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Any new phone rumors for Sprint?

drexappeal said:
Maybe the early 5.9 inch rumors means there will be 2 different Note sizes? Note 3 (5.9) and Note 3S (6.3)?

Galaxy Note 3 display sized outed by Samsung Game Pad?
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Many of us have said our Note 2's were great enough to last us 2 years. I ain't gonna lie....6.3"..... I'd have that puppy on launch day.
Doing just what I did for the Note 2. Stalking the store at 6am 1hr earlier than they open just to be the 1st in the door.
 
ScandaLeX said:
Many of us have said our Note 2's were great enough to last us 2 years. I ain't gonna lie....6.3"..... I'd have that puppy on launch day.
Doing just what I did for the Note 2. Stalking the store at 6am 1hr earlier than they open just to be the 1st in the door.
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Lol... since Best Buy changed their price match policy finally, it would be open market for me. I'd have to see overall dimensions before choosing a 6.3 inch screen. I doubt it'll be comfortable enough for me, kinda like the note 1.
 
330D said:
Look at you... Swearing never to own a Sammy, or a Motorola, and now having one and considering the other ;)
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Ain't that some ish? Lol, I guess you never do say never. Granted, HTC more or less pushed me away from buying their products at around the time the SGS3 was released due to the whole locked bootloader fiasco.
 
KOLIO said:
The PHOTON fiasco is still fresh in my mind.Perhaps not as bitter or vocal about it,but,very mindful of their handling of it.The locking it down w/the 2.3.5 update & playing dumb/amnesiatic episode/history revision,etc...whatever you want to call it,was an immature & downright deceitful move.
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Same here. The Photon was very well made and I loved it, but when they did the replacement they really upset me. Much like Lenovo did when they replaced the Thinkpad Tablet. (At least Moto kept the phone and Android one, unlike Lenovo thta switched the Thinkpad to be a Windows tablet) Totally unforgivable. Never again with lenovo and to some extent Moto. But I would give them a chance if they offer something to my liking.

TS
 
I absolutely loved my Photon right up to the day I gave it away. Moto as a company left a bitter taste in my mouth. Too many words not enough action. When they gave Photon owners their middle finger I knew then I'd never buy another one of their phones.
The Photon was too new to be getting the
 
Hearing stuff like this is what has made me move further and further away from HTC in the future:
HTC One delay a result of company’s prior troubles, Peter Chou’s fate hangs in the balance

It's been too consistent within the past few years to hear about delays. Heck, even my original EVO (which I loved), had to be replaced 2 X's (within 1 month) when I first purchased it and the 2nd replacement, I had to wait for availability somewhere (got lucky that they had 1 come in the day I happened to be visiting Best Buy).
 
twospirits said:
Same here. The Photon was very well made and I loved it, but when they did the replacement they really upset me. Much like Lenovo did when they replaced the Thinkpad Tablet. (At least Moto kept the phone and Android one, unlike Lenovo thta switched the Thinkpad to be a Windows tablet) Totally unforgivable. Never again with lenovo and to some extent Moto. But I would give them a chance if they offer something to my liking.

TS
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ScandaLeX said:
I absolutely loved my Photon right up to the day I gave it away. Moto as a company left a bitter taste in my mouth. Too many words not enough action. When they gave Photon owners their middle finger I knew then I'd never buy another one of their phones.
The Photon was too new to be getting the
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While this could happen in the future,Peter Chou's demise is based on hearsay.Once again,a solid source for a quote is missing from a "news article".

Changes @ the helm aren't unheard of,in good times & otherwise,look no further than SAMSUNG,w/a shake-up of their own, the day after the announcement of the SGS 4:

Samsung experiences executive change-up, two new CEOs added - Pocket-lint

As for updates,all the manufacturers,outside of NEXUS devices,leave a bit to be desired.

As for quality,seems for the most part,everyone has stepped up their game in the last two years.Nothing scientific,but,seems most gripes in the forum seem to be firmware/software based.
 
EarlyMon said:
Yep.

Blog reports drive people away. Profits drop. Blog reports drive more away.

I could go on about all of the Samsungs or Motorolas that failed me, replacement after replacement, or how Motorola was so crappy that they were circling the drain when Google stepped in, or how last year's delay was caused by Apple's bs that got them held up in Customs, but why bother.

Not a thing wrong with the phones last year. Did the blogs say, Apple sucks for pulling that stunt? No. They did not. They said, good thing HTC wasn't guilty, but they should have planned for our crooks sticking it to them.

Or how the decline started with the Apple lawsuit for features that Microsoft invented and are ok on your PC. The blogs couldn't bother with that side of the story. Or how the restrictions were for the USA only, Apple couldn't get that in Europe.

Yeah, HTC sucks so bad they should just go away. It's all their fault. Plus, let's never forget how bloated Sense is. Not all tiny like TouchWiz and the others.
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Done ranting or being defensive EM?...LOL. You're right, all of the manufacturers are guilty of it one way or another. I just never thought that I'd be less likely to buy a HTC phone over a Motorola or Samsung. But as of right now, I actually don't mind having a Samsung and absolutely loved my experience with Motorola (w/ one of the less popular superphones and most underrated). Funny how things can change because I swore that I'd never get a Samsung phone as my daily driver, ever since I got my family an Epic that always ended up having something wrong with it.

Bottom line is it all comes down to each individual's needs. HTC's phones just don't suit my personal needs in a device, like other manufacturers currently do.
 
I don't mind sounding defensive for HTC, if that's how you took that.

After our screwed up patent system, courts, politicians and industry blogs get done offending me, I still have to contend with the possibility of the maker of first Android going under when their quality problems have already been addressed and their innovation just dropped a bomb on everyone.

I would submit that rather than read my earlier post as defensive, read it as really damned pissed off at the state of affairs.

As for which of us was ranting, I won't say my hands were clean if you don't. :D
 
EarlyMon said:
I don't mind sounding defensive for HTC, if that's how you took that.

After our screwed up patent system, courts, politicians and industry blogs get done offending me, I still have to contend with the possibility of the maker of first Android going under when their quality problems have already been addressed and their innovation just dropped a bomb on everyone.

I would submit that rather than read my earlier post as defensive, read it as really damned pissed off at the state of affairs.

As for which of us was ranting, I won't say my hands were clean if you don't. :D
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Just messin' with you. You know me though. Samsung was the 1 manufacturer I swore I'd never buy from. I just didn't trust the quality of their products, until the S2 released, and they started making extreme revenue from their mobile division. At that point, they started increasing the amount of support they were giving to the US and it made me think to consider them just a 'bit, compared to the past.

But I do agree. It's unfortunate what these types of reviews do and how much they can skew the general consumers away from a particular manufacturer. Unfortunatley, the general scope of the mobile industry is dictated from popularity (and not necessarily "quality"), so when you have Apple and now Samsung up their as "super powers"...that also dictates what 3rd party accessory manufacturers produce. I really do hope that HTC makes a comeback, as well as Motorola. Last year, I had a really tough time making a choice for upgrade and the Note 2 ended up being the "clear cut" winner for the phone I wanted as my final Gold Premiere upgrade. Going forward, I hope that the products that the OEM's release make it an even tougher decision for me. The beauty, of the bar continuing to raise, equates to us consumers benefiting from having multiple choices. I love having choices and options (which is the biggest reason I've stayed away from Apple products for so long, and will likely to continue staying away).

And regarding the screwed up patent system...yes, it is quite messy. Ultimately, I just hope that it gets fixed enough that I don't have to worry about buying a product that might not end up getting supported (going forward), just because they got sued over a patent that is irrelevant to the consumer.

So...getting back to the subject at hand...how bout the new Spank Network? A few years ago, I never thought that there'd be a day where Sprint would really be offering the top phones in the industry. With that upward trend, I hope that NV follows the same path, so that by the time I'm upgrading again in 2014, the results will be better than any of us anticipated.
 
EarlyMon said:
I've not been following, been wondering where Spank is at. In addition to their network promises, I was hoping that we'd see some of the phones in the Japanese stable coming our way.

I'd love to see some high-quality Sharps over here.
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Yeah, I give that influence the same amount of time I'm giving Google with Motorola...but the phones you had posted in the Spank thread that were exclusive to Japan! Oh man, I had spotted a few of those phones that would've been perfect for my 70+ year old father that hated having an all touchscreen phone. Hopefully, they do expand to even more offerings.
 
For those waiting on the Note 3

Report: Samsung meeting with AT&T execs to showcase Galaxy Note 3

So, speculation is that the 6.3 inch is for the "budget" version and the 5.9 is for the high-end Note 3? That's the oddest thing I've heard with all the new phone rumors.

Now, what I do like hearing is the expectations that Samsung will somehow be able to fit a 5.9 inch screen in the same size (or smaller) form factor than the current Note 2. If that's the case, I take back what I said about 5.9 inch screen being too big. I'm a 'bit skeptical about that though, considering the height of the Note 2 is 5.94. A 5.9 inch screen fitting in a phone that's only 5.94 in height overall? That would be impressive.
 
Just wanted to post this link to an article in today's PHANDROID w/update:

CyanogenMod developers reluctant to work with Galaxy S4 [Updated with official statement from CM]

While CYANOGENMOD-ified phones are not the norm for most users,I understand THE CM teams frustration,especially since the "news" regarding CM support was from "reliable/unknown" sources & NOT from any official CM source.The "news" was pre-mature & outright incorrect.

The same has been permeating the tech sites ad-nauseum as of late & while it's fun to discuss what-ifs, especially in a thread specifically for such talk,the BS spewing forth from some of these sites (PC MAG,etc....[I'm calling them out for re-hashing last weeks "news" again today,you'll have to dredge there yourself to see what I'm talking about,not posting it here]) needs to be examined for what it is before jumping to conclusions.

Call me guilty of posting such links @ times,I promise to read & checkup on future links before posting them in the forum from here on out.:D
 
drexappeal said:
Yeah, I give that influence the same amount of time I'm giving Google with Motorola...but the phones you had posted in the Spank thread that were exclusive to Japan! Oh man, I had spotted a few of those phones that would've been perfect for my 70+ year old father that hated having an all touchscreen phone. Hopefully, they do expand to even more offerings.
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Their Android catalog in Japan is huge. Shortly after people here wanted a "retinal" display, Sharp had one there already. Exact same screen size and resolution. I was told that it was top quality to boot.

They keep telling us we want thin. According to those impressed by the almost one millimeter thickness reduction in one of the new models coming, that's evidently true. In Japan, they get waterproof instead.

I was in the rain when my phone rang, of course, I didn't answer it. The Japanese standing near me looked around to see who wasn't answering. When they saw me, their faces changed to one of polite understanding and they nodded. And went back to texting and talking.

It was at that moment that I knew that we were doing it wrong.
 
EarlyMon said:
Their Android catalog in Japan is huge. Shortly after people here wanted a "retinal" display, Sharp had one there already. Exact same screen size and resolution. I was told that it was top quality to boot.

They keep telling us we want thin. According to those impressed by the almost one millimeter thickness reduction in one of the new models coming, that's evidently true. In Japan, they get waterproof instead.

I was in the rain when my phone rang, of course, I didn't answer it. The Japanese standing near me looked around to see who wasn't answering. When they saw me, their faces changed to one of polite understanding and they nodded. And went back to texting and talking.

It was at that moment that I knew that we were doing it wrong.
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Talk about awkward moments...LOL. I'd even settle for their offering Sony's flagship android (I've always liked the look of Sony phones).
 
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