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Still Confident Bravo is coming to Verizon

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bbeelzebub said:
Been reading this site for a while, just posted to throw in one thing...

This red backing on the rumored "Incredible". Anybody notice the two red backings on other phones on the leaked roadmap for 2010 by HTC? I personally don't think we are looking at the Bravo, but The Legend. For starters, Droid Developer says the same size as the Behold II. Last I checked, that is a 3.2" phone.
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What makes you say it will have a red back?
 
kyler13 said:
You're totally confused. Most of the phones out prior to the N1 have 256MB RAM. This is dynamic and it's used for programs that are running. No different than a PC. To date, all the phones also have 512MB of ROM. Half of that is dedicated to the OS. Therefore that leaves 256MB ROM for app storage. You're mixing this up as it's mere coincidence that the remaining ROM is equal to the RAM amount generally found in phones. Nowadays all ROM is really just programmable flash memory. Write once ROM is a thing of the distant past. It's still referred to as ROM to differentiate from RAM. The write/erase operation is permanent until the next time you request the operation. RAM is dynamic in that it's constantly refreshed on a rolling basis. This is why RAM requires power to keep things actively stored. It also has a much faster read/write time compared to flash memory. If you were actually storing apps in RAM (you're not), you'd lose everything on a power cycle.

I get that Sense is optimized, but remember it's consuming RAM which means less is available. Most people claim that the Eris is very snappy until you start running multiple apps in the background. Then things slow down. I know stock Android has its moments of lag, but without Sense, there's more available memory. There's also no custom UI eating CPU clock cycles. Sense will consume more resources than stock Android. Now take away 150MHz and it's obviously a handicap. Probably won't see it on average but I bet it'll show up if you're running multiple apps. That's where the N1 will come out ahead. I still think they should be keeping the Incredible clocked at full speed if Sense is present, but it's probably both a battery saver and differentiator as to not compete with the N1 directly. Just my $0.02.
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Ok so I'm wrong on the RAM/ROM thing.
But here your problem. Sense slows down once multiple apps are running (haven't ever noticed that but I'll go with it). Yet stock is laggy out of the box. So more apps running in the background of stock wont change that behavior?
 
Mykpfsu said:
The Bravo was never supposed to be CDMA (or at least no the one in the leaked 2010 catalog they're quoting). It is for the European market. Most likely the Incredible could be the US counterpart.
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Counterpart? Please don't change this guy at all.
 
Ruben said:
I wish the U.S. only had GSM. ugh It is so much nicer.
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Wait...what? You wish that the United States only had GSM for our cellular networks? Have you gone MAD??? haha Dude, have you ever tried a GSM network like AT&T and then switched to a CDMA network such as Verizon? There is no comparison, in my personal opinion and I'm sure the opinion of most other people here on this thread. CDMA sounds better and is just more reliable, from my personal experience. That's merely my personal opinion however.

So, you're on Verizon currently and you don't LOVE it? You're the first person I've ever met who is on Verizon and would rather be on a GSM network. However, maybe I just read your post wrong. Either way, we're all entitled to our opinions. I just happen to believe that CDMA is the only way to go.
 
Nashdroid said:
Wait...what? You wish that the United States only had GSM for our cellular networks? Have you gone MAD??? haha Dude, have you ever tried a GSM network like AT&T and then switched to a CDMA network such as Verizon? There is no comparison, in my personal opinion and I'm sure the opinion of most other people here on this thread. CDMA sounds better and is just more reliable, from my personal experience. That's merely my personal opinion however.
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I'm not talking about coverage. VZW has great coverage for me, too.

I would just love to switch SIM cards, or phones essentially, whenever I wanted. It just seems nicer.
 
Ruben said:
I'm not talking about coverage. VZW has great coverage for me, too.

I would just love to switch SIM cards, or phones essentially, whenever I wanted. It just seems nicer.
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Oh yeah, the SIM card part is nice, I'd agree. It does make things a lot easier and opens you up to a lot more phone possibilities if you know how to unlock phones and stuff. I see what you're saying. I'd still take CDMA though.
 
And just for the record, your avatar that is the picture of the Droid Eris, makes me drool everytime you make a post. haha I want an Android HTC phone with Sense UI so bad I can hardly stand it anymore! The clock and weather widgets are seriously the most gorgeous things I've ever seen on a phone. They're drawing me in like a tractor beam! I'm helpless against their power!
 
No i mean the article. doesn't say anything other than what we got from leaked htc European roadmap.
just old news.
 
Oh! Good point cdmta.

As for Nashdroid, I just keep that there so I don't just get the Nexus One. I have to get a device with sense. lol I don't even have the ERIS anymore. So VZW, we better get (a variant) [of] the Bravo! Man this post is confusing. :S
 
Ruben said:
I'm not talking about coverage. VZW has great coverage for me, too.

I would just love to switch SIM cards, or phones essentially, whenever I wanted. It just seems nicer.
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LTE will utilize SIM cards. In theory, you'll be able to do this in a few years.
 
Ruben said:
Okay, just another question (even though I over-post in this thread).

HTC Passion (HTC Bravo) Specs | Technical Specifications | PDAdb.net - Comprehensive Database of PDA, PDA Phone, Smartphone, PNA & Mobile Device Specifications
This says FEB, but Verizon will totally remake the model?? :)
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This gets into the area of name confusion. What is pictured in the link is the Bravo which was supposed to launch as the passion in the US in Jan. But was supposed to be rebranded to look like the first unlockr pics of what became the Nexus One (though the pics were labeled Dragon) which is also supposed to be the Passion. So I dont have a clue what the Incredible will look like as I dont see it being the exact same form factor as the Nexus One.
Spy Shots: What New HTC Android Phone is This? (HTC Dragon?) | The Unlockr
 
Ruben said:
So my awesome Bravo won't be LTE compatible?
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Nope, but even if it was, it wouldn't help your concerns as AT&T probably won't have a viable LTE network until 2012. ;)

On a more serious note, Verizon and AT&T are committed to LTE, and supposedly so is T-Mobile, though more recently they're said to be content to move to HSPA+ near term which means they'll probably be at least half-a-decade away from launching LTE. That's at least 3 of 4 committing to a common mobile standard, though, with knucklehead Sprint going the WiMax direction. I think they're doomed. Globally, LTE will be to 4G what UMTS/HSPA is to 3G, the majority standard. Glad Verizon is signed up for LTE.
 
whoa i missed a lot lol
hmm..some one said something about the red back...
remember the picture of the bravo that came in two?
doesnt it have a reddish tint?
 
newsradio2261 said:
to all you non believers, this week will be be VERY interesting, im sure im going to have some more news.
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I'm not jumping on your case because when it comes to rumor mill, you get what you get and take everything with a grain of salt. But seemingly last weekend or just before you said the same thing about last week. I seem to remember you insinuated some info would come out last week and nothing did.
 
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