The GS2 looks mighty fine. It's gonna be good to have choices.
Just need them to come out already.
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The GS2 looks mighty fine. It's gonna be good to have choices.
VZW is pressuring all OEMs to lock their roms down, so moot point, perhaps for all.
^I think the Xoom and its unlockable/relockable bootloader is a silver lining. We just have to see how this plays out in the coming months.
No they are not. Moto does that on their own if it was verizon why are moto's phones locked down on sprint and at&t also? Come on its on the manufacturers. Samsung unlocked the droid charge you think if verizon was pressuring as you say they would let their droid line be unlocked??
The issue going around the background is wifi tether. VZW wants people paying extra for the function. If pressure is relieved, it will be due to the LTE market and the proliferation of the snoop IC in the chipsets.
This is a reason some people are already reporting getting caught. The LTE chipset has a built in policing function.
The other day, I played with my friend's HTC Sensation. In case you're wondering, it's everything it's been hyped up to be. I didn't get to play with it extensively, but it's everything you could want in a phone. As it was the first day, I have no idea about battery life, but it is one amazing device.
This really ups the ante for me. One thing I truly desire is my next phone to be as fluid as the Sensation. That's something I've not seen from any device running Motoblur, even the dual core DX2. Unless what's on the Bionic is completely diff than even that new version, I'm going to be highly disappointed. And I have more confidence that the SGS2 will be closer to that fluidity. However, there's def numerous threads in their forum about unexpected lag, too. Let's face it, Sense is truly the gold standard for custom UIs (but I, like you, would still take vanilla Android any day).
You better look at Sensation vs SGSII dogfight by Aaron at phonedog. SGSII is definitely faster, smoother on UI, browsing. TouchWiz 4.0 on SGSII is light years ahead of older TouchWiz. As people start using Sensation heavily, I'm sure that complaints on lags on Sensation will pop up soon. And what's up with ony 1Gb internal memory in Sensation?
There is very slim chance that HTC variant like Sensation/Evo3D would land on Verizon any time soon. This is because of difficulty in pairing 3rd gen dual core snapdragon with LTE radio. The battery life will be even worse than already bad Thunderbolt with 2nd gen single core snapdragon. They will need 4th gen snapdragon 8960 to go with LTE, which will be much later than this summer.
Doesn't dual-core have better battery life than single core?
For me the ultimate phone will be something like the Sensation but using Qualcomm Krait: dual core and LTE (second generation).
What the hell are you talking about? I said bootloaders are locked on all carriers what does that have to do with lte? Or even verizon for that matter since they are locked on at&t and sprint too.
I think that due to the generally weak or average releases so far this year (no offense), about 90% of current people waiting will get whichever device is released FIRST.
The other 10% will hold out for the Bionic, due to 4G (assuming the SG2 keeps its slim build- sans the 4G).
Just my guess.
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I reluctantly lump the DX2 in the weak or average releases due to the random reboots, audio pops and low ram issues.
I've had phones since the beginning. Mostly Motorola and a few Samsung. While both were excellent and performed quite well, moto still has an edge in build quality. Add in Lte and you must choose moto. but, both moto and Verizon are driving me crazy with delays. I've made up my mind that if the Bionic release isn't announced by July 15, and the Gs2 isn't out yet, I'm going with the droid charge.
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