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moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
The first time I laid eyes on the EVO 3D, the camera lense fixture was a huge eyesore. After a month of watching video previews, it's becoming less an issue.

Subliminal 3D messages are probably to blame.

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moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

OptimusMatrix posted:

I was in Best Buy to put a reservation down on the Evo 3D but just couldn't pull the trigger. I'll wait to hear if Radio Shack will be offering any incentives first.

I'm going to ATTEMPT to hold off on ordering till I hear back on several reviews and user experiences with the Evo 3D. :bang:

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
Damnit. Why doesn't it have a hardware keyboard?!

I'm >this< close to making the leap and preordering.

edit: NO! I'll wait. I'LL WAIT!

moolchaba fucked around with this message at 03:33 on May 23, 2011

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
Galaxy S2 announcement coming 8/29

:dance:

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

datajosh posted:

I got burned by buying the Samsung Moment when it launched but I still want the Epic Touch :( I'm going to try my best to wait until people start finding its flaws this time.

I'm with you on this. I am nursing my Touch Pro 2 to last me another few months at least. When I saw the comparison of the Evo3D with the SGII on YouTube, I was blown away by how much faster the SGII was.

I have been eligible for my upgrade since 2009, but I have been holding off not wanting to have to touch my current SERO plan. I'm not happy about the thought of owning a 4G phone (paying the 4G fee) and never using anything besides 3G (unless I travel to a major city).

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
Slashgear review of Samsung Epic Touch 4G

I wonder how the hell this thing is benching slower than the euro version? I thought they were using the same processor.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

corpsed posted:

Just ordered a Samsung Epic 4G Touch to replace my ailing Palm Pre. It should arrive not this Wednesday, but the one after it--I can't wait.

I'm seeing complaints about the wifi and 3g radio not having the best reception, similar to what was seen with the Nexus S.

I'm holding out till October or early November. If the consensus shows the Epic Touch 4G to be a lovely phone, I'll try to stretch the wait a few more months and be happy with this hacked Xandroid on my TP2.

Maybe we'll get the Nexus Prime before it gets too unbearable.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

td4guy posted:

I was recently able to receive a TOL on a SERO account, I'm assuming because I already had a SERO line so the call center people didn't have to do the taboo thing of creating a new SERO account.

Anyway, I just discovered that it's totally possible to swap in a Touch Pro2 without any issues on sprint.com. No requirement to upgrade to SERO Premium and be hit with the $10 fee. Cool deal!

I'm running XDAndroid on my tp2, it's pretty slick actually. I have it on my microsd and run it when I grow sick of wm6.5

The tether doesn't work for me so I still have to load into wm for that, but it gives me access to some cool android market apps and hopefully tides me over till a new phone worthy of the sero premium upgrade comes along (along with 4G tax, bumping my monthly rate by $20+).

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:

I've been holding out hope for the Nexus Prime coming out for Sprint. Is it going to be a VZW exclusive? Or is there anything else coming out in the near future for Sprint?

The chatter seems to indicate that there will be a Verizon exclusive, but no idea on how long that would be. We'll have to see what happens next week (11th) with the announcement.

I wish Google would put a microsd slot on that bugger this time around.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
I had great sprint EVDO-0 and rev A speeds during the HTC Titan days. Then everything hit the fan in early-mid 2010 and I haven't seen decent speeds since.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
I must have this loving phone! :derp:

Suck it, steve jobs... oh

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
I wonder how many iPhone 4S users are having second thoughts after last night's demo?

Depending on the exclusivity deal, Sprint may be looking at a bunch of cancellations.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

nate fisher posted:

https://twitter.com/androidandme/status/127472988848259074

A rumor but a good sign for Sprint and the Nexus Prime?

:negative: don't stop believ'n

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

Vykk.Draygo posted:

Well color me shocked then. Gonna order one for my wife I guess. Is it weird that it ships from China?

Until recently, all of the iPads were shipping direct from China. I know it was that way for several months after they released in March.

It makes sense to ship it direct from the manufacturing plant with the high demand and avoid any US-side handling/storage costs.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

GEMorris posted:

Ok, I am completely tired of my touchpro2, I love my sero premium premium plan, but I don't want to pay the 4g tax. Is there any issues with getting the iPhone on sero premium? Should I get AppleCare? Has sprint made any changes recently that should make me reconsider signing a new contract (I have been out of contract for quite some time now)?

Sorry if this has been answered, I tried to sift through the last 5 pages or so and didn't see anything that specifically answered this stuff.


They are charging the "4G tax" effectively for the iPhone 4S anyways (yes, it's 3G only, but that's the way it is). Your plan would be $50 per month (plus tax, etc), which is pretty rad for an iPhone.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

ddogflex posted:

Every tower: next 6 months: data capacity upgrade!

I hope it's true.

The tower closest me shows data capacity upgrade in next 6 months. Although I'm not putting much faith in that estimate.

"Next 6 months" is a bit overbroad.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

thisdude23 posted:

gently caress YES!!!

I'm in San Antonio so we get an upgrade fast... YES!! drat, been sitting on my upgrade since August 2009 (never found anything I liked, lol)...

September 2009 here. I can't wait to roundhouse kick this Touch Pro 2 into a cement wall.

From the engadget article:

"We're looking at a familiar 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED display, Android 4.0, a 1080p movie mode, front and rear cameras, and a 1.5GHz dual-core processor. For those keeping count, that's 300MHz more powerful than the 1.2GHz chip in the HSPA+ and VZW models."

Eat it, Verizon.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

nate fisher posted:

Yes I am one of the ones that got the data roaming letter.

According to my account data, I did over 350MB roaming in September, but I never got a warning about it.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

ThermoPhysical posted:

Sprint will no longer be releasing new WiMax phones from this point on and Windows Phone will not be sold on Sprint in the near future.

There's also speculation of the Galaxy Nexus showing up in April of 2012 because of Sprint's Vice President of Product Development, David Owens stating the "April, May, June, July, August, those will be very aggressive times for us".

4 months in cell phone years is like 20,000 years.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

ThermoPhysical posted:

Yeah, I thought that's what posted. Though with my crappy mouse, I don't know what it decided to post there..

Yeah. But the article is a year old.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

Q_res posted:

I don't get it either, aside from the red stripe across the back, it's the exact same generic slab as 99% of other Android phones.

Well... you do have a shiny plastic removable cover at the top (finger print magnet) and then the contrast of the matte aluminum finish on the rest of the phone. The red highlights aren't everyone's cup of tea either.

I'm really torn, because I love the MicroSD slot, but the non-removable battery is hosed up.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
Do we have confirmation on the Nexus Prime releasing next week?

(Galaxy Nexus sounds retarded and I refuse to call it that.)

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
Why does it show 1.2 GHz for the dual core processor on the gnex?

I thought we are getting 1.5 GHz?

Anyways... tempted, but my TP2 is still running. I can hold out a few more months.

Is a MicroSD slot and removable battery too much to ask?

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
Wow. The Galaxy S III looks tantalizing.

In addition to the mean specs: MicroSD slot AND removable battery? :aaaaa:

We can expect this on sprint in... what... 8 months from now? :negative:

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

Bioshuffle posted:

Any ideas on when the Evo LTE is coming to stores? I really want to handle one in person before I decide between that and the Nexus.

I went to a "real" Sprint store today and they said sometime next week. I was hoping to play around with it today.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

ehonna_disco posted:

I just got back from a 3-day trip. I unplugged my Evo LTE at 6:00 AM each morning and didn't get back into my room to charge it until ~11:00 PM each night. The phone never dropped below 25% after a full day of texts, phone calls, videos, and pictures. I did this same trip last year with my Evo 4G and I had to pack extra batteries.

In six months, my guess is the phone will be dead by 11pm.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
Some people think that just the act of registering an SA account makes them the coolest of cool. As though everything they type will be a comedy goldmine +5. :downs:

I still have my Touch Pro 2 and I just put this version of XDAndroid on it. It's a much better port and might be as fast as Android running on a Hero.

Plus you can reset your phone and be back in WM 6.5 any time you need it, since XDAndroid runs off the MicroSD card.

(This applies to the 3 people left in this thread with a TP2.)

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

Lovie Unsmith posted:

After the Galaxy S3, I suspect the next major release will be the iPhone 5.

And hopefully a new Google phone to come out 2 weeks after the anniversary of Steve Job's death.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

Mister Fister posted:

Yeah figures

Yeah. gently caress you guys taking our bandwidth.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

quote:

Sprint is getting the Galaxy Note 2.

I've been watching all the hands on videos.

I'll wait to check out the phone at a Sprint store before I make the final decision, since the size may be a bit daunting for my hands.

This is as close to owning a stupid tablet as I'm gonna get.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

Why would you not use a screen protector on an expensive smartphone?

:smith:

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

IOwnCalculus posted:

I see you've never met my dad. He's clinging onto that TP2 for dear life, no matter how much better the $40/$50 phones are. You could give the man a free iPhone 5 and tell him you managed to make it work on the $40 plan and he'd probably still keep the TP2.

I have a TP2. Am I your dad?

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

drat it, Indiana before Michigan? gently caress'n hoosiers. Well at least one of those cities is an hour from me so I could make a visit (once I finally get rid of this tp2).

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

Vykk.Draygo posted:

Are you in Kalamazoo? I feel your pain (and almost made a similar post). I think the original plan was to start covering West Michigan in Q4 of this year but it seems to have been pushed back to who knows when, if ever.

I'm 50 min from Kzoo. Michigan is hosed.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

I Dont Like You posted:

I hope this means 3G in Milwaukee can open Facebook pages in less than 4 minutes.

Yes. Expect 3.5 minutes by New Year's!

edit: who the hell gets on Facebook? I thought that's just for moms.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

Krime posted:

Agreed. Especially with a big Google event on the 29th.

Not digging the LG which pisses me off because I've been holding off for the Nexus.

Exactly! What's 2013 going to bring? A Kyocera Nexus?

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007
I was really leaning towards the Samsung Note 2, until it was pointed out that it can't do simultaneous 3G data and voice (like the S3 does). The consolation being it can do LTE data and voice, which will be great once my town gets the upgrade in 2018.

loving gently caress fucks. Guess I'll wait a till spring to see what's coming down the pipe.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

dundun posted:

Whats the point of having 3g and voice simultaneously?

It's not something everyone relies on, but I tether a lot. Being able to chat with someone on the phone while I remote their computer or talking to a friend while streaming necrophiliac porn is something I treasure.

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

WoG posted:

It leaked a few weeks ago that Sprint will be offering the GS3 (directly) for $50 on black friday...

Well... the fact it can do SVDO is pretty much going to make it a must-purchase for me.

I really wanted the note 2, but the lack of that feature is a deal breaker.

No phablet, no phablet.

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moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

Duckman2008 posted:

A Black Friday special I would imagine would be available via any sprint avenue, so for corporate accounts like SERO that either of what you listed should work. Probably online to be safer.

What if my SERO needs to be bumped up to SERO Premium? Would I be better off just ordering over the phone for the Black Friday sale?

I'm aiming for the path of least hassle.

If I order online, I imagine it will put me on a standard plan and then I'll have to call in to get it changed back to SERO. (Maybe that is easier, I dunno.)

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