Love it

[papichulo916]

I bought this phone yesterday and well maybe i haven't had it for enough time to really "love" this phone, but so far, i do. if we compare the Opt. with the Est. exactly how they came out of the box, the esteem definitely takes the lead performance wise. no lag going from homescreen to homescreen, scrolling through the drawer, opening apps, and even surfing the internet. the 4g is fast, like really fast (i get full 4g bars here in downtown sacramento) i will be doing some speed tests shortly and will post pictures up. the only thing missing is root of course, but that will come later just as i waited for a root for my optimus...good things come to those who wait...or something like that haha.


UPDATE: Quadrant Benchmark Score: 1950. For now you'll have to take my word for it, or try it yourself since I'm not rooted and can't take a screen picture.

 

[morgankslade]

Don't forget to let us know about battery life, and CONGRATS.

 

[Eddy120876]

Also test the front facing camera ok

 

[papichulo916]

Don't forget to let us know about battery life, and CONGRATS.

for this i'll have to let it charge all throughout the night just to make sure the battery is 100% juiced. then i will use it like i normally used my optimus (lots of texting, playing angry birds, using the facebook app, checking this forum, and reddit). first test will be with the 4g on, then i will let it charge another night and the next day i will do the same but w/o 4g and see how battery time compares. someone might do this before me so if i'm late i tried my best.

 

[papichulo916]

Also test the front facing camera ok

the front facing camera works good. i had it on picture mode and it looked great, but once i switch to video more the quality is a little less great...not a big difference but it did...now that was while recording, but the actual video while i played it back looks great.

 

[Eddy120876]

the front facing camera works good. i had it on picture mode and it looked great, but once i switch to video more the quality is a little less great...not a big difference but it did...now that was while recording, but the actual video while i played it back looks great.

thats some good info. The best way to test the video capability has to be on skype.

 

[papichulo916]

 

[papichulo916]

thats some good info. The best way to test the video capability has to be on skype.

i will do that once my friend gets on

 

[Eddy120876]

wow that flash is powerful and even on low light it looks good.

 

[Eddy120876]

i will do that once my friend gets on

thanks Pap once that happen let me know

 

[Aplus]

i will do that once my friend gets on

Can you video skype phone to pc or does it have to be phone to phone? Same question with gtalk. tia

 

[Eddy120876]

Can you video skype phone to pc or does it have to be phone to phone? Same question with gtalk. tia

wow i never thought to ask that..Thats one heck of a question

 

[papichulo916]

Can you video skype phone to pc or does it have to be phone to phone? Same question with gtalk. tia

so i just skyped with my friend, phone-pc works, phone-phone works

 

[Aplus]

so i just skyped with my friend, phone-pc works, phone-phone works

Nice! Thanks for the response.

 

[Aplus]

Hope we can get it rooted soon!

On a side note: it's time to update your 'Devices List' lol

 

[papichulo916]

Hope we can get it rooted soon!

On a side note: it's time to update your 'Devices List' lol

haha if i had enough balls i'd try to mess with rooting it lol...maybe when i can afford to i will.

and yes i will do that right now

 

[Eddy120876]

Chass did it he was running Gingerbreak. is on the Video he posted. Also Paps how was the video did it work as fast and stable like the iphone?

 

[papichulo916]

Chass did it he was running Gingerbreak. is on the Video he posted. Also Paps how was the video did it work as fast and stable like the iphone?

i'm currently running gingerbreak...about 1-2 minutes in and still going...lets see how this comes out...video on skype was really smooth, took a video and it's also smooth...will be posting those after i root it (if i can) if not then i'll do it after gingerbreak exits out

 

[Eddy120876]

i'm currently running gingerbreak...about 1-2 minutes in and still going...lets see how this comes out...video on skype was really smooth, took a video and it's also smooth...will be posting those after i root it (if i can) if not then i'll do it after gingerbreak exits out

can't wait to see it my friend and from what i seen even without Gingerbreak it was running smooth.

 

[ChazzMatt]

Chass did it he was running Gingerbreak. is on the Video he posted. Also Paps how was the video did it work as fast and stable like the iphone?

The phone in that video was a MetroPCS tester unit given to employees. LeakforYou got it, and I uploaded it. Someone said Metro may have made some changes in the final release so that particular root method may not work. I'm going to try to buy mine this afternoon and find out.

If that exploit doesn't work anymore, another one will be found in a few days!

 

[israelmiami]

I just bought mine! Can't wait to start playing with Root and Roms when available

 

[JWhipple]

UPDATE: Quadrant Benchmark Score: 1950. For now you'll have to take my word for it, or try it yourself since I'm not rooted and can't take a screen picture.

Run Quadrant two or three times in a row without exiting - I've seen mine go as high as 2200+

 

[papichulo916]

Run Quadrant two or three times in a row without exiting - I've seen mine go as high as 2200+

Got it up to 2275

 

[jjwmello]

Congrats this is a great phone. Have you checked if revolution accesories are the same? Specially cases/faceplates.

 

[morgankslade]

My PC doesn't see SD card. It only sees Internal. What should I do.