Alright....first off this is 100% opinion and my specific experience so yours may be different. I doubt it though lol. So this is my second day with the a9 and let me say I am pleasantly surprised. I was extremely sceptical when HTC dropped the specs on it. I've been a die hard HTC fan for the last 10 years and I was upset when they announced the a9 because I feared I'd have to go to another company from my m8 ( which is still a great device my usb port was acting up though). After seeing reviews though and realizing that expandable memory is a deal breaker for me I went for the a9. First impressions after a few hours was the phone was quick! A lot smoother then my m8 and that was overclocked. I really thing this 617 is fantastic. I hadn't had an ounce of lag and I've stressed it out pretty good. Mixed with 6.0 it's a dream to use. I'm grasping for reasons to pick this thing up. The screen is vibrant and I love the gorilla glass taper on all sides. The build quality is typical HTC, fantastic. Camera is by far the best HTC camera I have used as far as I can remember. Now on to the big question, the battery. I can tell you there's no need to worry about it. Marshmallows enhancements mixed with this greatly efficient 617 is getting me better battery performance then my m8. Went to work yesterday with the phone at 48% and came home 9 hours later with it at 22 and that's while it was doing the initial boot up and install of allllllllll my apps and normal usage. The. Got home charged it exptreamly fast and used the hell out of it for hours. Then went to bed and left it off the charger to test doze. Man does that work. It dropped maybe 2% in 7 hours. Sorry for making this a long posts but I just want people to enjoy this device as much as I am. This is by far worth the 399 and without a doubt the 499 tag. I could even say it's worth more then that.
Thank catches could share with GSAM battery Batery,thank you very much!
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Thanks for sharing, makes me more excited than ever to get mine
thanks for the info Cameron.
BTW, where did you pick it up? It seems like most of us are still waiting on their orders shipping.
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thanks for the info Cameron.
BTW, where did you pick it up? It seems like most of us are still waiting on their orders shipping.
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It's strait from AT&T. I pre-ordered the 1st and they said it ships the 5th. I ended up getting it the 3rd. Kind of unfortunate HTC should have sent theirs first seeing you had to pay full price. But I guess att already had their stock. Maybe HTC got more pre orders then expected?
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It's strait from AT&T. I pre-ordered the 1st and they said it ships the 5th. I ended up getting it the 3rd. Kind of unfortunate HTC should have sent theirs first seeing you had to pay full price. But I guess att already had their stock. Maybe HTC got more pre orders then expected?
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hmm, i imagine AT&T wanted first dibs in their U.S. sales agreement with HTC.
Yea that's probably it. Hopefully you all get yours soon. I'm really anxious to get this rooted and throw aosp rom on here and see how much more efficient this phone can be. Sense is already almost non existent. Give me the HTC camera and gallery apk and I'll be fine.
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Alright....first off this is 100% opinion and my specific experience so yours may be different. I doubt it though lol. So this is my second day with the a9 and let me say I am pleasantly surprised. I was extremely sceptical when HTC dropped the specs on it. I've been a die hard HTC fan for the last 10 years and I was upset when they announced the a9 because I feared I'd have to go to another company from my m8 ( which is still a great device my usb port was acting up though). After seeing reviews though and realizing that expandable memory is a deal breaker for me I went for the a9. First impressions after a few hours was the phone was quick! A lot smoother then my m8 and that was overclocked. I really thing this 617 is fantastic. I hadn't had an ounce of lag and I've stressed it out pretty good. Mixed with 6.0 it's a dream to use. I'm grasping for reasons to pick this thing up. The screen is vibrant and I love the gorilla glass taper on all sides. The build quality is typical HTC, fantastic. Camera is by far the best HTC camera I have used as far as I can remember. Now on to the big question, the battery. I can tell you there's no need to worry about it. Marshmallows enhancements mixed with this greatly efficient 617 is getting me better battery performance then my m8. Went to work yesterday with the phone at 48% and came home 9 hours later with it at 22 and that's while it was doing the initial boot up and install of allllllllll my apps and normal usage. The. Got home charged it exptreamly fast and used the hell out of it for hours. Then went to bed and left it off the charger to test doze. Man does that work. It dropped maybe 2% in 7 hours. Sorry for making this a long posts but I just want people to enjoy this device as much as I am. This is by far worth the 399 and without a doubt the 499 tag. I could even say it's worth more then that.
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Hi Cameron,
Thanks for your note, not too long at all I enjoyed reading your first impressions, If anything of note comes up that might be of interest please follow up, Cheers!!!
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Hi Cameron,
Thanks for your note, not too long at all I enjoyed reading your first impressions, If anything of note comes up that might be of interest please follow up, Cheers!!!
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Sure thing I'll update with whatever I find. One thing I've seen today is I've been really using it. I have off of work and I've been on YouTube and browsing the web. A lottttt of whatsapp messaging for hours and it does drain fast with heavy usage. I'd say with constant usage all day it lasted about 6 hours before it dropped to 20%. Way more usage then you normally would do.I usually switch to my tablet when I'm home anyway, but I've wanted to test this out. When it hit 20 though I plugged it in, did some dishes and made lunch and it was back up to 79 lol so it makes up for it. Can't wait to see quick charge 3.0
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Sure thing I'll update with whatever I find. One thing I've seen today is I've been really using it. I have off of work and I've been on YouTube and browsing the web. A lottttt of whatsapp messaging for hours and it does drain fast with heavy usage. I'd say with constant usage all day it lasted about 6 hours before it dropped to 20%. Way more usage then you normally would do.I usually switch to my tablet when I'm home anyway, but I've wanted to test this out. When it hit 20 though I plugged it in, did some dishes and made lunch and it was back up to 79 lol so it makes up for it. Can't wait to see quick charge 3.0
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How does it compare to the M8 when using it one-handed? I've seen reports that claim it's more and less slippery.
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How does it compare to the M8 when using it one-handed? I've seen reports that claim it's more and less slippery.
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One handed use is fine. It is slippery though. Not any more then my m8 but I think because of the size. It's a lot thinner. Had to get a case today and I'm not a case person. Never had the m8 in one . Only cases online were weird brands so I picked up a casemate from att. Nice actually it's see through and very thin it's mainly for a grip and small falls which is what I like.
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Sure thing I'll update with whatever I find. One thing I've seen today is I've been really using it. I have off of work and I've been on YouTube and browsing the web. A lottttt of whatsapp messaging for hours and it does drain fast with heavy usage. I'd say with constant usage all day it lasted about 6 hours before it dropped to 20%. Way more usage then you normally would do.I usually switch to my tablet when I'm home anyway, but I've wanted to test this out. When it hit 20 though I plugged it in, did some dishes and made lunch and it was back up to 79 lol so it makes up for it. Can't wait to see quick charge 3.0
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Thanks for the thoughtful review. I find I have similar battery experience with my M9. If I'm using it a lot, the battery drains very fast (similar to your experience with the A9 today). If usage is light it lasts a long time. Anyway, I'm looking forward to playing with the A9 myself (hopefully shipping tomorrow?).
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Thanks for the thoughtful review. I find I have similar battery experience with my M9. If I'm using it a lot, the battery drains very fast (similar to your experience with the A9 today). If usage is light it lasts a long time. Anyway, I'm looking forward to playing with the A9 myself (hopefully shipping tomorrow?).
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Yea I think tomorrow I'll run it with saver on and see if there's any lag and what performance I get. I also didn't mention the fingerprint scanner. I always thought they felt gimicky. This one doesn't. Its stupid fast. I love the feature of it not being a button just tap it with the screen off and it unlocks everything.
Rooting an A9
Received an A9 today. Lovely phone. Is there any information available on rooting the device? Is it too soon, or is there some general procedure? Would like to give CyanogenMod a try sometime soon.
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Received an A9 today. Lovely phone. Is there any information available on rooting the device? Is it too soon, or is there some general procedure? Would like to give CyanogenMod a try sometime soon.
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I'd love to know. I don't think there is yet. I know HTC is very open this go around with rooting though. I'd love a stock Android rom with HTC camera apk OT would get even better performance. I'll post a picture later of my battery stats today they are fantastic
Unplugged at 830 this morning. At work all day being used and 13+ hours later not too shabby. Better then my m8 for sure. Not as good as something with a 3K mah phone but it's not bad at all.
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I went to at&t today to play with it. Very responsive compared to my m9. Design is 100% iphone. No ambient display though. Not worth the $500 tag they want but if tmobile had it id consider financing. I do like the fact its very slimmed down sense. Almost aosp feel and look. Htc should of kept the price at $399.
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I went to at&t today to play with it. Very responsive compared to my m9. Design is 100% iphone. No ambient display though. Not worth the $500 tag they want but if tmobile had it id consider financing. I do like the fact its very slimmed down sense. Almost aosp feel and look. Htc should of kept the price at $399.
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Maybe if you had it for a few days. I think it's worth 500 considering the build quality and the parts used inside are high quality. Not to mention the surprisingly good battery. But Yea I wouldn't pay 500 strait up I'm doing next with att
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Maybe if you had it for a few days. I think it's worth 500 considering the build quality and the parts used inside are high quality. Not to mention the surprisingly good battery. But Yea I wouldn't pay 500 strait up I'm doing next with att
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I'll admit it was speedy, no lag but the 617 is still midrange. I'd also assume the at&T model has a unlockable bootloader. Most of the YouTube reviews claim the battery life terrible so we shall see. If one pops up on swappa or craigslist for $300 I'd buy it.
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I'll admit it was speedy, no lag but the 617 is still midrange. I'd also assume the at&T model has a unlockable bootloader. Most of the YouTube reviews claim the battery life terrible so we shall see. If one pops up on swappa or craigslist for $300 I'd buy it.
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Yea I noticed that every review was different I mean you see the picture I posted I got good performance yesterday. I think when I went to bed I was at 18 hours. And I use my phone. But some reviews said it sucked. Some reviews said sound sucked too . It's not as stereo as my m8 but louder and clearer I think. 300 would be a good price. I want to get this rooted and tinker with the 617
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After being with T-Mobile for 10 years, I finally had enough with their less-than-stellar data speeds and spotty coverage, and decided to switch over to AT&T (I know, they now own T-Mobile). Being a fan of HTC's build quality, choosing the Inspire 4g was a no brainer. After a few days of normal to moderate usage, I was left scratching my as to why they went with a 1250mAh battery on a 4g phone, touting a huge 4.3" screen. It didn't take long to realize the battery was under powered for such a large, powerful device. With normal to moderate usage, I was averaging 4 to 5 hours of battery life.
I power cycled the battery several times, hoping this would improve, but it did not. It's little brother, the HD2 also had an underpowered 1350mAh battery, which also yielded sub-par performance, with an average battery life of just 5 to 6 hours under normal to moderate usage. It's a real shame, because the build quality on these devices is fantastic. With a sleek design, aluminum bodies, and thick glass panels, the phone has a good balance, and feels great in the hand. Why they would use such an under powered battery is beyond me.
The other problem I noticed with the Inspire 4g is the off center placement of the glass panel. There is a slight gap in the upper right hand corner, that allows for dust and debris to appear behind the glass, which I find very frustrating. I thought perhaps I got a lemon, so I brought it to AT&T to exchange it for another one. The replacement also had an off centered glass panel, and had dust and debris behind the glass, fresh out of the box! Needless to say, I changed devices and went with the Motorola Atrix instead.
If HTC would invest in a larger, more powerful battery, and focus more attention on quality control, I'd be a lifetime fan. Aside from the plastic, rather cheap feel of the Atrix, I'm very satisfied with it's performance and battery life. It's a reasonable trade off, in my opinion. I'm hoping HTC listens to the feedback concerning the poor battery life and starts using adequate batteries in their higher end devices. When that happens, I will gladly switch back to an Android powered HTC device.
I am running stock ROM with the 1300mAh battery by Seidio and my standby time is better than it was on my Captivate running stock froyo.
When I'm at work, my phone is usually just sitting on my desk in idle mode (Gmail sync on only, wifi off, gps on (never really turn this off anyway). With the Captivate, at the end of the day, the phone would be at 75%.
With the Inspire, I am usually between 85-90% (this is from 7AM to 5PM)
I found my battery life to be better after doing a few power cycles and then a factory reset..
For the time being, I am keeping stock ROM - Simply because I don't have the time right now to root/flash etc.
With a decent kernel, the battery life is pretty vastly improved. Mine lasts 24 hours, with around 5 hours screen on time. No off center glass either. Both my lagtrix's were returned cause their just horrible. Inspire is faster stock, let alone with a rom/kernel. After some modding the inspire blows the atrix doors off pretty shamefully. The atrix will never be faster than it is now besides what MOTO does, and don't expect that to be much.(no chance for an optimized kernel, ever). If the inspire had even 1/4 the battery life it does now, id still choose it over the atrix(the phone can't even handle a live wallpaper without lagging, signed bootloader, no neon support, blur is garbage, pentile matrix screen sucks, etc)
Did you make your battery assessments with the inspire stock? Cause it gets much better battery, plus faster after some kernel work.
I don't think the problem is HTC... It's ATT. They want to gain market on Android phones. Did you realize that Inspire 4g its quite cheap compare with other smartphones? They want a powerful phone but with some drawbacks. I bet DHD has better battery life compare with inspire. just my 2cents
Yeah have fun with a garbage phone. You wont be able to flash any roms or kernels org anything. Have fun waiting on a update buddy's with that poor excuse of a ui. That bootloader wont be unlocked.
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After being with T-Mobile for 10 years, I finally had enough with their less-than-stellar data speeds and spotty coverage, and decided to switch over to AT&T (I know, they now own T-Mobile). Being a fan of HTC's build quality, choosing the Inspire 4g was a no brainer. After a few days of normal to moderate usage, I was left scratching my as to why they went with a 1250mAh battery on a 4g phone, touting a huge 4.3" screen. It didn't take long to realize the battery was under powered for such a large, powerful device. With normal to moderate usage, I was averaging 4 to 5 hours of battery life.
I power cycled the battery several times, hoping this would improve, but it did not. It's little brother, the HD2 also had an underpowered 1350mAh battery, which also yielded sub-par performance, with an average battery life of just 5 to 6 hours under normal to moderate usage. It's a real shame, because the build quality on these devices is fantastic. With a sleek design, aluminum bodies, and thick glass panels, the phone has a good balance, and feels great in the hand. Why they would use such an under powered battery is beyond me.
The other problem I noticed with the Inspire 4g is the off center placement of the glass panel. There is a slight gap in the upper right hand corner, that allows for dust and debris to appear behind the glass, which I find very frustrating. I thought perhaps I got a lemon, so I brought it to AT&T to exchange it for another one. The replacement also had an off centered glass panel, and had dust and debris behind the glass, fresh out of the box! Needless to say, I changed devices and went with the Motorola Atrix instead.
If HTC would invest in a larger, more powerful battery, and focus more attention on quality control, I'd be a lifetime fan. Aside from the plastic, rather cheap feel of the Atrix, I'm very satisfied with it's performance and battery life. It's a reasonable trade off, in my opinion. I'm hoping HTC listens to the feedback concerning the poor battery life and starts using adequate batteries in their higher end devices. When that happens, I will gladly switch back to an Android powered HTC device.
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Good Luck with that locked down Atrix... I don't get why you are here. You don't own an Inspire....I don't think ppl care that you didn't like it??
The Atrix forum is >>>>>>>>Thata way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=994 I know its kind of a ghost town.
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Good Luck with that locked down Atrix... I don't get why you are here. You don't own an Inspire....I don't think ppl care that you didn't like it??
The Atrix forum is >>>>>>>>Thata way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=994 I know its kind of a ghost town.
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You don't why I'm here? I've been a member since 2005 or so. If you re-read my post, you will see that I did own the Inspire. I love that phone but hate the battery life. I've owned just about every phone on the market and really like rooting and hacking. I'm really considering returning the Atrix for the Inspire again and just getti.g an extended battery. People on here are makiing a lkt of good points about the Atrix. For a dual core phone, it's not that fast at all. I hate that I can't unlock the bootloader and mess with it. I am def bringing the Atrix back for an Inspire. Screw this locked down BS.
so far battery life is better than my epic
Stock my battery life was better than my captivate. Àfter flashing a new kernel and using setcpu, my battery life is absolutely stellar. Loltrix.. Lolololllll
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You don't why I'm here? I've been a member since 2005 or so. If you re-read my post, you will see that I did own the Inspire. I love that phone but hate the battery life. I've owned just about every phone on the market and really like rooting and hacking. I'm really considering returning the Atrix for the Inspire again and just getti.g an extended battery. People on here are makiing a lkt of good points about the Atrix. For a dual core phone, it's not that fast at all. I hate that I can't unlock the bootloader and mess with it. I am def bringing the Atrix back for an Inspire. Screw this locked down BS.
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Go for the Inspire. Trust us. You won't regret it once you get things going good.
I found myself extremely frustrated with the battery, moreso when I was running stock. I began to accept that my phone might always need to be near a power source incase I start to run low. Since then I've rooted, tried different roms, radios, kernels, etc. Right now I'm actually *hoping* it dies soon. I'm in the middle of re-calibrating the battery (essential for long lasting charges) and I'd like the phone to die tonight so I can charge it for work tomorrow
So far on this charge I have gotten 35 hours, and I'm down to 17%. JuiceDefender estimates about 6 hours of battery. I could probably kill it in an hour or so with GPS, but that is any smartphone. If I don't touch my phone, it would probably last until morning. I tend to only draw about 1% an hour in standby. Once the battery dies, I can recharge it to complete re-calibrating things and go back to charging when I please with much improved battery life.
My current setup is as shown in my signature. It does take a little knowledge and tweaking to get everything set to your liking, but part of the reason I got an android phone is so I could do just that. Coming from the iPhone 3G, totally unable to root or anything, I find this a massive improvement on things. Everything I've learned about this phone was here on XDA forums over a few weeks.
Give it some time and put your mind to learning how to make the phone work better and you will most certainly impressed. Personally I feel I couldn't have made a better choice for an AT&T phone. The only downside is that I used my upgrade to get the phone at $99 then saw it at best buy a few weeks later for $29.
I thought about it anx decided to return the Atrix and get the Inspire again. I called the store near my house and they are willing to exchange it. I'll have to pay tge$ 35 restocking fee, and I'm fine with that because they are also swappi.g out my cases and screen protectors too. Not a bad deal in my opinion. Thanks to everyone for your input, you helped me make my decision.
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You don't why I'm here? I've been a member since 2005 or so. If you re-read my post, you will see that I did own the Inspire. I love that phone but hate the battery life. I've owned just about every phone on the market and really like rooting and hacking. I'm really considering returning the Atrix for the Inspire again and just getti.g an extended battery. People on here are makiing a lkt of good points about the Atrix. For a dual core phone, it's not that fast at all. I hate that I can't unlock the bootloader and mess with it. I am def bringing the Atrix back for an Inspire. Screw this locked down BS.
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I had no Idea you were swayable.. Yer post seemed like some odd complaint for flame bait.
I would really look at rooting and romming your phone. I am currently experiencing MUCH better battery life on my Inspire than I was with my Atrix. I'm using LeeDroid's newest and SetCPU on the "Smartass" governer. My average battery life is ~38-48 hours with light to moderate use. I've been charging it every other night...
I just recently switched from the iphone 4 wanting something different.... well i picked up the htc inspire and man was i blown away but with only light use by lunch time i had less then %50 battery and that wasent gonna fly! It got to the point that i was considering bringing it back, i looked up battery issues and ALOT of people were saying to download "juice defender" from the market so i did and now, with the settings on "balanced" after 15 plus hrs of moderate use i have %35 battery.... im overly excited, hope this helps.
The battery life's bad? I must have missed the memo.
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its fine but i get 50% by 12 hours :[ anyone got good radio to use around texas? on cyanogen 7 btw
last two peeps
what roms are you running
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CM7.0.2 with LorDmod kernel and the pinky undervolt mod. It's in my sig.
Can't see sigs in xda app
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CM7.0.2 with LorDmod kernel and the pinky undervolt mod. It's in my sig.
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You don't own a computer that you can check at a later time?
Anyway, it's CM7.0.2 with the LorDmod VrIO CFS kernel and Pinky Ultra Undervolt patch. The radio I'm using is 12.48.60.23P_26.08.04.07_M3.
I can get a 16gb nexus 5 and LG G2 base model for around the same price (give or take 20 dollars) Which one would you choose? My concern about the nexus 5 is its battery life, which the G2 is great at.
Thanks for the input!
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Between the two at this exact moment, I'd take the LG G2 personally because battery life is quite important to me in a portable device of most any kind. Reviews show it has fantastic battery life (meaning the G2) and I doubt seriously - considering the size of the battery in the Nexus 5 - that the Nexus 5 will get anywhere near what the G2 is proving quite capable of.
So, for me the LG G2 would be a no-brainer since we know KitKat will be showing up quite soon since the source is available - we just had a 4.4 build created by houstonn for the LGOG which I happen to have, it's mostly functional but I'm sure soon enough it will be 100% to go.
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Between the two at this exact moment, I'd take the LG G2 personally because battery life is quite important to me in a portable device of most any kind. Reviews show it has fantastic battery life (meaning the G2) and I doubt seriously - considering the size of the battery in the Nexus 5 - that the Nexus 5 will get anywhere near what the G2 is proving quite capable of.
So, for me the LG G2 would be a no-brainer since we know KitKat will be showing up quite soon since the source is available - we just had a 4.4 build created by houstonn for the LGOG which I happen to have, it's mostly functional but I'm sure soon enough it will be 100% to go.
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That was a quick response. Thanks man!
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Agreed. If battery is your main concern and the price is similar, I would choose the G2. Battery isn't that important to me though. All I really need from a phone is a full average day on a single charge and I think I will get that from the N5. I get a full day with my N4 on most days, but I run it conservatively.
I have a G2 now, and I get 2-3 days with the G2 and I get 1-2 days with the Note 3.
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Another possible benefit to the G2 is that has Audience's Earsmart noise cancellation chip. It remains to be seen if the Nexus 5 will have it, but since it would impose extra licensing fees, I'm guessing it's more likely than not that the Nexus 5 won't have it (Google has to cut corners somewhere, to sell the Nexus 5 for a low price).
Audience's noise cancellation chip is by far the best noise cancellation out there. Much better than Qualcomm's native solution Fluence (which the Nexus 4 uses). The Nexus One had the Audience chip and was one of the first phones to use it. I really miss that. I could be in super loud environments and people thought I was at home. The Nexus 4 has been a huge step down in this respect. After the Nexus One, the iPhone 4 used the Audience chip (and of course everyone acted like Apple invented noise cancellation, even though they were late comers to the game). In any case, it got much praise on the iPhone 4. But it has been dropped from the iPhone 5 for Apple's own in house solution and the (very few) critics how pay attention to this have pointed out that it's much worse. These days for the most part it's only Samsung that consistently uses the Audience chip in its top tier phones.
Anyway, I care a lot about call quality, so I'd really like the have the Audience chip again. I'm still waiting to see if it's in the Nexus 5. But if I had to decide now, without knowing, that would definitely be a feature pulling me toward the G2 instead.
I would take the G2 because of the battery life and camera performance ... and I'm saying this while I bought the nexus 5
im lucky that the price is so different!
it would be horribly tough to work it out.
g2 is clearly the better phone. better accu, bigger screen, better camera.
but hell man...nexus5 will have 18 month of Top noth Updates PLUS the Community will blow minds becwuse it will be THE device they All have and develope for. with the g2 you wont have that.
i keep telling people that Not the Hardware is the big Star of the cellphone but the Software is.
So choice is as the Situation is thaaaaat easy for me.
I had both and I'd recommend the Nexus 5 any second. KitKat runs super smooth and I love the looks! I hate the glossy plastic on the G2 and I totally love the soft silky back of the N5. I have been touching it nonstop for the last hour. I might need professional help.
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im lucky that the price is so different!
it would be horribly tough to work it out.
g2 is clearly the better phone. better accu, bigger screen, better camera.
but hell man...nexus5 will have 18 month of Top noth Updates PLUS the Community will blow minds becwuse it will be THE device they All have and develope for. with the g2 you wont have that.
i keep telling people that Not the Hardware is the big Star of the cellphone but the Software is.
So choice is as the Situation is thaaaaat easy for me.
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+1 in a couple weeks, there'll be some announcement where this cpu is better than etc etc. Hardware gets better all the time but software more or less stays the same and that's what we as users can compete on. Not on the hardware because something will be better in a matter of weeks / months etc.
If having a good community in terms of rom and kernels as well as receiving the newest and latest android on a stock android experience matters to you then a nexus phone is a no Brainer.
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im lucky that the price is so different!
it would be horribly tough to work it out.
g2 is clearly the better phone. better accu, bigger screen, better camera.
but hell man...nexus5 will have 18 month of Top noth Updates PLUS the Community will blow minds becwuse it will be THE device they All have and develope for. with the g2 you wont have that.
i keep telling people that Not the Hardware is the big Star of the cellphone but the Software is.
So choice is as the Situation is thaaaaat easy for me.
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I'm still disappointed with the 2300 mah battery, I would have been totally satisfied with a 2600 mah battery...
Better accu? :silly: this forum is filled with Germans , I love when i realize that I'm not the only one who keeps mixing the languages :laugh:
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I'm still disappointed with the 2300 mah battery, I would have been totally satisfied with a 2600 mah battery...
Better accu? :silly: this forum is filled with Germans , I love when i realize that I'm not the only one who keeps mixing the languages :laugh:
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We say Akku in German though
Chad_Petree said:
I'm still disappointed with the 2300 mah battery, I would have been totally satisfied with a 2600 mah battery...
Better accu? :silly: this forum is filled with Germans , I love when i realize that I'm not the only one who keeps mixing the languages :laugh:
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yeah happens.. *smile*
but accumulator is Not wrong either in english i guess....but yeah native english speakers Do say battery All the time.
/edit: but it seems BATTERY seems ok from One can read from others. but be careful with that Information! people are still hyped to the Max with the new device the may get too euphoric about it.
Hard decision but honestly I got burned hard by the Optimus 2X and anyone else who owned that phone would likely agree with me, it was a solid phone but the software support was horrendous (not helped by Nvidia...). The only reason I got the Nexus 4 was the fact it was made by LG which make QUALITY hardware but lack a large software dev team so as the Nexus is done by Google it was a very easy decision . I wouldnt leave the Nexus series so long as it stays at the price point of £300 as the developer community alone is amazing, so many talented developers working on one device we would never get left in the dark.
The G2 is a better device interms of battery life but for me the device size definitely goes past the perfect spot which is the N4 and N5 (width is important!). Would I have paid extra if the N5 had a stepped battery in it, of course I would as I do want longer battery life but I think the N5 will meet my requirement now as its better than the N4! I think the decider for me if they were the same price would be the developer community as I would go for the one with the biggest following, if the G2 can keep up with the N5 in terms of custom rom android versions then it would be fine and I would be tempted but still would need to hold it in the hand as I think its too wide.
Tough call! Would wait till Jan before deciding on the community personally.
I would get Nexus 5. I don't use my phone 8 hours a day and I don't live in the woods so I have access to the charger most of the time.
DJ-Tumor said:
im lucky that the price is so different!
it would be horribly tough to work it out.
g2 is clearly the better phone. better accu, bigger screen, better camera.
but hell man...nexus5 will have 18 month of Top noth Updates PLUS the Community will blow minds becwuse it will be THE device they All have and develope for. with the g2 you wont have that.
i keep telling people that Not the Hardware is the big Star of the cellphone but the Software is.
So choice is as the Situation is thaaaaat easy for me.
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Do you assume that after 18 months Google will no longer update the N5?
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Do you assume that after 18 months Google will no longer update the N5?
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Honestly, after Google said they stopped supporting the Galaxy Nexus I'm not that optimistic either. But it doesn't matter to me since this is a Nexus.
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Do you assume that after 18 months Google will no longer update the N5?
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that is what Google says and seems to be the reason why the samsun nexus does Not get updates any more.
possibly because of Qualcomm being the cpu we may get Lucky to get One Last Update after that 18 month.
only time will tell.
As of what we Do Know now...we should shot expect Updates after the 18 month.
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Honestly, after Google said they stopped supporting the Galaxy Nexus I'm not that optimistic either. But it doesn't matter to me since this is a Nexus.
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DJ-Tumor said:
that is what Google says and seems to be the reason why the samsun nexus does Not get updates any more.
possibly because of Qualcomm being the cpu we may get Lucky to get One Last Update after that 18 month.
only time will tell.
As of what we Do Know now...we should shot expect Updates after the 18 month.
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Google did say the reason that the Gnex will no longer get updates... Im not a fortune teller but I think Qualcomm will survive more than 18 months.
Either way, once I see that the N5 will stop getting updates, that will be the moment when I root my phone.
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Google did say the reason that the Gnex will no longer get updates... Im not a fortune teller but I think Qualcomm will survive more than 18 months.
Either way, once I see that the N5 will stop getting updates, that will be the moment when I root my phone.
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What reasons, this is all I see so far: https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3468085?hl=en
And if its because TI is no longer making the chips, that's not convincing, while I'm no developer, TI OMAP chips are much more open than Qualcomm (which is why they are found in a lot of other opensource linux devices) so even if Google receives no help from TI it should still be easier to release KitKat for it than with a Qualcomm device having to deal with more proprietary codes (one of the reason a Nexus 7 factory image was temporary pulled).
Anyway, what ever the reason its unfounded and here is why: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/development
Exactly - the reason for the lack of a 4.4 update for the Galaxy Nexus is because TI basically pulled out of ARM chip making and they won't provide support to Google so Google has no choice but to pull out of any potential updates for that particular device.
In time I'm sure you'll see a 4.4+ ROM appear soon enough for the Galaxy Nexus. Hell, if old devices like the Galaxy S can run 4.3 (and it does, surprisingly well, probably will run 4.4 too without a problem) you can be positive that 4.4 will make it's way to the Galaxy Nexus soon enough.
But it's not Google that pulled the plug for that update, it was Texas Instruments...
As the time comes that most of us who did a 2 yr upgrade are coming up on picking up a new device what is everyone gravitating to?
The waterproofing of the S5 is nice but inability to root is disheartening, the M8 is nice but I'm not sure about it.
USFguy said:
As the time comes that most of us who did a 2 yr upgrade are coming up on picking up a new device what is everyone gravitating to?
The waterproofing of the S5 is nice but inability to root is disheartening, the M8 is nice but I'm not sure about it.
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I am moving to Sony Z2 for waterproof and style. Its slick lines just make it look like art.
I find the M8 good looking from the front but ugly from the side and back. Something about its big sloppy curved back doesnt sit right with me. The phone just looks fat and bulky.
S5 really does seem like the standout device this year. But I have never wanted what everyone else has. Plus I find it bland looking.
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I am moving to Sony Z2 for waterproof and style. Its slick lines just make it look like art.
I find the M8 good looking from the front but ugly from the side and back. Something about its big sloppy curved back doesnt sit right with me. The phone just looks fat and bulky.
S5 really does seem like the standout device this year. But I have never wanted what everyone else has. Plus I find it bland looking.
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Z2 is on ATT?
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Z2 is on ATT?
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No idea. I think I read somewhere the other week that no usa carriers will have the z2.
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No idea. I think I read somewhere the other week that no usa carriers will have the z2.
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Well the big red will (ew) but other than that, Sony Store only I think
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USFguy said:
The waterproofing of the S5 is nice but inability to root is disheartening, the M8 is nice but I'm not sure about it.
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What about the M8 aren't you sure about? Its what I picked up last week, and its a fabulous phone.
I've summed up my feeling between the two devices (GS5 vs. M8) pretty well over here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52651026&postcount=14
The build quality of the M8 simply blows the GS5 out of the water.
The only "pros" I see on the GS5 side are:
- the waterproofing (M8 is still water resistant, just not meant to be completely submerged)
- better photos in good lighting (mainly outdoors, and how much this matter is going to depend on how you use your phone most often)
- much bigger market share and therefore larger community (but with the bootloader so locked down, how much does this matter?)
Side note: I haven't been keeping up with the GS5 root status, so I decided to hop over there and just take a peek before harping on the issue too much (to avoid spreading any possible misinformation). And the situation is bleak, to say the least. I don't think I've ever seen a Development forum section this empty. Even the EVITA (with a locked down bootloader) had some development threads before the phone was even released:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/development
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/orig-development
I mean, I'm sure the talented devs here figure something out eventually. But this was just pretty striking to see.
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Side note: I haven't been keeping up with the GS5 root status, so I decided to hop over there and just take a peek before harping on the issue too much (to avoid spreading any possible misinformation). And the situation is bleak, to say the least. I don't think I've ever seen a Development forum section this empty. Even devices like my old HTC EVITA (with a locked down bootloader) had some development threads before the phone was even released:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/development
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/orig-development
I mean, I'm sure the talented devs here figure something out eventually. But this was just pretty striking to see.
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That's just sad!
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What about LG G2... or upcoming G3?
If my Evita dies on me. I still want an M7 or Nexus 5. Still great phones. The dev section for M7 is loaded.
No idea... Probably an M8. Depends what is out there around Christmas
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I changed my contract to the no-contract plan AT&T has now and save a lot of money on our bill. On the other hand, I'm stuck with this phone until something worth buying off-contract comes along. Not that it's a bad phone. I just installed a new battery and brand new white housing I got off ebay for under $25 bucks total and it looks and works like new! (better than new with CM11 and some overclocking) Every new phone coming out lately is too big. All 5+ inch screens and I can barely hold this phone with one hand as it is. Oh well, maybe the new Nexus will be reasonably sized.
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I changed my contract to the no-contract plan AT&T has now and save a lot of money on our bill. On the other hand, I'm stuck with this phone until something worth buying off-contract comes along. Not that it's a bad phone. I just installed a new battery and brand new white housing I got off ebay for under $25 bucks total and it looks and works like new! (better than new with CM11 and some overclocking) Every new phone coming out lately is too big. All 5+ inch screens and I can barely hold this phone with one hand as it is. Oh well, maybe the new Nexus will be reasonably sized.
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I had my HOXL for just over a year, thinking of installing the HOX+ 2100mAh I grabbed a while ago.
I still believe the HOXL is a beautiful and capable device (for my needs anyways). Agree that nothing is very convincing at the moment
Could've gone for One (M7) when I got my Evita, many things I didn't like, and definitely the gap increased with M8, it seems after many years with hTC I am going to try something else, maybe until they come back to their senses
As for the size, was in shop the other day and compared my Evita to LG G2, the later is barley taller by 2 mm and wider by 1 mm, 14 g heavier but same thickness, it packs a 5.2" screen with thin bezel, just this is amazing, faster CPU 2. 2 and double ram, whooping 3000 mAh battery, There is the matter of back volume rocker and power button, which I was kinda sceptical to, but wen I tried the phone in my hand I was actually surprised it might be more ergonomical and less finger stretchy than Evita.
Not in a rush, wil wait and see what the rest of year 2014 has to offer.
LG G3
Just following up....
Not bad at all if the new G3 really looks like this!
Some of course like the brushed metal thingy
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I changed my contract to the no-contract plan AT&T has now and save a lot of money on our bill. On the other hand, I'm stuck with this phone until something worth buying off-contract comes along. Not that it's a bad phone. I just installed a new battery and brand new white housing I got off ebay for under $25 bucks total and it looks and works like new! (better than new with CM11 and some overclocking) Every new phone coming out lately is too big. All 5+ inch screens and I can barely hold this phone with one hand as it is. Oh well, maybe the new Nexus will be reasonably sized.
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How hard was it to replace the battery?
nerdo said:
Just following up....
Not bad at all if the new G3 really looks like this!
Some of course like the brushed metal thingy
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Wow, just read this ( http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/05/16/lg-g3-leaks-continue-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ ) and the G3 is now my go to device! But the scary thing is...will the devs be able to unlock the bootloader or are the days of seeing talented devs rolling out amazing ROMs and kernals coming to an end?
USFguy said:
Wow, just read this ( http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/05/16/lg-g3-leaks-continue-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ ) and the G3 is now my go to device! But the scary thing is...will the devs be able to unlock the bootloader or are the days of seeing talented devs rolling out amazing ROMs and kernals coming to an end?
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Personally If I go for it I'll be satisfied with possibility to root and flash custom recovery, both of which didn't seem to be an issue with G2. This should be sufficient for flashing custom roms and kernels. There is good activity in G2 forums though.
I got my Evita last year, March 2013. It's still working ok, no real problems. I'm bothered that basically it's been abandoned by HTC though. I'd really like Kitkat, to use 4.4 only stuff like Google Camera etc.
I'd consider buying something else, but I've found the Evita too large and now all new phones are pretty much larger. I'm checking out buying the Moto G but sadly it's very hard to find the 16gb variant in Canada. I'm also interested in what the Moto X+1 turns out to be...
I'm hoping to get an invite for the oneplus one phone. If I get that, I will surely be purchasing it. if I dont get one before the next nexus (if there is one,) I will be purchasing a nexus. I'm also thinking about going to t-mob no contract. If I happen to renew my att contract, which I am unsure if I want to do, I will be jumping for the g3.
My earspeaker pretty much went out and gf dropped phone a few too many times so I took advantage of the $0.00 total for the LG G2 online at www.att.com the HTC One m7 is also $0.00 at Best Buy but I really wanted the updated processor. I really wanted the m8 or OnePlus One or maybe even the G3 when it arrives but Im too low on income.
Today I rooted it and was about to flash recovery but power went out. Made me super pissed. I was also low level formatting a hard drive at the same time so now I have to start that process over again.
I'd really like to play around with a Sony phone.
I see so many mixed reviews on Sony phones. On the surface they're incredible, the Z2 has amazing hardware, but I've seen heaps of reports of them heating up so much that the screen cracks. Among other faults. And Sony blames the consumer instantly when there's physical damage, no matter what the cause, which I guess I can understand because there's just no way to prove what caused it. But, you'd think after so many reports they might click.
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Well, I picked up an M8 and while I'm blown away at how incredible it is, I'm sorely going to miss tinkering on the Evita. I have no intention of getting rid of it though. The Evita was my first smart phone to really get the most out of. I think I flashed and tried pretty much every Rom and Mod worth using in this forum. I'll still hang out occasionally. Thanks for the good times and making the phone 10 times better.
I'm definitely interested. I love this phone, but I didn't think the M9 was much of an upgrade. We shall see though. It will between htc 10 & moto X pure
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sjpritch25 said:
I'm definitely interested. I love this phone, but I didn't think the M9 was much of an upgrade. We shall see though. It will between htc 10 & moto X pure
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I would like some insight too.
1st. Would like the M10 2nd. Google (read about *4G issues?) 6P .
question is being on VZW.
will s-off and root be possible for M10 on vzw?
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So I was on the fence for a while going back and forth with the leaks, but I think after the official announcement I'm in. Everything about this phone sounds great. I'm also liking their new ad campaign. HTC's #1 issue has been marketing. Yes the M9 was a miss for most of us on this forum, but that's because we already had the M8 and there was little reason to upgrade. The M9 was in many ways still an excellent phone. I really hope that the HTC 10 + Vive can help HTC recapture the market. The fact that they are releasing a new phone that pushes the envelope in nearly every direction despite shrinking margins and posting a net loss is very impressive.
I can't say with certainty, but I'm very hopeful of the s-off / rooting potential of this phone, even then VZW version. The unlocked GSM model will be able to unlock the bootloader via HTCDev.
As it seems is always the case these days, with everything new we get, we lose some features as well. Let's take a moment of silence for stereo front facing speakers and the IR blaster... add them to the Qi wireless charging we lost after the DNA.
My only complaints with the HTC 10 so far: Facebook will come preinstalled and can't be removed (ugh), and the rear camera sticks out, which is fine if you use a case, but I almost never do, so that's annoying.
Oh, and I apparently the Camellia Red colorway is a KDDI JPY exclusive, which stinks. I have the red M8 and I love it! If I could buy a red 10 I'd be so happy.
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spjetrovic said:
I would like some insight too.
1st. Would like the M10 2nd. Google (read about *4G issues?) 6P .
question is being on VZW.
will s-off and root be possible for M10 on vzw?
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I have a feeling S-Off will come to the HTC 10, Jcase had this to say
https://twitter.com/jcase/status/719891850484559873
HTC 10 will be on all carriers except At&t, the unlocked variant will of course work on there still. I am so excited for this device, it has everything you could want in a phone. Sense UI is still great & it being closer to stock is a plus. This & the Galaxy S7 are the only 2 devices right now that have my attention, its either a phone that can be Rooted & Boomsound or a phone that is Water Resistant & has Layers Support.
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I have a feeling S-Off will come to the HTC 10, Jcase had this to say
https://twitter.com/jcase/status/719891850484559873
HTC 10 will be on all carriers except At&t, the unlocked variant will of course work on there still. I am so excited for this device, it has everything you could want in a phone. Sense UI is still great & it being closer to stock is a plus. This & the Galaxy S7 are the only 2 devices right now that have my attention, its either a phone that can be Rooted & Boomsound or a phone that is Water Resistant & has Layers Support.
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Thanks buddy, I love my ?8.
I recently dropped it and cracked the screen. So I have been looking for a replacement.
Would like it to be better then the M8.
Being I'm on VZW unlimited. I know Big red is locking all doors. I would like to use my phone with the least possible restriction. Would like the phone to have great community/dev support.
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I have a feeling S-Off will come to the HTC 10, Jcase had this to say
I am so excited for this device, it has everything you could want in a phone.
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And a built in battery which makes it a totally useless phone for me. My M8 is the only phone I'll ever own with a non-removable battery. Sorry HTC, not for me.
No removable battery or no removable storage card = NO!
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And a built in battery which makes it a totally useless phone for me. My M8 is the only phone I'll ever own with a non-removable battery. Sorry HTC, not for me.
No removable battery or no removable storage card = NO!
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HTC 10 has a Micro SD Slot that supports up to 2TB
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HTC 10 has a Micro SD Slot that supports up to 2TB
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One out of two = NO! Micro SD slot AND removable battery = minimum acceptable features.
I may pick up a used Galaxy 4 again and activate it, the M8 is now two years old and the battery life has dropped quite a bit... <sigh>
Removable batteries are not a priority for the majority of users. In all the years I've had a phone I've never swapped out batteries. While I understand there may be use cases that require removable batteries, I've found that portable battery packs solve most use cases. If you must have the ability to swap batteries than I suggest looking at the LG G5.
I like the HTC 10. Seems like a solid upgrade, especially the camera which is now one of the best on the market compared to the M9 being one of the worst. Sense 8, and lack of bloatware seems fantastic for the unlocked version. If Javacard can s-off the HTC 10 on Verizon, that might pull me over! Sense is probably the cleanest, smoothest UI I've used.
I ended up getting a Nexus 6P in mid-march. Love the screen size. I'm holding LTE band 4 a lot better than I did with the M8, and can now get LTE in my basement when I was only able to get 3G on M8.
The 4G issue you were referring to could have been fixed by the last major firmware update, but who knows. Haven't had a problem with mine. Go figure. Every phone has its own personality
Only annoying part is Verizon includes free visual voicemail, but no way to use it (no app compatible) so I keep getting a text for each voicemail. Can be rectified by calling CS and downgrading to basic voicemail, but don't care enough. I may get 1 voicemail every month? lol
I use Google Voice for my voicemail, it's free and much better than Verizon's offering. As an added bonus, you get a 2nd phone number which is great for when you don't want to give out your actual cell to anyone (filtering calls is much easier in Google Voice than through Verizon).
I'll wait until the first or second price drop. Since my m8 just got marshmallow, I'm very happy with it and don't need to be on the latest and greatest. I'd rather have the money in my pocket.
I would love to get another HTC phone but the 10 isn't up to snuff compared to the Samsung Galaxy S7. I was leaning towards the S7 just because of the wireless charging ability and better camera.
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I was interested (more so bored with having the same phone over a year) but then I bought my wife a galaxy s7 and I can say for certain other than camera performance, faster charging and specs nothing has changed since 2014 worth upgrading for. For two days I ran app after same app on both with no real difference in real world speed (running stock rooted marshmallow with NO mods) despite benchmarks and specs. Increased resolution serves no purpose other than specs on a 5" screen and human eyes. Both screens look perfect. I guess a fingerprint reader would be nice for people who lock their phone or think it's easier to pull out a phone than bank card (she doesn't use it. Never even been set up).
Point is after real world comparison nothing revolutionary has changed. They aren't even getting prettier and thinner anymore (m8 and m9 look better and thinner).So I bought a skin/wrap and I feel like I have a brand new phone. Pretty sure this is why at some point they stop supporting newer software. From 2014 many people would never need to buy a new phone except for outdated software.
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Removable batteries are not a priority for the majority of users. In all the years I've had a phone I've never swapped out batteries. While I understand there may be use cases that require removable batteries, I've found that portable battery packs solve most use cases. If you must have the ability to swap batteries than I suggest looking at the LG G5.
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I'm considering the G5, hoping someone will unlock the bootloader. I suspect people with newer phones haven't encountered the battery problems I have with my M8 (my LAST PHONE with a non-removable battery!) which is over 3 years old, the battery was fine until around 30 days ago...
I hit the sack around 11 PM and connect the phone to the charger, I get up at 7 AM and take the phone off the charger. When new, I could often get to 10 PM w/o recharging, recently I have to recharge TWICE during the day and today I noticed the phone won't charge more than 85%!
So now my options are: Replace battery, this involves losing the phone for some days and spending a bunch of bucks or new phone, again a bunch of bucks or buying a used phone from Swappa, again a bunch of bucks all of which would never have happened if I could only remove the old battery and slide in a new one!
I'll definitely try to get it. When ever they decide to release it on VZW. Way worth the upgrade from the M8 . 4 gigs of ram, SD 820, fingerprint, new boomsound/headphone audio, better cameras, 4k video recording, USB C, QC 3.0, a little bigger screen size but without the size of the phone increasing, I assume better battery life.
I stopped by a Verizon store yesterday to play with their display 10. It's a nice phone, but I don't think it's worth the $600-700 price to upgrade over the M8. I like the physical design of the M8 better, not a fan of the chamfored edged on the back or the rear camera bump. For the "best mobile camera ever" I was underwhelmed. Maybe it's just the awful lighting in the verizon store, but the image quality wasn't substantially different. I noticed the 10's front camera is much less wide-angle than the M8's. Moving the headphone jack to the top sucks. Back to the days of wires sticking out the top and bottom of your device. Also, you know how the M8 has that glossy plastic strip across the top, which blends well into the IR blaster power button? Well the 10 has the same strip except it's a soft matte grey plastic that I just don't think works at all. It looks like the original M7 did.
To be honest I'm a bit disappointed. I rushed out to buy the Thunderbolt when it came out, I waited for the store to open to pick up the DNA. Upgrading to the M8 felt like a major upgrade. Going from M8 to 10 though just feels like a slight iteration, gaining some new bells and whistles but losing others. Maybe HTC will get the 11 right, if they survive that long...
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I stopped by a Verizon store yesterday to play with their display 10. It's a nice phone, but I don't think it's worth the $600-700 price to upgrade over the M8. I like the physical design of the M8 better, not a fan of the chamfored edged on the back or the rear camera bump. For the "best mobile camera ever" I was underwhelmed. Maybe it's just the awful lighting in the verizon store, but the image quality wasn't substantially different. I noticed the 10's front camera is much less wide-angle than the M8's. Moving the headphone jack to the top sucks. Back to the days of wires sticking out the top and bottom of your device. Also, you know how the M8 has that glossy plastic strip across the top, which blends well into the IR blaster power button? Well the 10 has the same strip except it's a soft matte grey plastic that I just don't think works at all. It looks like the original M7 did.
To be honest I'm a bit disappointed. I rushed out to buy the Thunderbolt when it came out, I waited for the store to open to pick up the DNA. Upgrading to the M8 felt like a major upgrade. Going from M8 to 10 though just feels like a slight iteration, gaining some new bells and whistles but losing others. Maybe HTC will get the 11 right, if they survive that long...
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Pixel count the image is wider. The m8 only has a 4MP camera while the 10 has a 12MP camera. It shoots @12mP in 4:3. The wide-screen mode is a cropped version of the 12MP and still is a lot more MP than the m8. Also the screen is a much higher resolution than the m8 so the same pictures from the m8 would take up less space.
Honestly the phone is solid. Battery is great. Been using mine for a couple days now.
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I'll get mine on Monday I hope.
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xs11e said:
I'm considering the G5, hoping someone will unlock the bootloader. I suspect people with newer phones haven't encountered the battery problems I have with my M8 (my LAST PHONE with a non-removable battery!) which is over 3 years old, the battery was fine until around 30 days ago...
I hit the sack around 11 PM and connect the phone to the charger, I get up at 7 AM and take the phone off the charger. When new, I could often get to 10 PM w/o recharging, recently I have to recharge TWICE during the day and today I noticed the phone won't charge more than 85%!
So now my options are: Replace battery, this involves losing the phone for some days and spending a bunch of bucks or new phone, again a bunch of bucks or buying a used phone from Swappa, again a bunch of bucks all of which would never have happened if I could only remove the old battery and slide in a new one!
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Got my G5, great phone. I miss unlocked boot loader, root and custom roms but that may come later...
So adios to the M8 forums and THANKS for all the help, advice and ROMs from some amazing devs.
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HTC recently released its brand new U Ultra which is a really interesting device, in this thread share with us your experience,expectations,battery life,problems...and more.
But first, will you get one? :laugh:
Soufiansky said:
HTC recently released its brand new U Ultra which is a really interesting device, in this thread share with us your experience,expectations,battery life,problems...and more.
But first, will you get one? :laugh:
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bought one and have used it for maybe 4 days
the specs were really offputting e.g. display to body ratio, battery capacity
the most disappointing thing is the sound quality from the built-in speakers. they're loud and clear but lacks bass.. nothing like Boomsound speakers in the past.
battery life turned out ok! idles very well and would last me a day. I do have the feeling that it won't do as well under heavy use.
Sense Companion is missing.. read how some people have it but then the official (HK) website says it'll be available for download "early 2017" but that's all the info I could find. which is annoying.
surprisingly it's one of the first Androids (for me) that has working Wi-Fi calling out of the box. And I've owned quite a few androids before.
yellowchilli said:
bought one and have used it for maybe 4 days
the specs were really offputting e.g. display to body ratio, battery capacity
the most disappointing thing is the sound quality from the built-in speakers. they're loud and clear but lacks bass.. nothing like Boomsound speakers in the past.
battery life turned out ok! idles very well and would last me a day. I do have the feeling that it won't do as well under heavy use.
Sense Companion is missing.. read how some people have it but then the official (HK) website says it'll be available for download "early 2017" but that's all the info I could find. which is annoying.
surprisingly it's one of the first Androids (for me) that has working Wi-Fi calling out of the box. And I've owned quite a few androids before.
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How much did you buy it ?
Soufiansky said:
How much did you buy it ?
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full retail price.. why?
yellowchilli said:
full retail price.. why?
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Just asking lol
yellowchilli said:
surprisingly it's one of the first Androids (for me) that has working Wi-Fi calling out of the box. And I've owned quite a few androids before.
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Pretty cool. Which network is that with in HK?
I really wish the Android OEMs will start loading the VoLTE and VoWIFI software configs in all phones, so we can use these technologies regardless of geography.
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Pretty cool. Which network is that with in HK?
I really wish the Android OEMs will start loading the VoLTE and VoWIFI software configs in all phones, so we can use these technologies regardless of geography.
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that would be nice. VoLTE is more readily available but seems to drain a fair bit of battery on standby..especially on Samsungs. But VoWifi is a first for me. I'm with Smartone in hk, phone was bought unlocked though.
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Just asking lol
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relatively speaking I do feel it's a bit overpriced.. or rather not quite priced correctly when MWC was happening at the same time, new phones with next gen specs are announced etcetc
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that would be nice. VoLTE is more readily available but seems to drain a fair bit of battery on standby..especially on Samsungs. But VoWifi is a first for me. I'm with Smartone in hk, phone was bought unlocked though.
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Yeah, so your HK market one had the HK carrier info loaded, so smartone worked straight away. It would be good if that was loaded for all regions, or make it downloadable by region. iPhone curerntly does this via their carrier settings facility. Android seems like we have to flash different firmware. a bit unnecessary.
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that would be nice. VoLTE is more readily available but seems to drain a fair bit of battery on standby..especially on Samsungs. But VoWifi is a first for me. I'm with Smartone in hk, phone was bought unlocked though.
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relatively speaking I do feel it's a bit overpriced.. or rather not quite priced correctly when MWC was happening at the same time, new phones with next gen specs are announced etcetc
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Exactly, for that price i would go for an iphone or an S7 edge, i think HTC want to fail again this year
Hello all, just received the HTC Sense Companion update InFrance.
Have to try It. And You? Any Feedback?
Thx.
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Hello all, just received the HTC Sense Companion update InFrance.
Have to try It. And You? Any Feedback?
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That second screen looks dope !
Sense Companion was just released today, updated, in the US.
Battery drains quick.
I Am using it alot. I've switched on power saving mode.
Still goes quick, like I said...using it alot.
Big screen and second screen to power, aswel as people suggesting transmission technologies are a factor.
Wi-Fi Calling straight out of the box put a big fat smile on my face. (if your network supports it)
The buzz of owning one hasn't worn off. Probably won't for awhile.
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Battery drains quick.
I Am using it alot. I've switched on power saving mode.
Still goes quick, like I said...using it alot.
Big screen and second screen to power, aswel as people suggesting transmission technologies are a factor.
Wi-Fi Calling straight out of the box put a big fat smile on my face. (if your network supports it)
The buzz of owning one hasn't worn off. Probably won't for awhile.
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Give it some time to settle down it might get better after some days
Sound daft but....
It looks gorgeous on YouTube!
What color did you get?
Is it as impressive in person? In know-subjective.
What are the edge breezes like (never mind top and bottom)?
Mine's blue. Seems to be a popular colour.
I'm a Die Hard HTC fan. (first phone was able to execute code on a ps3, due to the chip set)
It's taken this phone to rekindle my interest.
I'm anti apple. Ever since they started using Intel processors.
All credit to the fusion chip, it's keeping apple on top. Until they start using someone else's chip.
I'm loving the big screen, a pleasure to use and keep using what ever the task.
No regrets.
profixit said:
Mine's blue. Seems to be a popular colour.
I'm a Die Hard HTC fan. (first phone was able to execute code on a ps3, due to the chip set)
It's taken this phone to rekindle my passion.
I'm anti apple. Ever since they started using Intel processors.
All credit to the fusion chip, it's keeping apple on top. Until they start using someone else's chip.
I'm loving the big screen, a pleasure to use and keep using what ever the task.
No regrets.
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Blue one is the sexiest color, enjoy :good:
in the netherlands the black version was available 4-3-17 and the blue variant was scheduled for 18e so it was hard to see the phone was
launched but needed to wait for the blue one that's the phone i saw in the teaser on youtube and i knew right then it shut be the blue one.
i have the phone now for 7 days and could not be happier whit my new phone screen is large in first specially when coming from small htc one m7
but now after few days its great -battery is good not great ,playing hole day on it and i did 2 times this week charged back up during the day.
but after some time when phone is little older and not used as often i think will last the hole day thats great for me
its fast ,decent battery .good camera (way better than the m7) stunning looks so love the phone even when you consider the price !!
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in the netherlands the black version was available 4-3-17 and the blue variant was scheduled for 18e so it was hard to see the phone was
launched but needed to wait for the blue one that's the phone i saw in the teaser on youtube and i knew right then it shut be the blue one.
i have the phone now for 7 days and could not be happier whit my new phone screen is large in first specially when coming from small htc one m7
but now after few days its great -battery is good not great ,playing hole day on it and i did 2 times this week charged back up during the day.
but after some time when phone is little older and not used as often i think will last the hole day thats great for me
its fast ,decent battery .good camera (way better than the m7) stunning looks so love the phone even when you consider the price !!
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Enjoy your beast :good:
wario said:
in the netherlands the black version was available 4-3-17 and the blue variant was scheduled for 18e so it was hard to see the phone was
launched but needed to wait for the blue one that's the phone i saw in the teaser on youtube and i knew right then it shut be the blue one.
i have the phone now for 7 days and could not be happier whit my new phone screen is large in first specially when coming from small htc one m7
but now after few days its great -battery is good not great ,playing hole day on it and i did 2 times this week charged back up during the day.
but after some time when phone is little older and not used as often i think will last the hole day thats great for me
its fast ,decent battery .good camera (way better than the m7) stunning looks so love the phone even when you consider the price !!
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Its always hard to put a new phone down! hahaha. I'm sure your battery will improve as you find the balance of use and life. The phone is rather good in standby battery life.