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"Upgrade" from Froyo'd Nexus One to Galaxy S?

I have to admit my eye's been caught by this little beauty. The screen is the big attraction for me, particularly the size and the proper multitouch.
For anybody who's had experience with both the Galaxy S and the Nexus One with Froyo, would it be a good decision to trade in my Nexus and get the Galaxy?
I own the nexus outright with no contract, and I'm due an upgrade so could get the Galaxy for minimal expenditure, although stuck then on a 2 year contract.
I'm slightly disappointed about the lack of a camera flash on the Galaxy, although it's not something I ever use much.
Any thoughts?

I'm in exactly the same boat as you.
If they say it'll get froyo soon, or if I see some comprehensive dev going on, I'll probably get it, but I'm still very worried about Gingerbread. Samsung track record on updates is abysmal, right now I'd be shocked if we got it.

There is a lot of talk over the lack of a flash, although as a keen photographer I really don't understand why. Having a flash right next to the lens is the worst place for it anyway.
Besides, it all detracts from the fact that the lens and sensor on the Galaxy S are remarkably good for a mobile phone class of camera, the colour and exposure are very good, and produce very usable results. The lens itself goes down to F2.8 so works well in low light situations, and the screen is bright enough that you can see what you're photographing in bright sunlight, these are far more useful to me than a little LED thats going to put horrible highlights on peoples faces and in their eyes
This is a pic I posted in another thread, taken on the Galaxy S, and is completely untouched apart from a 50% reduction. The colour and exposure are exactly as they were captured. The white balance is spot on, the saturation is good although a little heavy in the greens. Its in focus and reasonably sharp.
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Although if you plan to be photographing drunk mates in the pub late at night, then yeah you probably need a flash and dont care so much about image quality, because such pics are never very flattering
Right now, if you have 2.2, you might miss some of the extra features, but the Sammy is gonna get 2.2 soon too, and then there'll be no comparison. I dont have a Nexus One, but I've used the Galaxy S and an HTC Desire side by side, and there is no comparison, am soo glad I waited

TravUK said:
There is a lot of talk over the lack of a flash...
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thanks for your impressions and image.
from the shots ive seen the camera quality does indeed appear to be above most mobile phone cameras. for me, the pictures are quite nice considering it is a phone camera and readily available at all times.
the flash would have been a nice addition, but the same as trav, i wouldnt use it all that often, and agree that phone flashes are weak to begin with and dont add all that much.

TravUK said:
Right now, if you have 2.2, you might miss some of the extra features, but the Sammy is gonna get 2.2 soon too, and then there'll be no comparison. I dont have a Nexus One, but I've used the Galaxy S and an HTC Desire side by side, and there is no comparison, am soo glad I waited
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I'm pretty sure we'll get 2.2 on this phone... Samsung said they'll do it, but their word counts for very little obviously after the Behold 2. But market pressure should make them upgrade it. The question really is about Gingerbread. I know the Nexus One is going to get that, but who here can say they expect Samsung to rewrite Touchwiz for an update designed for UI upgrades? That's the real problem here. I can't be sure if this phone has as much future support as the Nexus One.
The Nexus has a flash camera, which is important, but it looks like in every other hardware regard, the Galaxy S wins out. It's all about software now.

youtube. com /watch?v=xAqZ5Hk96QY

I don't know whether I'm being naive, but I'd assumed that by the time gingerbread comes out, the galaxy will be well and truely rooted and it'll be a matter of the necessary community existing to put new versions of android on it.
I do have a slight suspicion that the Nexus One is the better bet in the longer term, but the Galaxy looks so tasty right now!
However, given the shelf life of phones these days, the question will probably be irrelevant in 6 months time when we'll be looking at the latest 2ghz dual-core multi-camera behemoths.
What I'm really wondering is - if the Galaxy S is a significant enough upgrade over the Nexus to make it worthwhile - to be a noticable improvement day to day.

Very good question austinchimp!
If you are hesitating about buying this phone, I would suggest you to wait because if it does not have the features you've always wanted on a phone, sooner or later you'll continue to search for a different phones. That is an expensive strategy. I've waited pretty long for a phone as the SGS, and I don't regret buying it. I don't care about the hype of Iphone 4 or HTC Evo 4G, I love my Sammy.

Hmm interesting, looks like there is no touchwiz 3.0. Although all other samsung apps are there. Is it going to be end for custom UIs?

here is a photo i took the other day indoors with no flash just a light on.. great photo with this camera.

hassan said:
Hmm interesting, looks like there is no touchwiz 3.0. Although all other samsung apps are there. Is it going to be end for custom UIs?
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Does anyone speak enough Italian to understand what they're actually saying? Is it not just showing a hacked-on "Froyo style" launcher thing rather than a Froyo update from Samsung?

It's not froyo. It's Eclair running without that much of the touchwiz interface. The notification bar still has the touchwiz though.

Ice Cream Sandwich UI leaks

Earlier RootzWiki and AndroidPolice both received leaks from a "extremely reliable source" and they both obtained 2 different pictures of the new Ice Cream Sandwich interface running on the Nexus S.
You can read the whole article here:
http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/11/delicious-android-ice-cream-sandwich-images-leak-online/
Here are the leaks:
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Brand-new launcher and app drawer, with screenshots of both featured exclusively on RootzWiki - with what appears to be a task switcher icon on the homescreen, though it could be something else.
Camera now has a panorama mode (not pictured)
Gmail has been totally re-themed to go with the new OS (not pictured)
Nexus S will be receiving ICS via update, but the "Nexus Prime" will be getting it first
Mostly UI changes - many older devices (< 1 year old) should be able to run it
Personally, I feel like these are fake. However, the AndroidPolice writers were heavily defending the credibility of their source in the comments section of the original post.
My reasons for being skeptical include:
At Google IO, they announced ICS would get a complete UI overhaul. This is the same basic layout we've been seeing for a long time.
The phone icon is the same as from eclair. A phone icon inside a sqaure, while the newest phone icon in gingerbread is just a phone with no square. Why would google use "new" icons for most of gapps but not the phone?
All the icons are the exact same ones from the Honeybread T-Mobile theme (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gfxandroid.honeybreadtheme&feature=search_result) I'm not sure what the original source of the icons were, but I do know the same icons were "released" way before these leaks.
The signal bar icon is rotated, as is in honeycomb (a tablet thing). The honeybread theme also rotates the signal bar. I don't think google would get rid of the standard bars that's been the same on (as far as I know) every cell phone ever.
To me these just look like a gingerbread build themed with a modified build.prop.
Those are just my 2 cents as of now. There are a couple other things that just don't fit, but then again there are a couple of things that haven't been seen before. I do know that icons can just be used as placeholders when developing and that this is not nearly finished so the final product could (and hopefully) be completely different. What are your opinons?

hmmm... interesting...

why not consider it is still work in progress? at least that is what i would consider it is...

so the same kernel as Gingerbread?

I vote fake as well.
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Nexus one will not be having the ice update I guess.. google apps like google video and music and the new android market is so choppy on the nexus one..
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xzr3b0rnzx said:
Nexus one will not be having the ice update I guess.. google apps like google video and music and the new android market is so choppy on the nexus one..
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I have to disagree. I can't speak for Google video as I don't use it, but Music and the new Market work damn near flawlessly on my device

Not sure of the source of the icons? Have you heard of something called Android 3.0?
Anyway, it looks like the interface is extremely WIP graphics wise, but this definitely seems like the real deal. I just want to know what's going to happen to phones that have softkeys with this release and if ICS phones will have virtual ones as has been speculated.
Also, I feel that the nexus won't be getting an official release of this, especially with the weak GPU.

Fake--
NO real changes, I have blue items in status bar too
That is a Nexus S, this is an N1 thread--
Don't think the N1 could handle ICS--IMHO

rugmankc said:
Don't think the N1 could handle ICS--IMHO
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lolwhut?
Because you're so experienced with ICS and its requirements?
****ty posts like this are why XDA has turned in to what it is.

GldRush98 said:
lolwhut?
Because you're so experienced with ICS and its requirements?
****ty posts like this are why XDA has turned in to what it is.
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The N1 thus far has been able to handle everything even better than most phones that have come out in the past year. The custom kernels and oses for the N1 are incredible.

GldRush98 said:
****ty posts like this are why XDA has turned in to what it is.
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attacking people like this is what makes this place worse...
Everyone can have his own opinion mate....
Anyways am sure whatever changes are coming will mostly be ported out to our lovely N1 via custom roms thanks to the awesome devs around here!

If wp7 can make good use if the adreno 200, I am pretty sure google can make ics work well on the same gpu.

GldRush98 said:
lolwhut?
Because you're so experienced with ICS and its requirements?
****ty posts like this are why XDA has turned in to what it is.
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Thanks for the mature post
A better comment would have been telling me why it will and educating me not chastising me. It is only an opinion as pointed in my "IMHO" comment. I for one hope it will as I am only into 6 months of a 2 year contract with TMO. Brought the N1 to TMO from another carrier. I should have said that I didn't think it would work thru a normal OTA, but that with devs like Cyanogen, it may. Also, I don't know if anyone knows how much is being changed and if hardware will come into play. If you already know the source code enlighten us. I am no programmer, just a flasher. If this article is accurate it should work and seems to be little changed to a laymen. But, who knows yet?
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2101386/android-ice-cream-sandwich-leaked
Either way, it is my opinion at some point the N1's hardware or internal memory won't handle the newer OS's. ICS may not be that point yet. Hopefully never. We are running sense roms, thanks to folks like evil etc, but not without issues for a lot of folks. Bad blocks seem to hamper the N1 in some of these roms and the touch screen is not the best.
Another thread with varying opinions, albeit two months old--
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137301
Either way I have thick skin and let's hope it works great
Ken

Don't know if these links have been posted before or their accuracy, but they seem to support our HOPE for ICS and talk about Nexus Prime. If this is old news sorry! Two pages.
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/compa..._nexus_one_vs_google_nexus_prime_rumours.html

If that's ics than its atrocious.
This will be the third straight dud out of Google.
I can't fathom "most work we've put into a release" and "total ui overhaul" result in that.
Seriously if that's real might as well hand over the reigns to crapple.

Quick thought,
Where it says android version, instead of sayin ICS shouldnt it say 2.4? To me it looks like somesones just recolored and renamed bits of CM7 I reckon this is fake but i guess we'll just have to wait and see

Good Point
But, maybe they haven't finalized a version number yet. Would think they would have though.
Trying to remember if GB leaks had number or said Gingerbread.

rugmankc said:
Good Point
But, maybe they haven't finalized a version number yet. Would think they would have though.
Trying to remember if GB leaks had number or said Gingerbread.
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Shouldnt be that hard to track down. Since every single android release has had "leaks". Im sure whoever did this would have done that as well (if it were fake)

Agreed, having ICS means nothing
But, all I remember on pics is 2.3--
or, the GR122 or whatever the number is. It dosen't show on the MIUI rom I am on atm. Think it does on Cyan.
Either way after further research and faith in Cyan, I think we may see ICS on the N1. Unless some new info comes out. It would be nice because GB has reached it's wow factor to me at this time.
Flashing was more exciting 6-12 months ago

[MINI REVIEW] GingerZaraki for the Xperia x8

I have created this thread in order to my personal review on the GingerZaraki ROM on top of the alfs v08a/v09a kernel for CM7. I have had experiences with many ROMs and have decided to review the one I am currently running on my device. ​Before I begin, I have to mention that, although there maybe other reviews every one is opinionated or 'spiced' differently. I think it is valid that there will be more than one review of the same ROM.
If you have ANY suggestions, please leave them as a post below.
This review will be on the latest version of the ROM - v08.​
XDA renowned ROM author RohinZaraki - along with his team - rolled out his first ever ROM: GingerZaraki on the 18th May 2012. Seeing as a track record was in-existent, many users summoned their fiery mists of doubt. But after reading further, these mists were quickly extinguished. After using the ROM for quite a while, there is no doubt that it is a clear contender for ROTC (ROM of the century). I will cover various areas in which the ROM amazed me and some where the ROM may have disappointed me.
Visuals
TeamZaraki has obviously pulled all the stocks out making a flawlessly beautiful ROM. With many talented themers in the team, the ROM offers bold icons revolutionizing the classic gingerbread 2.3.7 look. The team have also modernized the x8 adding the Xperia Ice theme seen on many of the newer breeds of Xperia devices. Overall, the Zaraki team has done a great job - one would forget that the android base was the old gingerbread if not for the version in settings.
Kernel
If you have any problems with performance on the x8 I can assure you that the alfs v08a/v09a will annihilate any problems you had. Blasting out an Antutu total score of around 2500, you will see a great increase in basic speeds on your device. Again, with a custom kernel, you will be given the ability to overclock and undervolt. I can personally recommend scaling to about 729mhz. The battery performance seemed to be a bit of a letdown though. I was getting one day of heavy use and two days of moderate use. This was a considerable decrease from the ICS ROM I was using previously. However, with much consideration, this may just be a sacrifice for all that extra umph! Also, seeing as you have to install a custom kernel, you must have an unlocked boot loader which is a brick wall for many users. Fortunately, many variants of the same ROM were created in order to allow stock users to enjoy Zaraki as well. :laugh: I do think that users will have to muscle up seeing as the stock kernel is a brick wall for developers trying to port gingerbread+.
Firmware
Gingerbread is like the Windows XP of Android. It is debatably the ultimate android operating system. With that said, I think many crave a higher OS even though it may be beyond the x8's capabilities. A possible suggestion for a next version would be to build the ROM upon a port of jellybean. JellyZaraki? The ICS platfroms will be too slow to really be a deserving update to the series.
Side Note
Even though this is nothing to do with the ROM itself I think it deserves note. RohinZaraki has offered a multitude of tips, troubleshooting guides and screenshots with the thread supporting the ROM. I think that the effort has to be applauded even if it is done in a small senior member post.
Conclusion
I believe that the experience provided by GingerZaraki is one that will set very high expectations for ROMs to come. But with producers like TeamZaraki I have no doubt that the bar will be raised with every release. I do not believe one thread is enough to highlight all that is good with the release but I will take the opportunity to thank Rohin and all the team for the release on behalf of the x8 community.
Rating: 9 out of 10
I have spent quite some time typing this review, please do not troll. All suggestions on the other hand are more than welcome. Please hit 'thanks' if you appreciate my massive effort. Sorry if this is not something you wanted. Even though the guide is long, I call it mini because it does not cover everything.
Special Thanks to RohinZakari and all the guys at TeamZaraki. (Chris95X8, SpyderX, nazz.rule, lucastan96, AckeflyRzyle, Lloir)
Check out the ROM here:
GingerZaraki
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I have a suggestion Deftone. Why dont you just make 1 thread for all your upcoming review? Like we say its Xperia X8 ROM Review, I know there is already a thread like that but yours ofcourse is different and more infos.. Lets say you have 10 ROMs to review user, more likely will not see your past reviews if those new thread piled up. Another thing if its for RC, all of your reviews will be counted as one even though you created 20 reviews. IMO
Keep it up

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I have a suggestion Deftone. Why dont you just make 1 thread for all your upcoming review? Like we say its Xperia X8 ROM Review, I know there is already a thread like that but yours ofcourse is different and more infos.. Lets say you have 10 ROMs to review user, more likely will not see your past reviews if those new thread piled up. Another thing if its for RC, all of your reviews will be counted as one even though you created 20 reviews. IMO
Keep it up
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Thanks for your suggestion. But I do not want to pile all of my review into one thread. I know that it will be neater but this will respawn the massive issue of too long didn't read. I would like my reviews to be considered as individual editions, like magazines. It will be easier for me to manage as well.
However, I could create one thread That i keep updating with links to all my reviews. And then put a link to that thread in every new review I create. This will solve the two problems you mentioned. Think of it as creating a review network.
I do not really care about RC - if I get it I will be extatic but it seems like it will be a long time before that happens. As long as I serve the XDA community to the max, I am fine.

Good idea but you haven't actually given a review of the rom, or is that coming?
This is more of a history of the rom.

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Good idea but you haven't actually given a review of the rom, or is that coming?
This is more of a history of the rom.
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A review is giving your opinion of something in a professional climate. I think I did that. I also think you just read the introduction paragraphs. Any further suggestions, just say. Don't ever feel like I will troll you or anything. I am just here to help.
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EDIT: I read the link you provided CtrlAltDellrl. This is in a lot of detail I label my reviews mini because I will not go into that much detail. I just break my review into parts using subheadings so people can skip through it easily. Sorry That I let you down with my review. How about check out my other one of the minicm9 ROM. Tell me what you think. Still a history.
In addition to this, I said the bold icons revolutionize gingerbread. This in itself is a review seeing as I am giving my opinion about a part of the ROM.
Here is my other review. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1845638 You sound like you could help me a lot. Sorry for the .gif under the show content. But I was itching.

This is what I "expect" when I read a review..
Cheers..

M8 improved upon...

Still don't think the m8's looks have been surpassed. Definitely not by m9 and, from what I've seen, not by the a9 either.
Specs don't, to me, seem significantly better either. No front facing speakers, only 2gb of ram, for UK.

Is it a question ? Open it in the Q&A section next time

No, a, GENERAL, observation re. the m8.

Granted the title and the questioning emoji don't help. However it's basically a general discussion. Not quite on the A9, but the M8 in general.
HTC is literally on a last ditch effort at this point in their history. Where the future will end up with them being bought out, closing shop or hopefully getting back on their feet and becoming a well received icon again.
The M8 is a pretty well designed device, granted it has it's downsides that everyone has their own opinions on. The M9 is its own beauty, but I've stuck with the M8 because it's still a capable device and better looking. With the A9 sure its design language HTC had well before the Iphone 6. However a device as well received and common like an iPhone it will be a copycat to the general public. We can all make our statements against calling HTC copycats, but at this point it's a label that will stick.
I would like to see their next flagship be something to wow us all. A design that is HTC. If they attempt to improve on the M8/9 design again which isn't entirely a bad thing, but a new fresh look would be nicer. The M8 has been the longest daily driver I've kept in a long time. I normally go for their new flagships, but the tides might be changing. Once my M8 gives its last breath if the common trend continues I'll regrettably be moving away from HTC.
For the love of all things not the iPhone. I sure hope not

Then change your title as it has question marks all over it !

I still love my M8 and dont feel the need to upgrade really. It has great looks, great performance... The only thing I miss is the battery life I used to have when we were on Kitkat. Also, there seems to be an occacional lag that only goes away when you clean recent apps...seems to me that HTC rushed the Lollipop update, I hope they fix these issues with the Marshmallow update.
Regarding the M9 I find it hard to believe they will be able to acomplish the 15 days after Nexus window for updates since it still has Sense skin, but time will tell.

Tachi91 said:
Granted the title and the questioning emoji don't help. However it's basically a general discussion. Not quite on the A9, but the M8 in general.
HTC is literally on a last ditch effort at this point in their history. Where the future will end up with them being bought out, closing shop or hopefully getting back on their feet and becoming a well received icon again.
The M8 is a pretty well designed device, granted it has it's downsides that everyone has their own opinions on. The M9 is its own beauty, but I've stuck with the M8 because it's still a capable device and better looking. With the A9 sure its design language HTC had well before the Iphone 6. However a device as well received and common like an iPhone it will be a copycat to the general public. We can all make our statements against calling HTC copycats, but at this point it's a label that will stick.
I would like to see their next flagship be something to wow us all. A design that is HTC. If they attempt to improve on the M8/9 design again which isn't entirely a bad thing, but a new fresh look would be nicer. The M8 has been the longest daily driver I've kept in a long time. I normally go for their new flagships, but the tides might be changing. Once my M8 gives its last breath if the common trend continues I'll regrettably be moving away from HTC.
For the love of all things not the iPhone. I sure hope not
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Dude, this is exactly my point of view. I hope HTC will make it. Since I moved to Android after breaking my iPhone 4 back in the days I stuck with HTC and I hope there'll be plenty of reasons to continue with it.
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Then change your title as it has question marks all over it !
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Done now, happy ? Oh shi7 that's a question. :thumbup:

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Done now, happy ? Oh shi7 that's a question. :thumbup:
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Ah yes a question it is......reported to be moved to the Q&A

I bought the m8 after I decided not to buy the m9.
I certainly hope HTC and come out with something awesome once again. I remember really liking the concept drawings of the m9 before the m9 was announced, and those looked amazing. If only HTC would take a hint from those designs...
I really wanted to buy the m9, but it was just not worth it when it first came out.
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Using the M8s (as couldn't get M8) along with the P8 and more less shifting towards the P8. As die hard htc fan never thought I will end up with Huawei device. They support is much better and P8 is an excellent device, bar battery life, but it does a full day with some 35% around 6pm still available. I'll skip the M9/A9 and wait for the M10. If not happy then sticking with P8.
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A bunch of YouTube reviews are finally in...

Hola
Take your pick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbFkq66yh8w
Android Authority
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f_BTRPUr6k
MKHD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=744DPse1cPE
PocketNow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__PmU8N0Lrw
MrMobile[Michael Fisher]
Overall it is a very positive on the reviews.. very similar to the existing and initial OnePlus 3 reviews save for the increase in costs.

Thanks for posting. It seems like the general consensus is that if you were looking at the 1+3, the 1+3t is worth the extra $40, but not worth upgrading if you already have a 3.

Great phone...all the reviews are very positive ..i was between mate 9 or OP3T..
but it was not so difficult to make a choice..
OP3T wins very easy to replase my old LG G3.
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i noticed all the reviews are pretty general and stating specs... no mention of the EIS, battery, benchmark comparisons. side by side comparisons of images and video.
they dont really go into detail. of course the phone will be fast, switching between apps and gaming.
dont get me wrong, i like the phone

Even though I watched these reviews and the phone checks everything I need, I still am hesitant to buy it; the reviews are for people who just use Android, not tinker with Android. My biggest concern is with the dev community. I come from an OPO and I don't think I'll be able to stomach a phone with little community support. If only this phone were never released; then my choice would be obvious in getting an OP3. Only time will tell how this subforum grows or withers. I'm hopeful but not optimistic.

Inflection said:
Even though I watched these reviews and the phone checks everything I need, I still am hesitant to buy it; the reviews are for people who just use Android, not tinker with Android. My biggest concern is with the dev community. I come from an OPO and I don't think I'll be able to stomach a phone with little community support. If only this phone were never released; then my choice would be obvious in getting an OP3. Only time will tell how this subforum grows or withers. I'm hopeful but not optimistic.
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This is what I don't understand why people keep bring up the point about dev support. I mean it's not like every dev on earth just declared war on OP3T. Seriously how many custom ROMs do you need? The way I look at it, even just a few good one and pick one among them that suit you best is enough. Even for phone w/ locked bootloader are still some mod ROMs crop up here and there, and it's not like the OP3T will have a lock bootloader. Unless I get something wrong, just because some current OP3 dev say they don't plan to support OP3T, does that mean there won't be other? Or the OP3 one will never move to OP3T? I'm not a dev, but if I own OP3 right now I wouldn't plan on getting OP3T. But if the OP3 would break next week then I would be seriously thinking on the new OP3T rather than buying a used OP3 somewhere else. Aside from that, maybe there are some dev that was planing to do some work on the Note 7 would come over.

tlxxxsracer said:
i noticed all the reviews are pretty general and stating specs... no mention of the EIS, battery, benchmark comparisons. side by side comparisons of images and video.
they dont really go into detail. of course the phone will be fast, switching between apps and gaming.
dont get me wrong, i like the phone
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I've watched an italian review with side by side comparison...op3t is faster in opening apps or games....

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Both phones are Oneplus A3003?

Crazy32 said:
Both phones are Oneplus A3003?
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The model number stays the same on OP3T..
A3003.....

cultofluna said:
The model number stays the same on OP3T..
A3003.....
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Interesting, considering that and what OP said about the update for OP3 and OP3T will be on the same cycle. Does this mean there will just be one ROM for both of them?

someone0 said:
Interesting, considering that and what OP said about the update for OP3 and OP3T will be on the same cycle. Does this mean there will just be one ROM for both of them?
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That should be nice....

Linus Tech Tips review is up:
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Also there is an AMA on the /r/Android subreddit where a lot of questions are addressed:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/5ebdod/oneplus_ama_oneplus_3t_edition/

cultofluna said:
I've watched an italian review with side by side comparison...op3t is faster in opening apps or games....
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That's because the OP3T is on the newer version of OxygenOS that is currently available with the community builds and the F2FS filesystem system is utilized by default instead of EXT4.

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That's because the OP3T is on the newer version of OxygenOS that is currently available with the community builds and the F2FS filesystem system is utilized by default instead of EXT4.
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And because it's running a better processor hehe..
I've just order this baby.....

cultofluna said:
And because it's running a better processor hehe..
I've just order this baby.....
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The Snapdragon 821 is for the most part not much different than the Snapdragon 820 apart from the higher factory clock speed. Also that won't significantly impact the speed of opening applications. The OP3 also has similar improvements in app loading speeds when using F2FS on the newer community builds, and both devices will be on essentially the same builds going into the future.
Just got my OP3T less than twelve hours ago

Found a speedtest review in another language but you get the idea. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eBX7ZB1sAeA

Anand's review is up: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10836/the-oneplus-3t-mini-review
Excellent to see the display accuracy has improved even further.

ithehappy said:
Anand's review is up.
Excellent to see the display accuracy has improved even further.
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Anandtech removed the post in "battery life and charge time" where they say that the Oneplus 3T throttle alot,
There's a comparison videos on the youtube channel YourTechGuide on OnePlus 3T between OnePlus 3 and the iPhone 7 Plus and by the benchmarks results the new OnePlus 3T throttle alot...