My inquiring mind wants to know......have any of you received a TMo Z1s yet? If you have, what are your initial impressions?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Have you decide on the Z1s then?
I would say that the Z1s is the front-runner but I have to do a "hands-on" check before I decide and the phone won't be available in-store until Wednesday.
After reading through the AC thread, I've a couple of concerns:
1. Audio quality...one person described it as average. Music is important to me so I have to check that out.
2. Size.......it looks bigger than I thought it would be, so, I have to check-out how it feels in-hand.
3. TMo bloatware....don't like bloatware, so, I hope it's not too much.
4. Choices in accessories, especially cases. When TMo changed the dimensions of the phone to accommodate the larger battery and moved the audio port, they eliminated all the other international Z1 case options. This is less significant as long as I can get a good case.
The only other choice I'm considering is the N5, so we'll see what happens on Wednesday. Though I'm concerned with some of the battery issues I've been reading about relating to the N5. I have a phone with crappy battery life now (Galaxy Nexus) and I don't want another one.
That's where I'm at.
I posted on android central. I got mine on Wednesday of last week. Just a warning, it's a finger/lint/dust/dirt magnet. I constantly have to clean it because it's usually in my pocket.
Thanks for the reply and for checking-in! I saw your side-by-side pictures on AC and they are what got me a little concerned about the size.
Not too concerned with how the music sounds from the device speaker. I am concerned about how it will sound through the headphone jack and through bluetooth. I listen to alot of music and have a pretty wide select of in-ears and a couple of bluetooth speakers. So I rarely use the phone speaker to listen to music.
Since you can't recommend the Body Armor case, are you considering a different one? If so, which one?
Sound from the headphone is good. It sounds better then the Note 3. I don't have a bluetooth speaker so I can't say.
As for the cases, there's not much of a selection. I'm stuck with this one until it's officially released. I'm still checking Amazon but there's nothing there yet. I'm not sure I would recommend anything yet. I would say wait til it's released at the store so you can check it out, instead of gambling on online ordering.
EDIT: I'm having issues with the phone. The phone has been shutting off when I'm opening a app. The camera app wasn't working and I had to reboot it to get it working again. I did a factory reset and when I went to delete one of Sony's widget off the main page, the phone rebooted.
Got fed up and called T-Mobile this morning. They are sending me a new one and new case since the one I bought, the paint is already peeling off. They're sending them both overnight, which is nice of them. I'm hoping the new one is better and the one I got was just a dud.
Thanks for the link to the tips, handy. I knew about the locked bootloader. Since I don't flash custom ROM's, not a big issue.
The AC link is fine!
Have you decide on the Z1s then?
Awesome!
Do you mind me asking if you're buying outright or taking the $22, 24 month plan?
I take it you pay for a plan on top of that and the $22 is just for the phone? That's an incredible deal otherwise.
You guys normally get screwed when it comes to phones and plans, so that sounds like a good deal.
Well, I hope it works out that way. Good news about TMo is no contract so if I leave all I have to do is payoff the phone which is not a problem since I was prepared to purchase a phone anyway. TMo is really disrupting the industry here in the US and I like it.
I'm really looking forward to the no international roaming and free texting in Europe. In fact I have to go back to Switzerland in February for two weeks so I'll get a chance to "test" the promise.
Anyway, I think I'm coming down with a case of he "new phone flu" and I suspect tomorrow will be a short day!
Where did you read up free texting in Europe?
T-Mobile offers unlimited data in over 100 countries around the globe “at no extra charge” [UPDATE]
Free, unlimited 2G data and texting.
Calls are relatively cheap too.
It's free texting outside the U.S, but if we live in the U.S it's $10 to text to other countries????
On a side note, my new Z1S is working fine. None of the issues from the first phone is present.
Look forward to the review.
How's your screen? Some of the earlier international models were plagued with yellow tint issues. I had to send one of mine back because whites were a horrible orange colour.
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