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Sanyo zio
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Except the ascend has just about the crappiest call quality of all the android phones, the slowest processor, and completely bogus battery life stats. it has droid 2.1 but kyocera (sanyo) says they are releasing 2.1 for crickets zio in feb'11.until recently I was an IT administrator at cricket and I have not had one single problem with either of my 2 cricket zio's, while my ex wife has had nothing but complaints with her ascend.
hope this helps
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Bob Maxey
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Like what for instance? I have no issues running the current firmware. My Zio does exactly what I need it to do and that is all I care about for the time being. So kindly tell us what problems you are seeing.
Bob Maxey
To me, the only way that the Zio really falls short is memory. 512 megabytes are advertised, but that's TOTAL. It's divided up, as far as I can tell, between RAM (131) and internal storage (186.38) and even then, as you can see, it doesn't add up to 512. People complain about the OS version, but come on. That's software. Even if, for some reason, Cricket never actually updates it (doubtful), the community will eventually bring ROMs from the Sprint version to it. (They're working on it even now.)
What I like about it:
The form. It is a really NICE looking phone. Even better than the Sprint version in my estimation. It's very thin and I like that, too. Feels nice in the hand. I do wish the camera button wasn't so easy to accidentally press, but I've adjusted to it.
The camera itself. While it sadly lacks a flash, the pictures turn out REALLY well when the lighting is right. Video is lovely, too, though you need even more light for that. Oh, and while Phandroid's profile for this phone says differently, it DOES have auto-focus. Like a regular digital camera, slightly press down on the button for a moment before shooting.
The display. A lot of people point it out, but dismissively. I think that's unfair. You will NOT find a display this nice on anything of comparable price. I've looked. And it's addicting. And there are apps that REQUIRE a resolution like the Zio has, particularly some games.
The only thing not so good other than the memory is the trackball. Don't attempt any games or apps that rely on it because it's really terrible. That, though, I can live with more easily than the memory. Mainly the internal storage. It will help once the device is upgraded to a version of Android that will allow storing apps on SD. Until then, I'll deal with it, but it's annoying.
In any case, I think it's a very nice low end Android phone. Trust me, there are others you'd find much worse that you might wind up paying more for.
What I like about it:
The form. It is a really NICE looking phone. Even better than the Sprint version in my estimation. It's very thin and I like that, too. Feels nice in the hand. I do wish the camera button wasn't so easy to accidentally press, but I've adjusted to it.
The camera itself. While it sadly lacks a flash, the pictures turn out REALLY well when the lighting is right. Video is lovely, too, though you need even more light for that. Oh, and while Phandroid's profile for this phone says differently, it DOES have auto-focus. Like a regular digital camera, slightly press down on the button for a moment before shooting.
The display. A lot of people point it out, but dismissively. I think that's unfair. You will NOT find a display this nice on anything of comparable price. I've looked. And it's addicting. And there are apps that REQUIRE a resolution like the Zio has, particularly some games.
The only thing not so good other than the memory is the trackball. Don't attempt any games or apps that rely on it because it's really terrible. That, though, I can live with more easily than the memory. Mainly the internal storage. It will help once the device is upgraded to a version of Android that will allow storing apps on SD. Until then, I'll deal with it, but it's annoying.
In any case, I think it's a very nice low end Android phone. Trust me, there are others you'd find much worse that you might wind up paying more for.
Bob Maxey
Android Expert
I just bought a cricket zio and think it's unworthy of the android platform.
Why do you say that?
Bob Maxey
love it way more, the other phone has a crappy camera and is a bit slower... so I'm very happy, a drinking buddy did a head to head competition and zio won in speed, camera, and that was with my 1.6 app... who knows how great it is now with the new upgrad but I'm ready to test it out!
I own a Zio. Literally. Both ways. I did research and bought a Zio after the Ascends stats made me laugh out loud, literally. It has been updated to 2.2 since this thread started, and the kernel source was just released thanks to Spz0 and myself taking action against Kyocera to get it. With it rooted and some memory tweaks applied thanks to Auto Killer Memory Optimizer in the Market, I've been able to score a 1013 on Antutu System Benchmark also from the Market. This phone has fixes for almost any of the problems I've read here. Yes some sets are just messed up as with any line of phones. I got a good set and it's been the best first Android I could have asked for. Easy to use, easy to root, and easy to start getting into development. With the source code now things are really looking up, things like overclocking, custom roms, clockworkmod support. The only thing the Zio is behind the Ascend on is vanishing quickly. Plus this year Cricket will come out with the new Huwaei X5 and possibly the Ascend 2. Which quite frankly may not even compare to the Zio. Zio is BY FAR Crickets best option for an Android. There is no doubt. Any Ascend owners that don't believe that just try to bench on Antutu System Benchmark and see if you even get close to 1000. This goes for Optimus owners as well. Suckas!!