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Sammael

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You served me well... at least before I updated to ics/jellybean. You were my very first smartphone and I enjoyed what you offered.


To the rest still using the s2, you will really enjoy the new phones. I went with the HTC ONE because after the s2 I think samsung hit their galaxy series with the ugly stick big time. I paid an extra hundred for an early upgrade from sprint but it was worth it. LTE is noticeably better than the wimax on the s2, latency is lower, and most importantly, the build out is not static and unchanging, it will get better with time.

My gps issues are gone on the new phone, it locks almost instantly. Interestingly, sprint wants to buy back the s2 for upgrade purposes. I got a 63 dollar credit.


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Side note, I just checked the craigslist prices for the s2 on sprint, they are going for around 180 in the general los angeles area, so they are either overpriced there or I got suckered by sprints low trade in. Seems like too much to pay for an s2 now though.
 
Congrats on the HTC One - that'll be my next phone, in a month. I'm really tired of the long string of issues with my S2. Never had a single problem with my old HTC EVO 4G.

According to this article, the One will be the best phone for 2013. The Galaxy S3 & S4, as well as the iPhone 5 are stated to have oversaturated screen colors, while the One is perfect.

Also, the sound through the One speakers is pretty outstanding. This writer rated it 10 out of 10, with the next best rating only a 3 or 4. That's a pretty significant difference!

http://bgr.com/2013/04/08/htc-one-review-att-423631/
 
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I'd like to like the One, but I simply cannot get behind a phone where you cannot remove the battery. Having been one of the chief complaints about the iPhone since it was first introduced, it is baffling that HTC would choose to do the same.

I'm not sure we are there yet, but long term that concern will be a non issue.

swappable batteries are a huge deal if your phone has the battery life of the htc thunderbolt, not so much if it has the battery life of the note II / razr maxx and beyond.

When people say they want swappable batteries, the thing they really want at the core, is longer battery life. If that can be achieved without the need to swap, then it becomes a non issue.


Same thing with electric cars, shackled because of the desire for people to be able to quickly fill up without waiting a long time to charge, but if we had batteries that were energy dense enough and cheap enough to give an electric car 1000+ miles on a charge, the need to rapidly charge or (fill up) would be less of an issue.

Your concerns will eventually burn to ash, be thankful when they do, we'll all be better off. For now, I chose day-ish battery life to get a better designed phone. That's partly what drew me to the s2, and I got kind of pissed at samsung for hitting the latest galaxy s phones with the ugly stick. Like we're just supposed to lap up whatever they offer no matter how stale it is compared to the competition? Who do they think they are? Toyota?

It's why I'm going for a dart instead of something like a corolla (in the market for a compact car).



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I'm not sure we are there yet, but long term that concern will be a non issue.

swappable batteries are a huge deal if your phone has the battery life of the htc thunderbolt, not so much if it has the battery life of the note II / razr maxx and beyond.

When people say they want swappable batteries, the thing they really want at the core, is longer battery life. If that can be achieved without the need to swap, then it becomes a non issue.


Same thing with electric cars, shackled because of the desire for people to be able to quickly fill up without waiting a long time to charge, but if we had batteries that were energy dense enough and cheap enough to give an electric car 1000+ miles on a charge, the need to rapidly charge or (fill up) would be less of an issue.

Your concerns will eventually burn to ash, be thankful when they do, we'll all be better off. For now, I chose day-ish battery life to get a better designed phone. That's partly what drew me to the s2, and I got kind of pissed at samsung for hitting the latest galaxy s phones with the ugly stick. Like we're just supposed to lap up whatever they offer no matter how stale it is compared to the competition? Who do they think they are? Toyota?

It's why I'm going for a dart instead of something like a corolla (in the market for a compact car).

did you take that pic with your HTC One? if so what camera settings did you use?

Btw congrads on your new phone I have the One also and its the best phone i have ever had, its night and day compared to the Galaxy S2.
 
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You served me well... at least before I updated to ics/jellybean. You were my very first smartphone and I enjoyed what you offered.


To the rest still using the s2, you will really enjoy the new phones. I went with the HTC ONE because after the s2 I think samsung hit their galaxy series with the ugly stick big time. I paid an extra hundred for an early upgrade from sprint but it was worth it. LTE is noticeably better than the wimax on the s2, latency is lower, and most importantly, the build out is not static and unchanging, it will get better with time.

My gps issues are gone on the new phone, it locks almost instantly. Interestingly, sprint wants to buy back the s2 for upgrade purposes. I got a 63 dollar credit.


edit:

Side note, I just checked the craigslist prices for the s2 on sprint, they are going for around 180 in the general los angeles area, so they are either overpriced there or I got suckered by sprints low trade in. Seems like too much to pay for an s2 now though.

I did the same thing but went with the SGS4. 3G is even better... :)
 
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