Syrenz32
Newbie
So I'm unhappy with my current phone, the Huawei U8100 for a number of reasons. After getting frustrated with how slow it can be at times and how it occasionally jams up and reboots (as well as me being unhappy with a few other things) I decided that I want to see if I can get something better. The main issues I have with the U8100 are poor speed, small screen size (and not high resolution), poor touch sensitivity + it reboots on me too often.
I need something that works in Canada on WIND Mobile's Advanced Wireless Service AWS (1700/2100MHz).
1) The Motorola XT720
Anyways so after checking out things, I found the Motorola XT720 to be pretty appealing. It can be overclocked to 1GHz (or higher), has nice visual screen, large screen as well, and great touch sensitivity. As well, it has a very high quality camera/video (which is useful) and I really like the look of it. Additionally, the price isn't too expensive for a more high end phone, it's only going to cost slightly more than $300 for new. The one drawback of the XT720 is that Motorola has ditched it and isn't getting any updates past 2.1. The good people at XDA have hired a developer to port 2.2 from the motoroi to the XT720 and that's looking good though. (But it definitely won't go past 2.2)
2) The Nexus S
This has the advantage of getting future updates which is appealing and it can be overclocked much higher. But it's going to be likely significantly more expensive +hard to get my hands on in Canada (I'm not even 100% sure it works with WIND right now) and I also don't really love the actual look of the phone. It also lacks the high quality camera/video of the XT720.
3) The Sony Ericsson X10
I haven't actually checked into this that much. It's slightly more costly than the XT720. Believe it works with WIND, I like the timescape thing kinda (though it looks laggy in demos). +Has good camera. Most importantly it suffers from the same update problems as the XT720 (haven't checked around XDA for this yet though). I've heard some good things and I've heard some bad things about this phone.
4) Waiting
There are some phones coming out in the future that are appealing to me. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is one of them. They look to have improved a lot of the flaws (in slowness) with Timescape, have very high quality camer/video. Very nice display... etc... Up to date with 2.3. And I also think that they're likely to update since they made Timescape so it's easier to update and also because everyone was so pissed at them with the X10. The first price listing I've seen for this is about $650 which is a very hefty sum for a phone (I'm fine with spending some money on a fancy toy but I do have a limit). That price could be wrong though, I don't know. Plus I'm not sure I want to wait until April or whenever this phone comes out as I'm unhappy with my current. There are some other upcoming phones that look appealing as well.
Anyways, I need some suggestions. One of these phones? Other? Wait a bit with cheapie phone until something better comes out? I'm leaning towards the XT720 with the one worry that I may regret locking myself into a phone with only 2.2 at best (I want 2.2 for a bunch of reasons more than other updates, but who knows what other updates may bring). Is there something better that will work with WIND Mobile's bands?
Any helps is appreciated.
I need something that works in Canada on WIND Mobile's Advanced Wireless Service AWS (1700/2100MHz).
1) The Motorola XT720
Anyways so after checking out things, I found the Motorola XT720 to be pretty appealing. It can be overclocked to 1GHz (or higher), has nice visual screen, large screen as well, and great touch sensitivity. As well, it has a very high quality camera/video (which is useful) and I really like the look of it. Additionally, the price isn't too expensive for a more high end phone, it's only going to cost slightly more than $300 for new. The one drawback of the XT720 is that Motorola has ditched it and isn't getting any updates past 2.1. The good people at XDA have hired a developer to port 2.2 from the motoroi to the XT720 and that's looking good though. (But it definitely won't go past 2.2)
2) The Nexus S
This has the advantage of getting future updates which is appealing and it can be overclocked much higher. But it's going to be likely significantly more expensive +hard to get my hands on in Canada (I'm not even 100% sure it works with WIND right now) and I also don't really love the actual look of the phone. It also lacks the high quality camera/video of the XT720.
3) The Sony Ericsson X10
I haven't actually checked into this that much. It's slightly more costly than the XT720. Believe it works with WIND, I like the timescape thing kinda (though it looks laggy in demos). +Has good camera. Most importantly it suffers from the same update problems as the XT720 (haven't checked around XDA for this yet though). I've heard some good things and I've heard some bad things about this phone.
4) Waiting
There are some phones coming out in the future that are appealing to me. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is one of them. They look to have improved a lot of the flaws (in slowness) with Timescape, have very high quality camer/video. Very nice display... etc... Up to date with 2.3. And I also think that they're likely to update since they made Timescape so it's easier to update and also because everyone was so pissed at them with the X10. The first price listing I've seen for this is about $650 which is a very hefty sum for a phone (I'm fine with spending some money on a fancy toy but I do have a limit). That price could be wrong though, I don't know. Plus I'm not sure I want to wait until April or whenever this phone comes out as I'm unhappy with my current. There are some other upcoming phones that look appealing as well.
Anyways, I need some suggestions. One of these phones? Other? Wait a bit with cheapie phone until something better comes out? I'm leaning towards the XT720 with the one worry that I may regret locking myself into a phone with only 2.2 at best (I want 2.2 for a bunch of reasons more than other updates, but who knows what other updates may bring). Is there something better that will work with WIND Mobile's bands?
Any helps is appreciated.
. Just want a new phone.