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Do you like the One V?

Hi,

Sorry to disturb in between guys......

I Just sold my HTC Wildfire S (because of battery issue) and looking for a new ONE V. Does it worth buying new..? I lookout here every where but doesn't get any idea, since no one has specified about the phone's + and -.

or Can recommend any other best model from HTC (for around $300)....?

sorry again.

Thanks in advance.......
 
senthamil said:
Hi,

Sorry to disturb in between guys......

I Just sold my HTC Wildfire S (because of battery issue) and looking for a new ONE V. Does it worth buying new..? I lookout here every where but doesn't get any idea, since no one has specified about the phone's + and -.

or Can recommend any other best model from HTC (for around $300)....?

sorry again.

Thanks in advance.......
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It's one of the best VM phones you can get, with good developer support.

Cons... non-removable battery, could be a little faster, doesn't come with an sdcard.

Pros... thin, plenty fast, good amount of storage, Sense 4 (lite)

Compared to other models... Unless you need the power, screen size, 3d function of the Evo V/SGS2, it's the best phone on Virgin. Much cheaper and thinner than the Evo V, and can be found for half the price of the Galaxy S2.
 
I had the One V for a few months and I had quite a different experience with it than many other people here. While I found it perfectly usable for basic tasks, the lag got to be really grating. Dolphin struggled to run smoothly on the phone, and the most basic of multitasking would be a cumbersome, laggy process. Texting in the stock app was awful; threads with hundreds of messages took ages to load, and just sending a message seemed to tax the processor. Sense 4.0 is aesthetically pleasing and I liked many of its features, but I felt that the dated hardware of the One V wasn't capable enough for it.

A decent phone, but I never forgot that it was essentially an entry-level device (though it's important to note I also never rooted it).
 
I'm getting one to 1.5 days batt life on standby. Can that be right? Am I supposed to turn off pretty much everything possible (wifi, etc) before I put it on standby? Sure is cool there's no manual to tell you this stuff.
 
The one v is $49 on virgins website right now! Cyber Monday I guess. Just picked one up for my wife. Not the best phone or there, but for 49 bucks with its specs...u can't beat that shiz with a bargain stick! Go get it now!
 
dg61981 said:
The one v is $49 on virgins website right now! Cyber Monday I guess. Just picked one up for my wife. Not the best phone or there, but for 49 bucks with its specs...u can't beat that shiz with a bargain stick! Go get it now!
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I got the Reverb for my GF for 100, now I'm wondering if this would have been better.
 
Leslie Anne--nice to see your name in the One V posts- I always looked for your posts in the past on the Optimus V-- you have the rare talent of being a Dev that still remembers how to speak unGeeked English.

Just ordered the One V earlier today when VM made an offer I couldn't refuse.
 
Hi,

So I was confusing to choose between One V and Desire X. Finally my desire beat the V. (In terms of Dual core, 4 Inch Display, 768 Mb Ram and 1650 mAh Battery)
Just ordered for the Desire X and reading the catalog now....
 
350X said:
can the one V tether easily??? long range???
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No. It uses an antiquated adhoc network for tethering, which Android devices, like tablets, don't like to connect to. If you're using a non-android laptop it may work, but I wouldn't count on it having a good long range signal.
 
350X said:
can the one V tether easily??? long range???
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Easy enough. It even has a tethering widget so if you have set it up, it needs just one touch to start tethering.

Having said that, One V is slow phone (compared to my another phone, the LG 2X), and tethering speed is not that good.

I have no problem connect my notebook and other android phones to it though. Sometime I went to play with the display units at the mall when the new phones are released. If the store did not setup the wifi with those phone, I just use my One V tethering. I don't remember having problem connecting with any of those phones I tried.
 
can you tether every mobile device within 100ft like the Optimus V ???

I can leave my OV phone in my bedroom, go out side into the work shop and still get enough bars on my tablet to get my googlevoice txt messages from my GF.

only thing holding me back from upgrading, I got no root tethering that goes a long long way with the OV.....
 
Hi I just had the one V for two weeks. I am v impressed with battery life-3 days- but having had a Desire for more than two years I find the layout or interface on One V very poor. The processor is v quick and I guess that most of my dislike is due to being so old and therefore fixed in my ways. But I would really like to know if I could swap the Desire interface onto this phone. I guess the lack of trakball would preclude that option.
 
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