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My wife's Incredible is in the process of dying & I found out that I have the last of my yearly upgrades on my line & she's always wanted the x2, sooooo: What should I get, Razr, Rezound or GNex?
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Get anything Samsung.
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X0dus said:
Get anything Samsung.
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Can you root a stock Samsung phone now without having to deal with that "Rage against the Cage" nonsense? Tried it once on my wife's Facinate and my anti-virus program wouldn't let Rage run, even when I disabled it. (I know there are ROM's with pre-rooted Kernels you can flash. Just flashed rooted GB 2.3.5 kernel to my Galaxy Tab.)
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Get anything Samsung.
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Came from a fascinate & am suspicious of Samsung reception. The missed call thing was killing me & I haven't had one incident of that on the x2.
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Gnex sounds sick to me...
But u know if u wait a month something even crazier will be bound to drop Hahaha.
I was also digging the HTC resound that was announced
Galaxy Nexus. Hands down. I'll be getting one of those soon.
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yondercomesthetrain said:
Galaxy Nexus. Hands down. I'll be getting one of those soon.
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It does sound great but the lack of an sd card slot is kinda a deal breaker for me.
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ashclepdia said:
Gnex sounds sick to me...
But u know if u wait a month something even crazier will be bound to drop Hahaha.
I was also digging the HTC resound that was announced
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Yep, I know but it's either buy me a phone now or buy my wife one now, so how do you think that's gonna go? Lol
But all that aside, I checked out the razr today & plan on comparing it to the Rezound next week. My bottom line is reception & my x2 has never failed me where my wife's dinc hasn't been too impressive so htc might not be the best for me.
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Robin M said:
Can you root a stock Samsung phone now without having to deal with that "Rage against the Cage" nonsense? Tried it once on my wife's Facinate and my anti-virus program wouldn't let Rage run, even when I disabled it. (I know there are ROM's with pre-rooted Kernels you can flash. Just flashed rooted GB 2.3.5 kernel to my Galaxy Tab.)
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Rage in the cage new? Never had to use it. First root ever was a one click root i found somewhere. Then i used Odin to flash the stock froyo pre-root. I believe i seen a pre-root GB stock over there, too.
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I believe "Rage against the Cage" is the exploit scheme that they used on the Samsung one-click boot process. It's been about 6 months since I've tried to root the Facinate, so my memory is sketcy. The upside is that, as you mentioned, there are probably a lot of pre-rooted ROM offerings that can be easily flashed with Heimdall (or Odin, if yer into that).
I agree Sammy makes a good phone. Wife loves her Facinate. Sadly, the Galaxy II never made it to Verizon, but now lots of folks are waiting for the Nexus, which should be out around the end of the month. But I also like the Moto Droid line, now that we've been given some developer attention. The hardware is top notch, and my X2 is running VERY snappy and stable on Moto-Ginger-Funk v7a. I have no reason to want to trade up for a long while yet (unless Google cannot get a handle on their funky Market issue).
Droid Razr looks very sharp (sorry for the pun). I'm a little afraid of the non-removeable battery, though. There are loads of times that I have recoved my X2 from brink of "brickhood" just by pulling the battery and booting into recovery.
I'm not too crazy about the Razr's non-detachable battery. All too often taking the battery out and putting it back in seems to solve a problem, without having that ability on the Razr I'm somewhat concerned.
Odin=Heimdall but for diff operating systems, i believe. When my contract is up, I'm looking into sprint if vzw isn't allowed to launch the SGSII. And no, i have no intentions of turning this thread into a "who it's better sprint or vzw". Carry on w/ upgrade discussion...
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I'm not too crazy about the Razr's non-detachable battery. All too often taking the battery out and putting it back in seems to solve a problem, without having that ability on the Razr I'm somewhat concerned.
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I'm pretty sure that the razr has a failsafe two buttons u.press to kill battery connection or something similar
.like a "hard kill" switch.
I am upgrading to the ReZound Monday. There are more reasons not to get the Razr, than there are to get it lol. If you are in an X2 now, you are better off either keeping it and riding out your time, or getting the ReZound/Nexus, at least right now.
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I am upgrading to the ReZound Monday. There are more reasons not to get the Razr, than there are to get it lol. If you are in an X2 now, you are better off either keeping it and riding out your time, or getting the ReZound/Nexus, at least right now.
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What led you to the Rezound? Beats audio or the the display?
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Well, the headphones alone carry a very hefty price, so getting them "free" for the same price as the other phones is a good incentive(probably why they aren't advertising the phone). I already have the SkullCandy Titan Earbuds, so I really don't NEED the Beats Audio ones. But, the camera's on it are both better. The screen resolution is on par with the nexus on a DX2 size screen. Removable battery, SD storage, unlockable BL, 1.5GHz processor.. Basically, the only "feature" it doesn't carry is the super slim design, and who gives a **** if the phone is lacking in so many other categories? lol.
My moms Stock Inc2 walked all over my X2 with Eclipse before I even put CM7 on it for her! HTC is doing all the right things, even with Sense. Too many people complain about Samsung, and I lived in Korea for 2 years from 07-09, we are getting their leftovers over here(Thanks FCC/FTC, and assholes running patent wars..Apple).
Yeah Im gonna look into adding a line soon. Not sure if I'm going to resound or nexus yet
Rezound looks sick. As does nexus(ICS!) but I can see resound getting ics eventually.
ha. HTC edge I thought about until I saw it was Tegra. I will wait for reviews on that before even trying it lol. This phone has lowered my expectations for tegra devices lol
Skip skip stutter...it drives me crazy how one day it seems skipping is.fixed but next its stutters again
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My wife's Incredible is in the process of dying & I found out that I have the last of my yearly upgrades on my line & she's always wanted the x2, sooooo: What should I get, Razr, Rezound or GNex?
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His and hers X2's...it would be soooo cute
Well, couldn't hold out any longer...
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motcher41 said:
His and hers X2's...it would be soooo cute
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We did that actually, got the original DX the day they came out. Loved em. I moved from a bb curve and she from a Moto rokr. When the DX gb bugs hit we were offered DX2s and took them since we had the car docks etc. Didn't feel like switching 100 worth of accessories.
AtLemacks right, seems that the Razer with limitations or something without. Hardware is close enough on either one. Why move to another Moto and keep banging your head against the wall like we do daily.
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Well, couldn't hold out any longer...
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Wha?! Well you might as well let us know what your impressions are.
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Sooo, many of you may know that I had been trying to decide whether or not to make the exchange from the Nexus to the Rezound and today I did. Boy am I impressed and EXTREMELY happy with my decison! My favorite thing? Beats audio hands down. Such amazing sound from those headphones! More on what I love about it compared to the Nexus later...thanks for your help with my decision guys!
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And it's going to get even better once we achieve s-off!
You and me both. I had traded a defective rezound in for the nexus and couldn't stay away. The rezound is a better phone.
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You and me both. I had traded a defective rezound in for the nexus and couldn't stay away. The rezound is a better phone.
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The screen quality in my opinion is much much better than the Nexus as well. Higher PPI and a true RGB hd display. The color reproduction on slcd screens is also better IMO. Idk, I just love this phone. Lol. I also picked up the extended battery and it makes the phone super thick but for some reason it really doesn't bother me.
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The screen quality in my opinion is much much better than the Nexus as well. Higher PPI and a true RGB hd display. The color reproduction on slcd screens is also better IMO. Idk, I just love this phone. Lol. I also picked up the extended battery and it makes the phone super thick but for some reason it really doesn't bother me.
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Yeah, me being a plasma lover, well Panasonic and pioneer anyway, I am torn. The GNex had the really dark inky blacks I love, but the Vigor has the really accurate colors I love. Why can't we has both.
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Yeah, me being a plasma lover, well Panasonic and pioneer anyway, I am torn. The GNex had the really dark inky blacks I love, but the Vigor has the really accurate colors I love. Why can't we has both.
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Haha, some day! For now though, I can deal with this fantastic phone I think
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Awesome, another converter. Now get on over to the petition thread for unlocking the bootloader and sign your name so we can show our numbers.
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Welcome to the superior device. My friend that has a Gnex said my screen is pixelated.. I laughed straight into his face and I was like..Just like an apple fan boy! Always in denial.
I was on a waiting list for months to get the GN.
When I finally saw one however, I didn't want it anymore. What a cheaply made pile of ****.
Two of my coworkers have them (both are going back). One already has the back held on with duct tape.
~John
I'm glad so many Android pros love this phone.it's my first smartphone and I really do love it. I stated researching at least 8 months ago and it finally came down to Rezound or Nexus and I picked this due to specs of screen and removable sd card and also because it had sense and I love it all! I'm keeping sense even after I learn how to root.
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Welcome to the superior device. My friend that has a Gnex said my screen is pixelated.. I laughed straight into his face and I was like..Just like an apple fan boy! Always in denial.
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omg... So true. Too much iKoolaid.
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I was on a waiting list for months to get the GN.
When I finally saw one however, I didn't want it anymore. What a cheaply made pile of ****.
Two of my coworkers have them (both are going back). One already has the back held on with duct tape.
~John
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But it's the new state of the art digital duct tape, right? lol
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Beats audio sucks lol. I'm a audiophile. My photon sounded better than this phone until I installed dsp manager and used the virtual room option with beats audio enabled.
But out the box, I was disappointed, its no where near as loud as my photons output but everything else about the phone is better. But now with dsp manager installed, sound is amazing.
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phyba said:
Beats audio sucks lol. I'm a audiophile.
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LOL, I'm not an "audiophile" although I could be.
I owned a very high end stereo shop for 10 years and sold audiophile amps/pre-amps/$50 a foot speaker wire, $10,000 speakers etc)
So yea, I can hear the difference but I don't really give a sh!t. As long as my music plays real loud & has plenty of bass I think it sounds just fine.
I LOVE the sound of my Rezound running both beats & DSP with the settings shown here listening through my Beats solo phones.
~John
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LOL, I'm not an "audiophile" although I could be.
I owned a very high end stereo shop for 10 years and sold audiophile amps/pre-amps/$50 a foot speaker wire, $10,000 speakers etc)
So yea, I can hear the difference but I don't really give a sh!t. As long as my music plays real loud & has plenty of bass I think it sounds just fine.
I LOVE the sound of my Rezound running both beats & DSP with the settings shown here listening through my Beats solo phones.
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After I put in dsp, it cranked the volume up a few decibles. Love the sound now for a phone.
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If this is true I guess I'll have to 'hand-me-down' my Rezound to my wife like I did with the DROID Incredible 1.
http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog/2012/03/htc-droid-incredible-hd-hits-the-fcc-lte-on-board/
yeah but the specs still don't match that of the rezound, according to the rumors.
its HTC'S Mid range device like the ONE S for verizon
thunderbolt 4g → rezound (high-end)
incredible 2 → incredible hd (mid-range)
And you would think the 'Incredible' would be a high end device by name alone! Bastards..
i doubt its incredible hd. remember we were suppose tobe the incredible hd. im guessing its a qhd display. its amoled as well.
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And you would think the 'Incredible' would be a high end device by name alone! Bastards..
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Incredible used to be high end, but then the incredible 2 came out and didn't change much...
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Incredible used to be high end, but then the incredible 2 came out and didn't change much...
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The only thing I know is that for the most part the are super solid phones had both of them
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I'm hearing rumors that this will run stock ICS, if so, instant winner for the community.
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And you would think the 'Incredible' would be a high end device by name alone! Bastards..
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Must be work like the movie business. Gets worse with every sequel.
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I'm hearing rumors that this will run stock ICS, if so, instant winner for the community.
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That wouldn't happen to mean no Verizon bloat ware would it? Now that would be great!
KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.
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thunderbolt 4g → rezound (high-end)
incredible 2 → incredible hd (mid-range)
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Correction
Droid Incredible → Rezound.
The Rezound feels like the Dinc did in its launch which is great I love my Rezound, everything reminds me of the Dinc. The Dinc 2 felt like a completely different phone, still great but nothing like the Rez or Dinc.
blue snake is right... the Inc was the flagship, then the Inc 2 was nothing.. and the tbolt was nothing... and even though the rezound is nothing, it's much more like the Inc 1 instead of the tbolt
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I'm hearing rumors that this will run stock ICS, if so, instant winner for the community.
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its coming with sense 4.0
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Meh...the rezound will still be the best phone in verizons lineup, spec wise i mean.
It won't be stock ICS.. VZW loves to put their crap bloat on phones, it's how they make more $$$. IMO I bet the Galaxy Nexus will be the last out of the box AOSP device we see on Verizon.
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It won't be stock ICS.. VZW loves to put their crap bloat on phones, it's how they make more $$$. IMO I bet the Galaxy Nexus will be the last out of the box AOSP device we see on Verizon.
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And even the GNex wasn't totally immune.
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And even the GNex wasn't totally immune.
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Indeed. If Verizon had their way with the Gnex, it woulda been loaded with just as much bloat as all the smartphones on VZW.
I am actually experiencing major buyer's remorse because of this.. I had dinc's 1&2 and loved them and I chose this phone because of the similarities but if the dinc 3 comes out I am going to be bummin big time
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Why? You will still have the better phone.
http://htcsource.com/2012/08/htc-shifting-strategy-reducing-handset-prices-to-regain-market-share/
I want to know what ya'll think?How do you guy feel about beats audio?
I won't miss Beats at all, it's a terrible thing. It only makes crap headphones sound better.
Good read!
I'm surprised no manufacture has a TV tuner installed on there device! Watch football OTA without a data connection.
Next year's Evo at $100 or $150 not a bad idea. What they need to do is be more timely on their updates and allow us to frigging use m10 tools
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I hope its not a 100$ evo.
Then it wont be as exclusive ..they just need to beat Sammy.. Samsung knew the gs3 had nothing on the HOX so what they do..add a GB of ram..and now everyone who has a gs3 uses that as the reason as to why its better ..
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I hope its not a 100$ evo.
Then it wont be as exclusive ..they just need to beat Sammy.. Samsung knew the gs3 had nothing on the HOX so what they do..add a GB of ram..and now everyone who has a gs3 uses that as the reason as to why its better ..
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It is very unlikely that HTC is going to beat Samsung in the near future. Samsung is outselling HTC almost 10 to 1. The GS3 is going to sell better because people will be more attracted to it because Samsung is the more popular brand. I will guarantee you that most of the sales that these phones see are from people who wouldn't even know the difference between 1GB of RAM and 2GB of RAM.
It's all about keeping up to date with their phones. Releasing updates to the OS a year after they've been released isn't the way to keep loyal customers.
Beats was one of the selling points for me as a semi-pro musician and audiophile. Combined with my high-end Ultimate Ears, it is unbeatable. Amazing!
With that said, cutting profit margins and releasing a flagship phone, instead of a chain of phones that are indecipherable and confusing would be a good idea for HTC. At least give them memorable, highly-marketable names, and pummel the target audience with effective advertising.
The recent HTC commercial was an epic fail.
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Beats was one of the selling points for me as a semi-pro musician and audiophile. Combined with my high-end Ultimate Ears, it is unbeatable. Amazing!
With that said, cutting profit margins and releasing a flagship phone, instead of a chain of phones that are indecipherable and confusing would be a good idea for HTC. At least give them memorable, highly-marketable names, and pummel the target audience with effective advertising.
The recent HTC commercial was an epic fail.
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I agree with beats audio,they make my ultimate ears sound really nice. Also my car blutooth and friends cars sound really nice with beats audio. I don't see how anyone could not like them. I listen to very high end equipment and beats audio is awesome,sadly the feature is 100x better then there headphones.
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handbeezy's to anyone who helps keep HTC alive :3
I don't agree with removing beats from future phones. It's not a deal maker but a nice touch.
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I'll be honest.. I really liked the way my phone sounded with beats.. so much so I bought a pair of tours... anyways I do believe using Apollo with cm10 seems louder to me
Meaningless read, HTC could if it would and would if it could, it might since it could.
So back to reality. I rock the green house with beats over blue tooth into an installed system. Great sound, @ no 3g the battery drops about 3.5% an hour with bluetooth and gps on.
A nice strategy might be to compare HTC's "connectivity range" vs the rest. Of course they would have to build it like the OG. Sprint could then lower it's costs by having less towers, or Sprint could then claim to have increased it's network.
I personally think the DOC is more responsible for the improved sound than Beats. I have musician's ears and thousands of dollars of audio equipment, and I never turn beats on because all I hear is an increase in bass and a muddied mid-bass. Not a fan of it. ESPECIALLY the headphones, which are a complete rip-off!
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I personally think the DOC is more responsible for the improved sound than Beats. I have musician's ears and thousands of dollars of audio equipment, and I never turn beats on because all I hear is an increase in bass and a muddied mid-bass. Not a fan of it. ESPECIALLY the headphones, which are a complete rip-off!
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Yea they are..I just liked the way they looked... now I'm looking into getting some klipsch s4's as I've read they sound better and are alot cheaper ..I liked the tours but I'm over them now
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Yea they are..I just liked the way they looked... now I'm looking into getting some klipsch s4's as I've read they sound better and are alot cheaper ..I liked the tours but I'm over them now
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That's a MUCH better set of headphones. Also look into Sennheiser, and Polk. Good bang for your buck!
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PsiPhiDan said:
I personally think the DOC is more responsible for the improved sound than Beats. I have musician's ears and thousands of dollars of audio equipment, and I never turn beats on because all I hear is an increase in bass and a muddied mid-bass. Not a fan of it. ESPECIALLY the headphones, which are a complete rip-off!
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I wish there was an "I love you for this post" button.
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I wish there was an "I love you for this post" button.
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Hahaha I guess XDA is worried about bromance issues... I would have used that on a lot of your rant posts too.
But seriously, come on with this Beats Audio mumbo jumbo. It's a freakin' EQ! We HAVE those already. Only I can actually control mine, instead of having one preset mode only. Eh, whatever. If it sells, good for HTC.
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Hahaha I guess XDA is worried about bromance issues... I would have used that on a lot of your rant posts too.
But seriously, come on with this Beats Audio mumbo jumbo. It's a freakin' EQ! We HAVE those already. Only I can actually control mine, instead of having one preset mode only. Eh, whatever. If it sells, good for HTC.
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Yeah, beats is kind of a gimmick imo. Just good marketing for people who automatically think it means audio will sound better on this phone.
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firmbiz94 said:
i hope its not a 100$ evo.
Then it wont be as exclusive ..they just need to beat sammy.. Samsung knew the gs3 had nothing on the hox so what they do..add a gb of ram..and now everyone who has a gs3 uses that as the reason as to why its better ..
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so absolutely true
Verizon just said that the droid devices will be Motorola exlusive now.. so I'm guessing no droid DNA 2
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I mean they are getting the one which is kinda like a dna 2... More like the cuter sister
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Verizon just said that the droid devices will be Motorola exlusive now.. so I'm guessing no droid DNA 2
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So does that just mean that it isn't going to have the "DROID" branding? I assume that HTC and Samsung wouldn't be very happy if Verizon was going to ditch all other android devices.
So you could have a DNA2, just not a "DROID" DNA2. Right?
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So does that just mean that it isn't going to have the "DROID" branding? I assume that HTC and Samsung wouldn't be very happy if Verizon was going to ditch all other android devices.
So you could have a DNA2, just not a "DROID" DNA2. Right?
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yea its the droid branding, not all androids lol. they would be fools to ditch samsung. but we already have the butterfly s (which IS, technically, the droid DNA 2) being released over seas. maybe it will make its way to the US some day
IDC what the name is, as long as HTC keeps making solid phones, I'm sold!
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IDC what the name is, as long as HTC keeps making solid phones, I'm sold!
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Its more then disappointing that The HTC One is Verizon's next phone! Smaller screen same processor. Basicly just the name being sold.
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So do you guys think the butterfly s will come to Verizon just without the droid branding?
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Its more then disappointing that The HTC One is Verizon's next phone! Smaller screen same processor. Basicly just the name being sold.
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the HTC ONE runs a faster SoC its different than the DNA's SoC
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So do you guys think the butterfly s will come to Verizon just without the droid branding?
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I sure hope so and I hope they keep the exact same specs as the butterfly s because that seems like a beast of a phone ,really want the boom sound and 3200 mah battery
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I sure hope so and I hope they keep the exact same specs as the butterfly s because that seems like a beast of a phone ,really want the boom sound and 3200 mah battery
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All that plus the option to put up to a 64gb sdcard!! I am definitely getting this phone but just hope it comes to Verizon so I can use an upgrade on it and not throw 800 bucks for it from eBay
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I still have hope for a US Butterfly S. HTC would be an idiot of a company not to release it to a US market. The question is, will it come to Verizon? The DNA wasn't much of a success on Verizon (but the J Butterfly was over in Japan was), so they might aim for a GSM carrier. OR it may come to sprint as the HTC Evo Butterfly.
Also, I kind of understand Verizon's decision to make the Droid line Motorola-only. The non-Moto Droids have never done well. Read: Droid Charge, and (dare I say it) DNA. The Moto Droids have almost always been top-selling devices. Like the original Droid and its sequels, The RAZR line, specifically the original Droid RAZR Maxx, and the Mini/Maxx/Ultra will likely follow that path.
BTW: I'm stuck with my DNA (and i'm perfectly fine with that) for the next year and a half, so absolutely none of this will affect me until my contract ends in Jan 2015. I personally couldn't care less what happens with the whole Butterfly S/DNA 2 situation, but I understand some of you like to replace your device more frequently (which is perfectly fine) so I'm just adding my $0.02 to anyone who may be interested.
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I still have hope for a US Butterfly S. HTC would be an idiot of a company not to release it to a US market. The question is, will it come to Verizon? The DNA wasn't much of a success on Verizon (but the J Butterfly was over in Japan was), so they might aim for a GSM carrier. OR it may come to sprint as the HTC Evo Butterfly.
Also, I kind of understand Verizon's decision to make the Droid line Motorola-only. The non-Moto Droids have never done well. Read: Droid Charge, and (dare I say it) DNA. The Moto Droids have almost always been top-selling devices. Like the original Droid and its sequels, The RAZR line, specifically the original Droid RAZR Maxx, and the Mini/Maxx/Ultra will likely follow that path.
BTW: I'm stuck with my DNA (and i'm perfectly fine with that) for the next year and a half, so absolutely none of this will affect me until my contract ends in Jan 2015. I personally couldn't care less what happens with the whole Butterfly S/DNA 2 situation, but I understand some of you like to replace your device more frequently (which is perfectly fine) so I'm just adding my $0.02 to anyone who may be interested.
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Droid DNA is a great phone don't get me wrong but our family plan has like 3 extra upgrades to blow and my mom, grandma, and my brother don't really use them and use basic phones lol.
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And I also have a cracked screen lol. I have a love hate relationship with the HTC droids. Love that they aren't as popular as iPhone's or Samsung's so u feel like your unique... Hate the software development from Verizon (because of it not being as popular I guess)
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Who cares, the new phones don't have much wow factor to make me think the DNA is missing something or is being left behind. And looking at the development, the DNA has a good number of roms and kernels so I don't feel like it is under developed.
The DNA will be running strong for at least three years.
What I don't understand is... We have a 5 Inch, 1080P, Quad Core Android cell phone.. Nobody seems to care? We do!! But it's always about the HTC One, whatever Motorola is coming out with.. and Nokia Windows 8 phones..the next Nexus.. What is Samsung doing?? We have an absolute monster phone that I love yet there was almost ZERO hype behind it.. launched, then .. "Hey, I'm still here, I'm free now" .... Unless I missed something in my zombie like state of mind lately.. People ask what phone I have, then I tell them.. and I hear crickets.. People have no idea about this beast!!
See if people are wowed when you tell them you have the new Droid Ultra with a whopping 5 inch screen, powerful 1.7 dual core processor, and an unprecedented 2 gb ram plus the usually lousy Moto camera.
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See if people are wowed when you tell them you have the new Droid Ultra with a whopping 5 inch screen, powerful 1.7 dual core processor, and an unprecedented 2 gb ram plus the usually lousy Moto camera.
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Exactly!!! People go nuts over that sort of thing.. But a Quad core 5" 1080P HD phone is... "They aren't talking it up, must be mediocre"
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What I don't understand is... We have a 5 Inch, 1080P, Quad Core Android cell phone.. Nobody seems to care? We do!! But it's always about the HTC One, whatever Motorola is coming out with.. and Nokia Windows 8 phones..the next Nexus.. What is Samsung doing?? We have an absolute monster phone that I love yet there was almost ZERO hype behind it.. launched, then .. "Hey, I'm still here, I'm free now" .... Unless I missed something in my zombie like state of mind lately.. People ask what phone I have, then I tell them.. and I hear crickets.. People have no idea about this beast!!
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Completely agree with you. I firmly believe that the Droid DNA/J Butterfly/DLX is the second most innovative device of the modern mobile technology world. Second only to the Ubuntu Edge. I think the mistake was making this beast a Verizon exclusive. If they had endorsed the DNA the way they did with the One, or how Samsung has done since the Galaxy S2, they could easily blow the SGS4 and Xperia Z out of the water. Don't get me wrong, the One, S4 and XPZ are all great devices, but the DNA could easily rank right up there with them if HTC had really tried. And that's not even mentioning the Butterfly S. Bringing it to the states and endorsing it on all major carriers could set HTC for eternity. It takes the overall greatness of our DNAs and gives it all the things we love about the One (like boomsound). It's pretty much the ultimate smartphone IMO. HTC needs to play smart in the future, or they'll crash and burn. Hopefully the One's success will teach them this.
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The butterfly s is the only new phone I'm really looking foward too. I would pick the DNA over any other phone except it. It really solves all of our issues we had with the DNA . The battery is insane now, finally have more storage, and even though our speaker is amazing on the DNA, who wouldn't want boomsound?
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The butterfly s is the only new phone I'm really looking foward too. I would pick the DNA over any other phone except it. It really solves all of our issues we had with the DNA . The battery is insane now, finally have more storage, and even though our speaker is amazing on the DNA, who wouldn't want boomsound?
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And like you said sd card slot, I hope Verizon or htc doesnt screw this up . If it doesnt launch on Verizon I'm probably looking at the HTC one or droid maxx
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