I just waited for 2 hours at sprint to return my Evo 3d, awaiting the photon, only motorola has the balls to name a phone after a cult tv show, lol, actually, I love that name!
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What is making you choose the Photon over the EVO 3D?
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I didn't know about the Samsung GPS issues, that is good to know about. Anything else spec wise that gives the Photon or SG2 an edge?
Hate to say it, but Evo owners are starting to seem a lot like iPhone owners. I know were all in the android family, but the Evo seems like a cult and if you mention another droid you get the evil eyes for not choosing the Evo. Just an observation.
Anyone have the slightest clue when the SG2 will even be released? I think Im still 100% riding with the Photon. I like what it offers and I just REALLY need an upgraded phone. My Hero is dying.
Hate to say it, but Evo owners are starting to seem a lot like iPhone owners. I know were all in the android family, but the Evo seems like a cult and if you mention another droid you get the evil eyes for not choosing the Evo. Just an observation.
Anyone have the slightest clue when the SG2 will even be released? I think Im still 100% riding with the Photon. I like what it offers and I just REALLY need an upgraded phone. My Hero is dying.
The photon has a higher resolution screen than than the SG2. It's also possible that the CDMA version of the SG2 won't have GSM like the photon does. You can't really tell how the battery life would be until the device is released and that is checked out by users in real life and compared to the CDMA version of the SG2.
I definitely noticed that as well but it seemed to be more of an issue when it was the only 4G phone and then when the Epic came out it died a little bit and then it really seemed to die when the LTE networks came out.
It might have higher resolution, but the Super AMOLED Plus has more sub pixels and better color representation, deeper blacks, and in a side by side comparison will win against any other screen. It is currently the best of what is available on the market. At least that is what all the guru's are saying. Resolution is not the only thing that defines the clarity on a phone. Just like a 5mp shot from an older cannon DSLA camera will look way better than a 5mp shot from a cheap point and shoot. They have the same resolution, but the difference in picture quality is night and day.
In all honesty its not a huge difference comparing them. The colors are more vibrant on the AMOLED series but the clarity seems to be better on LCDs. But its not a big enough difference that someone should choose a phone one way or another. From what Ive seen the Atrixs screen does look as clear as my EVOs.
A few questions on this to people that have owned Samsung and Motorola phones. To this point I have only owned HTC (G1 and EVO), and LOVED them both. I am now running the synergy rom on my EVO and love HTC sense 3.0. I have heard pros and cons on Samsung's UI and only horrible things about blur, what are your thoughts on this? I know it won't be a huge deal because I will probably root and change rom's and such anyways (however that could be an issue with the Photon).
Also does the Photon have the laptop dock accessory like the Atrix? I have heard grumblings about this but never been able to confirm it. Thanks guys!
It might have higher resolution, but the Super AMOLED Plus has more sub pixels and better color representation, deeper blacks, and in a side by side comparison will win against any other screen. It is currently the best of what is available on the market. At least that is what all the guru's are saying. Resolution is not the only thing that defines the clarity on a phone. Just like a 5mp shot from an older cannon DSLA camera will look way better than a 5mp shot from a cheap point and shoot. They have the same resolution, but the difference in picture quality is night and day.
It might have higher resolution, but the Super AMOLED Plus has more sub pixels and better color representation, deeper blacks, and in a side by side comparison will win against any other screen. It is currently the best of what is available on the market. At least that is what all the guru's are saying. Resolution is not the only thing that defines the clarity on a phone. Just like a 5mp shot from an older cannon DSLA camera will look way better than a 5mp shot from a cheap point and shoot. They have the same resolution, but the difference in picture quality is night and day.
I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it again. I'm fed up with Samsung. I hate my Epic. I'm on my second one and neither has ever functioned as they should. I even got the botched Froyo OTA update that they pulled after it made it to almost 1/2 of the Epics out there and I was stuck with it for a couple of months until they released the "fixed" version. I'm not going to give Samsung a chance again.
That being said, I still think that on paper the Epic and this "Within" look like they should be great phones on paper. Most people who have the Epic, love it. Perhaps I was just unlucky to get two crappy phones. The Within looks like it's going to be a beast and if I had had a better experience with my Epic, I'd consider it.
I feel burned by Samsung and Sprint on the Epic.
I'm considering the Photon because on paper (or in write ups online) this phone sounds like it's going to be fantastic and Motorola has better support for their phones than Samsung. I don't get to upgrade until 9/1/2011 so I'll have plenty of time to play with the store display models and to read about other customers' experiences here and elsewhere before jumping in.
I do have a concern though about the Photon and it does have to do with the lack of advertizing and hype. I wonder if there will be a strong developer community for the Photon 4G if Sprint isn't going to bother to advertize it like they have been advertizing the Evo 3D. The Epic really was the Evo 4g's red headed step child when it came to advertizing if I remember correctly but at least I did see ads for it.
I haven't seen one ad on television or heard an ad over the radio for the Photon 4G. I had to find it online. This phone may not have enough users to get a developer community energized.
You're not in that boat alone. I can almost guarantee that the same can be said about every single "top tier" smartphone on the market.
I personally think Samsung makes great products on paper, but their support absolutely sucks compared to what I've seen with Motorola and HTC. That's just my observation. Others have been perfectly comfortable with Samsung and the Epic has been a good phone for one of my secondary lines, but I personally wouldn't choose a Samsung phone until their phone support gets to be just as good as HTC and Motorola.
Yeah, I feel burned by Sprint when it comes to getting the issues Im having with the EVO taken care of. Im canceling my contract with them and dropping the EVO since Im on my 3rd EVO and all have been having the same issues with Sense crashing and the phone rebooting. I still want the Photon so Ill probably sign up again when it comes out but Im pretty pissed off at the EVO and probably wont own another HTC phone again. At this point Id get a Samsung before I got another HTC.
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