Komodo Rogue
Well-Known Member
As irishtexmex pointed out, I think a lot of the Atrix crowd (me included) feels like they were given the last straw, the last middle finger from at&t/moto, with the ridiculous pricing.
They blew me away at CES 2011. Nothing was going to stop me from picking up the atrix "by the end of the month (January)" or "in the next few weeks," as AT&T and Moto said, respectively. Ironically, if they had released the atrix this past weekend, I would definitely own it today!
but then -
-ambiguous release date, seemed to be pushed back
-bionic is free of motoblur, but atrix makes you use it (not a problem for some)
-locked bootloader confirmed, and some ass from at&t literally tells the android community to go elsewhere
-Moto just today announced they were not going to bother updating the cliq 2, despite previous promises... so enjoy android 1.5, cliq users!
-Moto also said "we'll update the phone to record 1080! we just don't wanna do it right now because... uh.. really, you can trust us!" um yeah, no
-No sideloading confirmed (although potentially not an issue, but still)
-insane laptop dock price / tethering required
-at&t's plans suck the most anyway, so even if I did get the dock, I would always feel limited
-also I don't wanna get too political, but personally I really hate at&t for their blatant support of internet censorship, and history of censoring content to their users, and $250,000 donation to GWB's '04 re-election.
alright I'm beating a dead horse! sorry, just venting some nerd anger - god I loved this phone!
anyway, something to consider: HTC Pyramid - qHD, 4.3" screen (too big for some, but perfect for my big hands), 4G, dual core snapdragon at 1.2 ghz (very cool - better battery life, although graphics might be worse - isn't it the adreno 220?), and most importantly, still GSM.
Doubt it will have all the bells and whistles of the atrix (fingerprint, webtop, etc), but I like HTC phones.
Considering the huge RAM of the desire HD and Inspire 4G, perhaps it will have just as much, and maybe even some yummy DDR3 memory that the snapdragon can support.
then again, engadget said rumors say may or june (which, as we all know, could mean July or August)... and I'm dying with childlike impatience over here because the atrix might be three weeks later than I expected...
I will probably impulse buy the atrix if Best Buy releases it as a pre-sale in mid-February. If that's NOT the case, I will NOT do a preorder as I am not afraid of a sell-out, and the timing suggests that AT&T just wants you to commit before you hear about the offerings from MWC.
And then there's the optimus 2X, which looks nice, almost as good as atrix, and maybe even better build quality, and the 3D optimus phone.
How about you guys - stick with the atrix, switch to the inspire, or maybe infuse or one of sony's phones, or wait all the way until MAY if that ened up being true?
They blew me away at CES 2011. Nothing was going to stop me from picking up the atrix "by the end of the month (January)" or "in the next few weeks," as AT&T and Moto said, respectively. Ironically, if they had released the atrix this past weekend, I would definitely own it today!
but then -
-ambiguous release date, seemed to be pushed back
-bionic is free of motoblur, but atrix makes you use it (not a problem for some)
-locked bootloader confirmed, and some ass from at&t literally tells the android community to go elsewhere
-Moto just today announced they were not going to bother updating the cliq 2, despite previous promises... so enjoy android 1.5, cliq users!
-Moto also said "we'll update the phone to record 1080! we just don't wanna do it right now because... uh.. really, you can trust us!" um yeah, no
-No sideloading confirmed (although potentially not an issue, but still)
-insane laptop dock price / tethering required
-at&t's plans suck the most anyway, so even if I did get the dock, I would always feel limited
-also I don't wanna get too political, but personally I really hate at&t for their blatant support of internet censorship, and history of censoring content to their users, and $250,000 donation to GWB's '04 re-election.
alright I'm beating a dead horse! sorry, just venting some nerd anger - god I loved this phone!
anyway, something to consider: HTC Pyramid - qHD, 4.3" screen (too big for some, but perfect for my big hands), 4G, dual core snapdragon at 1.2 ghz (very cool - better battery life, although graphics might be worse - isn't it the adreno 220?), and most importantly, still GSM.
Doubt it will have all the bells and whistles of the atrix (fingerprint, webtop, etc), but I like HTC phones.
Considering the huge RAM of the desire HD and Inspire 4G, perhaps it will have just as much, and maybe even some yummy DDR3 memory that the snapdragon can support.
then again, engadget said rumors say may or june (which, as we all know, could mean July or August)... and I'm dying with childlike impatience over here because the atrix might be three weeks later than I expected...
I will probably impulse buy the atrix if Best Buy releases it as a pre-sale in mid-February. If that's NOT the case, I will NOT do a preorder as I am not afraid of a sell-out, and the timing suggests that AT&T just wants you to commit before you hear about the offerings from MWC.
And then there's the optimus 2X, which looks nice, almost as good as atrix, and maybe even better build quality, and the 3D optimus phone.
How about you guys - stick with the atrix, switch to the inspire, or maybe infuse or one of sony's phones, or wait all the way until MAY if that ened up being true?
