Getting this phone tomorrow... Will I be impressed?
Hey guys. I had the iPhone 4 since September put that phone was an absolute mess. 5 days ago I picked up the Motorola Atrix 4G and that phone has so many problems... Constant reboots, Wifi crash every 2-3 minutes, HSPA+ sudden bar decrease, no skype support for microphone, no notifications, etc.
I am extremely disappointed. I loved the android OS but the Atrix just ruined it for me.
I am returning it tomorrow and picking up the Inspire 4G. How does this phone compare to the Atrix? How's the battery life on the phone?
I charge my phone every day when I get home. It needs to last me from 9:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon the same day. At school, I will probably use data for about an hour and listen to some music, but that is it. Will the battery last that long?
Lastly, anything I should know before purchasing it?
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well if you love Android the Inspire should be a great device for you. HTC's custom user interface (Sense) is much more practical and better looking than the Atrix's MotoBlur UI
both phones are fantastic. and the Atrix you got was probably a lemon. but i'm very sure you'll be impressed with the Inspire.
Speed and Performance wise it goes almost toe to toe with the Atrix. it may not be a dual core phone but it's very snappy and responsive. and with the newest generation Snapdragon processor combined with Android 2.2 power management and battery life is much better even with it's small battery.
i take my phone off the charger at about 6 in the morning and do moderate to heavy web browsing throughout the day on 3G and by about 8pm i'm still at about 50% battery. so for your circumstances battery life should be just fine for ya.
and btw if your worried about slow upload speeds when you get the phone, AT&T and HTC are planning to update the phone sometime in April to give the Inspire (and the Atrix) the upload speeds they are meant to have.
The battery life on this phone is horrible. with its smaller 1230mAh battery. Had two, returned two.
PS. Dont break your battery door getting it off (or crack your SIM card in half getting it off either).
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Originally Posted by ComradeNF
Hey guys. I had the iPhone 4 since September put that phone was an absolute mess. 5 days ago I picked up the Motorola Atrix 4G and that phone has so many problems... Constant reboots, Wifi crash every 2-3 minutes, HSPA+ sudden bar decrease, no skype support for microphone, no notifications, etc.
I am extremely disappointed. I loved the android OS but the Atrix just ruined it for me.
I am returning it tomorrow and picking up the Inspire 4G. How does this phone compare to the Atrix? How's the battery life on the phone?
I charge my phone every day when I get home. It needs to last me from 9:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon the same day. At school, I will probably use data for about an hour and listen to some music, but that is it. Will the battery last that long?
Lastly, anything I should know before purchasing it?
The phone will you Blow You Away. It's a **fantastic** phone, and I own three other android phones, so I speak with some knowledge. As to the battery, I run mine for 14-16 hours at a pop, with the brightness level CRANKED all the way up (it has a gorgeous display) and wifi and GPS on all the way - and end up with around 65% on my battery display, when I turn it off at night. YMMV, but I think that at least some of us are getting decent battery life out of the stock batteries shipped with the phone.
Good Luck!
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The phone will you Blow You Away. It's a **fantastic** phone, and I own three other android phones, so I speak with some knowledge. As to the battery, I run mine for 14-16 hours at a pop, with the brightness level CRANKED all the way up (it has a gorgeous display) and wifi and GPS on all the way - and end up with around 65% on my battery display, when I turn it off at night. YMMV, but I think that at least some of us are getting decent battery life out of the stock batteries shipped with the phone.
The phone will you Blow You Away. It's a **fantastic** phone, and I own three other android phones, so I speak with some knowledge. As to the battery, I run mine for 14-16 hours at a pop, with the brightness level CRANKED all the way up (it has a gorgeous display) and wifi and GPS on all the way - and end up with around 65% on my battery display, when I turn it off at night. YMMV, but I think that at least some of us are getting decent battery life out of the stock batteries shipped with the phone.
Good Luck!
-Mike
You must never use your phone. Don't mislead the OP. Although it is a good phone the battery life is dismal at best. I use my phone for work purposes wifi, BT and GPS all off and screen brightness at 30% and get 8 hours max. OP this is what you will find with most users. I just would not want to set the wrong expectation for you and have you be very disappointed when you get the device.
If you are looking for a great Android experience this is the phone for you though.
You must never use your phone. Don't mislead the OP. Although it is a good phone the battery life is dismal at best. I use my phone for work purposes wifi, BT and GPS all off and screen brightness at 30% and get 8 hours max. OP this is what you will find with most users. I just would not want to set the wrong expectation for you and have you be very disappointed when you get the device.
If you are looking for a great Android experience this is the phone for you though.
Just my 2 cents
What mislead ? I use the shit out of my phone and have all the settings on max and I make it everyday an easy 15 hours get home at 11pm at night with 25% battery. No one is misleading anyone. There are many , many people on here that report the same usage. So please don't accuse anyone of misleading anyone.
What mislead ? I use the shit out of my phone and have all the settings on max and I make it everyday an easy 15 hours get home at 11pm at night with 25% battery. No one is misleading anyone. There are many , many people on here that report the same usage. So please don't accuse anyone of misleading anyone.
LOL calm down. It’s just not feasible with that small of a battery and that big of a screen. This is why people come here and complain about horrid battery life... THE WRONG EXPECTATION IS BEING SET!!!!! They come here looking for information and leave with the wrong expectation. The get let down when they do have to device in their hands and it’s not performing like some people say. I'm not saying you are lying but it is hard to look over all the battery threads and think that everyone is getting 15+ hours of battery life.
I work at ATT and that is the one complaint I hear from almost every customer about this phone.
LOL calm down. ItÂ’s just not feasible with that small of a battery and that big of a screen. This is why people come here and complain about horrid battery life... THE WRONG EXPECTATION IS BEING SET!!!!! They come here looking for information and leave with the wrong expectation. The get let down when they do have to device in their hands and itÂ’s not performing like some people say. I'm not saying you are lying but it is hard to look over all the battery threads and think that everyone is getting 15+ hours of battery life.
I work at ATT and that is the one complaint I hear from almost every customer about this phone.
What do you mean its not feasible? There ate a lot more people on here with that kind of usage time than those complaining about the battery. If.you read most the battery threads the majority get 12-15 hours
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I've had TWO Inspires. One I got at Radio Shack, one I got at Bestbuy.
First one at Radio Shack lasted about 5 hours on a full charge. That was moderate internet usage, brightness turned down, a few phone calls.
when I wasn't using 3G, I had the radio turned off. the battery door broke on this one.
the second one was at BestBuy. Charged the battery 8 hours before using it. Was at 100%. The second battery only lasted about 6.5 hours using the same usage pattern as before. Most of the usage the second time was Wi-Fi. with 3g turned off. This phone would randomly reboot itself with no forewarning. in the battery door, there is this gold sprayed-on contact. if there isn't a perfect fit, the phone wont work, and this might be the rebooting issue (the way you're holding it maybe pushing on the battery door).
When I took the second phone back to bestbuy, the lady knew EXACTLY what I was describing about the battery door and the dismal battery life.
She said they'd had 4 phones returned in 3 days. Mine was the 5th.
So, I'm in a slight disagreement when some of you folks are saying you are getting 16 hours of battery use on this phone at FULL output. I had 2 of them, both exhibited the same issues.
And with the bestbuy rep saying they'd had a bunch of returned inspires due to battery issues, well, form your own opinion!
BestBuy was in agreement about the poor battery life. the store where I got mine had 5 returned in 3 days because of battery issues.
TWO phones I had never lasted more than 6 hours on a full 8 hour charge.
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LOL calm down. It’s just not feasible with that small of a battery and that big of a screen. This is why people come here and complain about horrid battery life... THE WRONG EXPECTATION IS BEING SET!!!!! They come here looking for information and leave with the wrong expectation. The get let down when they do have to device in their hands and it’s not performing like some people say. I'm not saying you are lying but it is hard to look over all the battery threads and think that everyone is getting 15+ hours of battery life.
I work at ATT and that is the one complaint I hear from almost every customer about this phone.
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This phone would randomly reboot itself with no forewarning. in the battery door, there is this gold sprayed-on contact. if there isn't a perfect fit, the phone wont work, and this might be the rebooting issue (the way you're holding it maybe pushing on the battery door).
very odd. i did have a friend whos battery cover did not go back on flush when he took it off the first time to install the battery, and he was experiencing similar problems you were having with reboots. he actually broke the battery door trying to fix it. he ended returning his phone for a Captivate so he didn't need to deal with the battery door issues lol. mine isn't flush with the phone either but i haven't experienced any reboots (yet *crosses fingers) most likely a manufacturing issue affecting a number of phones (bad batch?).
I am on my second Inspire. I returned the first to try out the Atrix. Both of my Inspires have gotten 13+ hours on a charge with moderate use. I do not turn down brightness or go out of my way to save the battery. I keep chargers everywhere for heavy use days. I have no complaints about the battery life as I am doing better on the Inspire than I did with my Captivate.
Might possibly be a different "batch". some earlier users were saying their 1230mAh battery was only reporting in the ~900'smAh using a terminal emulator to extract battery info.
I just gave up. But the battery door IS a poor design. HTC has had so many complaints on this alone, they've backordered this part, and tell you to call back bater for a replacement.
the salesperson hassled with the door when he sold it to me. I just said "Give it to me and let me take it off before you break it).
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I am on my second Inspire. I returned the first to try out the Atrix. Both of my Inspires have gotten 13+ hours on a charge with moderate use. I do not turn down brightness or go out of my way to save the battery. I keep chargers everywhere for heavy use days. I have no complaints about the battery life as I am doing better on the Inspire than I did with my Captivate.
I'm on my first Inspire from Best Buy. I take it off the charger at around 8am-ish. WiFi is on 24/7 (i have the lowest data package and i'm at college where WiFi is almost everywhere.) Screen is at 25% (i know, it feels wasteful with a wonderful display.) No Bluetooth, no GPS. Heavy texting, mild-moderate internet. Check mail 5x a day. Facebook 3x a day give or take. 1 or 2 10 minute calls. 30-1 hour of games. at 11pm, it averages about 25% left. I'm not trying to disprove anyone, but thats what mine gives me. I never have problems of running out of battery. I have battery saver activate on 15% left. and that does well for me.
I'm on my first Inspire from Best Buy. I take it off the charger at around 8am-ish. WiFi is on 24/7 (i have the lowest data package and i'm at college where WiFi is almost everywhere.) Screen is at 25% (i know, it feels wasteful with a wonderful display.) No Bluetooth, no GPS. Heavy texting, mild-moderate internet. Check mail 5x a day. Facebook 3x a day give or take. 1 or 2 10 minute calls. 30-1 hour of games. at 11pm, it averages about 25% left. I'm not trying to disprove anyone, but thats what mine gives me. I never have problems of running out of battery. I have battery saver activate on 15% left. and that does well for me.
My phone is on full blast and I get 11-15 hours everyday I use it moderate to heavy everyday. If you charge it right and don't stream shit all day your good
I'm getting a good 12 or so solid hours with the 1300mAh Seido battery. I always have wifi, GPS and mobile data running throughout the day, brightness at around 40% and I'm constantly browsing the internet, playing games, reading books on the kindle app and watching videos. What I did for the first week was run my battery all the way down until it wouldn't turn on again and then recharged it with the phone off and left it on the charger for an extra hour or so after it was charged. It's finally conditioned to perform for a full day.
I unplug at around 6:30am in the morning when I drop off my son and then it's back on the charger around 8pm when I get back home, normally around 20 - 25% left and this is with heavy usage for the most part.
I would highly suggest that everyone condition their battery first and gauge what type of battery life you get before deciding that the battery just sucks.
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I've had my Inspire for about a week. When researching, I read all the horror stories about battery life but after looking at the phone and balancing the good with bad, decided to go with the Costco $19 deal... So far I am pleased. I chagred it and ran it dead 2-3 times when I first got it to "Condition" the battery. Some experts say this isn't neccessary amd doesn't do anything but since it doesn't cost anything, it can't hurt.
So far, I have not had aproblem with battery life. I don't have detailed metrics but I have Corp. and personal e-mail running, WiFi and mobile data turned on. I don't do the facebook or twitter thing but do get 50-100 email per day. I browse and check new, weather, etc but don't stream movies or listen to music for hours. So far, I can get through a 14-16 hour day with no problem.
Now before I get roasted by those who have issues with the battery life, IT WORKS FOR ME... I want a phone that is a phone, provides the tools to get e-mail, research items quickly and easily, show it on a nice big display cause I'm an "Old Fart" and eyes start to go. I have my music on the SD card (yes, this is music that originally came out on vinyl . Lok it up :-))but probably only listen to an hour a day at most.
I may be one of the lucky ones to get a newer device with the latest hardware and a good battery .... But I was impressed with the Inspire and maybe in 6 months there'll be a (real) after market battery that has better capacity... I can live with it in interim.
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I had pretty low expectations about the battery and have been very pleasantly surprised.
Some of it may be a "lucky batch", some may be that I am a light user and micromanage my settings. I have toggles for WiFi, BT and GPS on my front page and don't have any of them running when I don't need them. My screen is at 25% brightness with a 30sec timeout. The only thing I have set to auto-sync is email, and that's only every 2 hrs. I consistently get about 48 hours between charges (best was 54!).
Even though there is quite a bit of debate about the necessity of conditioning, like Darelian I thought that even if it isn't necessary it couldn't hurt. If it does help, I didn't want to miss my chance.
Battery life can always be improved, though.
And people will also always complain about it.
I have no doubt in the far future, when we have power cells that can last a year, forums will have irate posts from folks who only got 10 months off a charge.
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My phone is on full blast and I get 11-15 hours everyday I use it moderate to heavy everyday. If you charge it right and don't stream shit all day your good
I'm in agreement with Andrea. I have nothing to gain by deceiving people, I'm just honestly telling you guys that I get really good battery life from the stock battery which came with the phone. I'm sorry that some of you are having bad experiences, but that doesn't change or affect the validity of my *good* experience. As I said in an earlier post, YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary.
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I'm in agreement with Andrea. I have nothing to gain by deceiving people, I'm just honestly telling you guys that I get really good battery life from the stock battery which came with the phone. I'm sorry that some of you are having bad experiences, but that doesn't change or affect the validity of my *good* experience. As I said in an earlier post, YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary.
I previously purchased the Atrix the day it became available. I returned it to ATT on the 30th day of my return policy for the inspire4g. I am much more please with the htc inspire. Love the screen, love the customization(comapred to motorblur), speed is great(rooted/rom for mine),battery life is good if you know what you are doing. Also, the phone price is great for the phone you are getting.
I was very skeptical about the battery life on this phone before i got one. I have to say I'm pleased with the performance of the battery. I can consistenly get 5hrs of pure display usage on it. All of the settings I have in place do not cripple the phone for me so I don't feel that I'm making concessions.
I've had my Captivate since August and love it. My wife was due for an upgrade and we went with the $20 Costco HTC Inspire 4G. It's an amazing phone, and I may get one on my next upgrade.
I'm on day 2 of using it and I have only had to top it off so far. And the first few days of any new phone is the heaviest work time. To get all your apps installed and play with all the new stuff. I will be using it tonight to UStream my poker party. So that will be the test. But so far have played Angry birds/Rio and a few other loaded apps today and I am at about 3/4 full by the looks of it. So I am impressed.
The only down side I have found to the phone is the blocking of apps, and that I cant use the Hot Spot because I already have unlimited internet. That is a piss-hole that AT&T threw me in. For now I will keep it un-rooted and keep my Aria handy for tethering my laptop. Also I would have liked to see more internal memory. But I have a 32GB SD card so It will do.
I think it is a great phone so far. I wont toss it aside in a year like I have other phones.
And I don't use the HTC sync stuff, I have had great success with Android and using Google to keep everything synced.
Good Day and Good Fun with your new toys Ladies and Gents.
I'm in agreement with Andrea. I have nothing to gain by deceiving people, I'm just honestly telling you guys that I get really good battery life from the stock battery which came with the phone. I'm sorry that some of you are having bad experiences, but that doesn't change or affect the validity of my *good* experience. As I said in an earlier post, YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary.
-Mike
Yea I don't get the deception game theory. What the heck would we gain by deception it makes no sense lol
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its true as of now
Ouch. I really hope that changes soon. I want to buy an HTC phone, but I will wait until the side loading is available. Thanks a lot for confirming this.
Ouch. I really hope that changes soon. I want to buy an HTC phone, but I will wait until the side loading is available. Thanks a lot for confirming this.
no problem although there is no time frame for this
I think you will be very happy with the Inspire 4G or the Captivate. The Atrix (bless it's heart) is a new breed of sorts and it's trying to do a few things different and new, which may be the source of it's instability.
I have had the Atrix for 24 hours and I sent a text to my rep this morning wanting to go back to my Inspire. My Atrix has not been as problematic as what you've described, but it sticks or freezes and the wifi drops the data connection. That's definitely not worth the extra $100 for me. I'm sure the Tegra has it's benefits, but for my general use needs I want my Inspire back. I thought the Inspire was buggy, I returned it for the Atrix and loaded the same apps and had the same bugginess. No thanks to technical support, now I can presume the issues may have been with the updates to some of the apps I was running.
The SENSE UI has been around for over a year and HTC has had a few interations of refinement. Motoblur isn't a bad skin, but it stutters the seemless operation of an Android.
Now the Inspire 4G is NOT as pocketable as the Atrix or the Captivate. It's not an easy tuck in tight pair of jeans or a small purse and you may want to use two hands with it to insure you don't drop it.
you can sideloads apps using the sideload wonder machine or just typing in the adb command yourself, some people were also able to install them by getting astro file manager and it will install it for you, getting my inspire tomorrow hope it inspires me =P
To more accurately answer this question, what is it you're looking for in a phone? If we don't know what you want, we can't tell you if this phone will meet your requirements.
That said, I have an HTC Inspire and absolutely love it. Once you get the ins and outs of Android down (which this forum can help with!), you'll find the Inspire to be a more-than-capable phone for nearly anyone's needs.
I just bought Inspire 4g on the ATT and wondering about following problems.
Ring Volume - it's too low I have max in the adjustment but it's too low to hear and I am missing the phone calls. Also does it have Ring and vibration mode like iPhone or any other phone?
I have Jawbone Icon which I was believing I can use it to listen to music and can make/receive calls but I am not able to listen to music, do I need to download anything extra to listen music from the SD card?
I would also like to remove some apps that comes by default but I am not seeing any uninstaller in the application please help.
What's best anti-virus/protection software to install in Inspire 4G? Preferable free!
You can try the zedge app for ringtones, I have found some that are louder so I use those.
For bluetooth music try the songbird music player. Its free and and works good for me.
Unless you root your phone you are stuck with the unwanted bloatware from att
Im not sure about the anti virus stuff.
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I need a phone that takes good pics and video. the phone has to be fast and have a good mp3 player... a phone that can be on internet when im talking to my friends. and that have a lot of free space. I would like it to be a 4g phone to.. HD video i would love
After the THIRD one, I just has to say goodbye to the Inspire 4G.
I had from Radio Shack, BestBuy, and Costco. All @ $49 or below.
I think HTC should have thought out the engineering of this phone a little more before release to the public.
(1) The battery life after three different phones pretty well remains the same. Only after moderate use, the battery life after about 8 hours is at about 11%. This is on a FULL 8 hour charge. Use included checking email several times per day, Moderate internet usage at a 1 hour lunch. Listening to music a bit (not streaming), Around maybe 5-6 phone calls at no more than 5 minutes each. All apps not in use were stopped, Wi-Fi and Mobile data were turned OFF while not in use. Brightness around 35%. But then, what was HTC's thinking in putting a 1230mAh battery in this HUGE phone?
(2) Phone frequently disconnects from Wi-Fi. (at home and work). So, I ruled out the wi-fi network being the issue.
(3) Phone randomly reboots. At first, I thought this might be some kind of reboot because of a pushed software update or something. But it did it more frequently. I'm thinking because of this faulty issue with the flimsy battery door, perhaps the gold contacts on the door aren't making good contact with the contacts in the phone. In this third phone, the battery door was much easier to get off, therefore a little more loose (no contact).
(4) Volume just isn't loud enough.
(5) When going from portrait to landscape using the browser on the internet, the phone will not switch modes. (rebooting fixes the issue, but what causes it)?)
(6) Phone display does not turn off when talking on phone. It stays on. The light sensor on the top should detect when I'm holding the phone up to my face, and my ear is covering the light sensor.
(7) The phone frequently switches from speaker to speakerPHONE. AT&T says my face is touching the display. DUH.
NON-PHONE complaints.
Although I got this last phone from Costco at a steal of $19.99. I can't just force myself to pay the greedy bastards at AT&T $25.00 a month for 2GB of data. ESPECIALLY when they've been telling us we're getting 3G here for months. Still stuck on EDGE. What's the use of a nice phone on EDGE? They actually encourage people to use Wi-fi as much to keep users off their crappy ass slow network... Its like paying $25.00 a month just for "exclusive use of the phone on OUR network".
4G my A**! They even crippled HSUPA on the phone (denying it at first), then supposedly this "patch" is coming to "unleash" it. How many metro markets have 4G yet? NOT MANY (according to the AT&T maps).
Tethering is disabled. "We want another $25 out of you..just so you CAN use all the features of the phone." "If we find you're working around this, we'll automatically convert you to the $45" plan. "we want to milk for you as much monthly revenue" as we can.
I'm lookin at the Verizon Thunderbolt pretty hard. Only $10 extra on a family plan, and an UNLIMITED dataplan for $30 on a 4G LTE. and I've found the phone for as low at $149. (Ok, its an HTC phone, and battery life may still suck, but at least I can actually USE the phone AS a smartphone on a faster network without having to worry about checking my "MB USED" everyday...
DAMN, and I just ordered three new batteries for the Inpsire! No use for them now...
AT&T, you suck! HTC, you're ok, but you need to analyze batteries you make for your smartphones!
I just bought Inspire 4g on the ATT and wondering about following problems.
Ring Volume - it's too low I have max in the adjustment but it's too low to hear and I am missing the phone calls. Also does it have Ring and vibration mode like iPhone or any other phone?
I have Jawbone Icon which I was believing I can use it to listen to music and can make/receive calls but I am not able to listen to music, do I need to download anything extra to listen music from the SD card?
I would also like to remove some apps that comes by default but I am not seeing any uninstaller in the application please help.
What's best anti-virus/protection software to install in Inspire 4G? Preferable free!
After the THIRD one, I just has to say goodbye to the Inspire 4G.
I had from Radio Shack, BestBuy, and Costco. All @ $49 or below.
I think HTC should have thought out the engineering of this phone a little more before release to the public.
(1) The battery life after three different phones pretty well remains the same. Only after moderate use, the battery life after about 8 hours is at about 11%. This is on a FULL 8 hour charge. Use included checking email several times per day, Moderate internet usage at a 1 hour lunch. Listening to music a bit (not streaming), Around maybe 5-6 phone calls at no more than 5 minutes each. All apps not in use were stopped, Wi-Fi and Mobile data were turned OFF while not in use. Brightness around 35%. But then, what was HTC's thinking in putting a 1230mAh battery in this HUGE phone?
(2) Phone frequently disconnects from Wi-Fi. (at home and work). So, I ruled out the wi-fi network being the issue.
(3) Phone randomly reboots. At first, I thought this might be some kind of reboot because of a pushed software update or something. But it did it more frequently. I'm thinking because of this faulty issue with the flimsy battery door, perhaps the gold contacts on the door aren't making good contact with the contacts in the phone. In this third phone, the battery door was much easier to get off, therefore a little more loose (no contact).
(4) Volume just isn't loud enough.
(5) When going from portrait to landscape using the browser on the internet, the phone will not switch modes. (rebooting fixes the issue, but what causes it)?)
(6) Phone display does not turn off when talking on phone. It stays on. The light sensor on the top should detect when I'm holding the phone up to my face, and my ear is covering the light sensor.
(7) The phone frequently switches from speaker to speakerPHONE. AT&T says my face is touching the display. DUH.
NON-PHONE complaints.
Although I got this last phone from Costco at a steal of $19.99. I can't just force myself to pay the greedy bastards at AT&T $25.00 a month for 2GB of data. ESPECIALLY when they've been telling us we're getting 3G here for months. Still stuck on EDGE. What's the use of a nice phone on EDGE? They actually encourage people to use Wi-fi as much to keep users off their crappy ass slow network... Its like paying $25.00 a month just for "exclusive use of the phone on OUR network".
4G my A**! They even crippled HSUPA on the phone (denying it at first), then supposedly this "patch" is coming to "unleash" it. How many metro markets have 4G yet? NOT MANY (according to the AT&T maps).
Tethering is disabled. "We want another $25 out of you..just so you CAN use all the features of the phone." "If we find you're working around this, we'll automatically convert you to the $45" plan. "we want to milk for you as much monthly revenue" as we can.
I'm lookin at the Verizon Thunderbolt pretty hard. Only $10 extra on a family plan, and an UNLIMITED dataplan for $30 on a 4G LTE. and I've found the phone for as low at $149. (Ok, its an HTC phone, and battery life may still suck, but at least I can actually USE the phone AS a smartphone on a faster network without having to worry about checking my "MB USED" everyday...
DAMN, and I just ordered three new batteries for the Inpsire! No use for them now...
AT&T, you suck! HTC, you're ok, but you need to analyze batteries you make for your smartphones!
Wait didn't you say in another thread that smartphone is not for you at this time and you were going back to your razr
The RAZR is my original phone before I started all this upgrading to a smartphone bizness.
since I just sent the Inspire back today to Costco, I'm back to using my RAZR.
I said after trying three inspires, maybe a smartphone isn't for me.
and after reading hundreds of reviews on other sites today, I doubt the Thunderbolt would be any better.
Well in the end you have to weigh how much you need the smart feature of a phone. Also there are some with good battery life. As much as most on here don't want to admit it the iPhone 4 and black berries
Well in the end you have to weigh how much you need the smart feature of a phone. Also there are some with good battery life. As much as most on here don't want to admit it the iPhone 4 and black berries
if you are looking for awesome battery life, get an iphone. i can easily get 2 full days of use out of it, sometimes 3.
The HTC Inspire 4G was released as the first phone to run on AT&T's 4G HSPA+ network. The device features a large, 4.3-inch display, 8MP camera capable of 720p HD video capture, and a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. The name of the game here is ... Read More
Getting this phone tomorrow... Will I be impressed?
Should i get
