass all around.
I have to admit that holding phone takes time getting use to. At first, I would hold the phone upside down or backwards. Because it little difficult to distinguish at night. Although, the square is very retro and unique to any other phone out right now.
I'd wish our phone is snappy and utilize better butter in android. But sony is new in the game and hope they learn to improve soon.
Anyways, what did your friends or family say about their first impression of the Sony xperia z?
Ps: apparently, our glass proof screen protector doesn't have any oleophobic coating, removing would void warranty, and the Sony logo is embedded with the protector. Not sure if this is all true or not. But really sony? It's all glass, literally all around... But they couldn't include old tech like oleophobic coating!?! This would be my biggest complain about the device. Very very stupid mistake on Sony's part.
T-mobile doesn't include anything but the charger and the usb. No headset, no extra screen protector like the unlocked/international version. Unboxing experience was.... Just opening a box without any 'wow' factor.
I guess I have mixed feeling about the phone. Again, there are few issues they need to solve. But I think I'll be going with other brand.
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Can you imagine what their 2nd attempt at a flagship phone will be like? Great battery life, oleophobic coating, even better water resistance, fully waterproof, flapless headphone jack (at least, maybe some other ports too!) that gets less hot (probably most likely to be achieved by using a more power efficient processor that'll come soon - does the S4 Pro have a BIG.little equivalent like Tegra 4s? That should increase battery life too). Maybe a tweak too so that the phone works whichever you hold it, if it's say, upside down. Better speakers and an improved camera too. New screen technology, maybe OLED. But as long as it has expandable storage I'm happy.
I might include that the camera is superb! In my comparison with galaxy s4, note 2, iPhone 5... Maybe s4 has too much digital effects.
Sony has excellent superior auto mode. And it does very well in determining which iso settings, white balance, and macro.
If you're looking for very sleek and unique device that is durable enough to drop, waterproof, and excellent camera/video. This is the one for you.
In the states, t-mobile has exclusivity in this phone. This is good or bad. Like I mentioned before... We are behind on developers.
Good thing is that, most likely, you'll have truly unique and very durable phone.
In my opinion, this phone isn't the one for me... The Sony stuff is in very early stage, and they need to focus more in tightening the software. As of power user, the device is not friendly.
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I'm on stock and I get way more then 7 hrs
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Right now I'm at 14 and a half hours and close to 3 hrs screen time with 18% battery left
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I'm on stock and I get way more then 7 hrs
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Right now I'm at 14 and a half hours and close to 3 hrs screen time with 18% battery left
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How often do you turn on and use the device?
Also, how long have you had the device for?
I'm just thinking because my device is new and not optimized yet. (had the same issue with my iPhone 5 and went away after a week of usage)
I'm really debating if I should get the htc one. I just can't stand the battery percent dropping every min or so.
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I've owned it for a little over two weeks now
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A waterproof phone should have wireless charging so you don't have to keep opening the flaps to wear out the waterproofness. That is my only fault of this phone
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iDroid8 said:
Can you imagine what their 2nd attempt at a flagship phone will be like? Great battery life, oleophobic coating, even better water resistance, fully waterproof, flapless headphone jack (at least, maybe some other ports too!) that gets less hot (probably most likely to be achieved by using a more power efficient processor that'll come soon - does the S4 Pro have a BIG.little equivalent like Tegra 4s? That should increase battery life too). Maybe a tweak too so that the phone works whichever you hold it, if it's say, upside down. Better speakers and an improved camera too. New screen technology, maybe OLED. But as long as it has expandable storage I'm happy.
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Xperia Z Ultra. Big battery, fully waterproof (according to Sony), flapless headset jack and it's sporting the fastest CPU available (Snapdragon 800).
Is it a phone (size wise) though? I'm really not sure, but I want one.
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As far as development you can use all the same stuff, I've been using all6603 stuff and retain everything but wifi calling, I'm rooted, dual custom recovery and newest 244.4.2.2 firmware and it's made my battery way better and phone smoother as far as the ports I use the dock and blue tooth headphobes
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masterofmayhem said:
A waterproof phone should have wireless charging so you don't have to keep opening the flaps to wear out the waterproofness. That is my only fault of this phone
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Thats what the dock is for
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Honestly, the glass all around is more for looks... It is pure finger print magnet along with no olephobic. Ahhhh I wanna like this phone so much. But I'll be returning it tomorrow for HTC one.
Personally, i do need better batt life than 7 plus hours. This is with light usage too.
Perhaps my phone is defective. But I don't want to risk it or have the patience to wait for the Sony to patch the tmo xperia.
Sorry fellas, but this isn't the one for me. And I'll be joint the HTC one shortly. Although I'll miss the waterproof. Which is awesome.
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woostar88 said:
Honestly, the glass all around is more for looks... It is pure finger print magnet along with no olephobic. Ahhhh I wanna like this phone so much. But I'll be returning it tomorrow for HTC one.
Personally, i do need better batt life than 7 plus hours. This is with light usage too.
Perhaps my phone is defective. But I don't want to risk it or have the patience to wait for the Sony to patch the tmo xperia.
Sorry fellas, but this isn't the one for me. And I'll be joint the HTC one shortly. Although I'll miss the waterproof. Which is awesome.
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yea sony did alot of things wrong with this phone but still its a good phone if i could replace i would go for the s4
Are you not using Stamina Mode?
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yea sony did alot of things wrong with this phone but still its a good phone if i could replace i would go for the s4
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I also own the HTC one and I can into way say a bad thing about it, it is a awesome smooth, good looking, feeling beast with decent battery and great development, now my s4 got sold fast (junk) if you get that root is necessary to fix that lag fest known as touch wiz, manage way that phone runs you would never guess it's specks, but again you'll be happy with a one, but I also love my xz it's for now my daily driver
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I also own the HTC one and I can into way say a bad thing about it, it is a awesome smooth, good looking, feeling beast with decent battery and great development, now my s4 got sold fast (junk) if you get that root is necessary to fix that lag fest known as touch wiz, manage way that phone runs you would never guess it's specks, but again you'll be happy with a one, but I also love my xz it's for now my daily driver
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What is your take on s4 vs HTC one? Like pros and cons
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woostar88 said:
Honestly, the glass all around is more for looks... It is pure finger print magnet along with no olephobic. Ahhhh I wanna like this phone so much. But I'll be returning it tomorrow for HTC one.
Personally, i do need better batt life than 7 plus hours. This is with light usage too.
Perhaps my phone is defective. But I don't want to risk it or have the patience to wait for the Sony to patch the tmo xperia.
Sorry fellas, but this isn't the one for me. And I'll be joint the HTC one shortly. Although I'll miss the waterproof. Which is awesome.
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With light usage, you can go over more than a day.
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Honestly, the glass all around is more for looks... It is pure finger print magnet along with no olephobic. Ahhhh I wanna like this phone so much. But I'll be returning it tomorrow for HTC one.
Personally, i do need better batt life than 7 plus hours. This is with light usage too.
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You're gonna be disappointed with the HTC One then. Had that phone and battery life sucked! Was constantly on the charger. Even worse, it takes forever to charge, about 4-5 hours. That was the #1 reason why I sold it. Just got my Xperia tonight, so way too soon to evaluate the battery for me, lol
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You're gonna be disappointed with the HTC One then. Had that phone and battery life sucked! Was constantly on the charger. Even worse, it takes forever to charge, about 4-5 hours. That was the #1 reason why I sold it. Just got my Xperia tonight, so way too soon to evaluate the battery for me, lol
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+1 i sold my htc one to get the xz. battery life is a little better on the one but takes 2 or 3 times longer to charge. only real complaint i have for the xz is the locked bootloader. no android device should be locked down like the tmo variant of the xperia z
I get 3 days battery with about 4 hours on screen time. 7 hours wat... I've seen people get 7 hours onscreen time.
Though, best of luck with your new HTC One, I didn't like it to much, was some weird light leak on the corners too which made the screen hard to see. Battery was better though, better than both S4 &XZ
I also have the tmobile version. My buddy has the htc one and he only had it for a month and his screen got dead pixels, defective or its just waste idk. He loves my xz cuz of the look and camera. Honestly i get over 7hrs of battery and i game, Facebook, streaming all day long, Constantly texting too with loads of xda reading plus wifi always on. I have stamina mode on and i can last more than a day without charging. The heating issue is not too bad either. I updated to 4.2.2 and its better than on 4.1.2
I hope ur phone isn't defective, that would blow.
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The battery life. It's horrible and mediashare has a horrendous battery leak.
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Just stop the service in application tab and restart the mobile.
Battery drain is a common issue in all smartphones, you just have to use and know your phone to optimise it step by step.
Best tool to locate drainer is Better Battery Stats