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Who plan to get new iphone?

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NYR99 said:
Ill be returning my Evo...

It's a great device, if the iPhone OS was on it I'd definitely keep it, but Android OS is pretty dreadful compared to it. That's why I'm getting rid of it. Calendar is annoying to use. FaceBook app for Android is horrible compared to whats offered to the iPhone. Browser is clunky. Sometimes when I click on a link, it will go to something else completely different on that web page. When I double tap to zoom, it cuts off the text that I want to read. Mobile Safari on the iPhone handles double tap to zoom flawlessly. When scrolling, the inertia scrolling will act unpredictable, often jumping around. Music player is slow, doesn't look good (this includes the HTC player, the built in Android player, as well as a couple downloaded from the [hard to use] Android Market). Apps offered in the Market aren't nearly as polished as those offered in Apples App Store. When I receive a text, sometimes it will place the most recent received text above an already received one. The only 2 things I will miss about the Evo are; A: The 4.3" screen (although the iPhone 4's new Retina display, at 960x640 resolution and 326 pixels per inch, is going to look amazing}. B: The kickstand. HTC's battery is horrible compared to my 3Gs's battery, and iPhone 4 has an even larger battery offering up to 40% more talk time than the 3Gs. Shall I go on?
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I've owned the 2G/3G/3GS, and will never use another Apple phone again, so to each his own. That new "Retina" 3.5"(lol?) screen that will look so amazing is 3-5% more crisp then AMOLED and uses 30% more battery life. Also, only people with perfect vision can see 300 pixes, and no 20/20 isn't perfect vision, so I guess all of a sudden having a shit load of wasted pixes at the cost of battery life is uber?

It has the same CPU as the iPad so they can use it's volume to help with the cost of manufacturer the iPad because it will never do huge volume. Then the amazing glass they created called Gorilla glass(they didn't create shit), is the same used on the Moto DROID. They still do not have true multitasking(NO they don't), your customization is a desktop wallpaper, and folders, iTunes is a terrible pos, you have to open your weather app to see any type of info, notifications are TERRIBLE, you have to plug the phone into a PC to sync in 2010(LOL?) blah, blah, blah.

EVO's a nice phone, and 2.2 will make Android even sweeter. :)
 
NYR99 said:
Ill be returning my Evo...

It's a great device, if the iPhone OS was on it I'd definitely keep it, but Android OS is pretty dreadful compared to it. That's why I'm getting rid of it. Calendar is annoying to use. FaceBook app for Android is horrible compared to whats offered to the iPhone. Browser is clunky. Sometimes when I click on a link, it will go to something else completely different on that web page. When I double tap to zoom, it cuts off the text that I want to read. Mobile Safari on the iPhone handles double tap to zoom flawlessly. When scrolling, the inertia scrolling will act unpredictable, often jumping around. Music player is slow, doesn't look good (this includes the HTC player, the built in Android player, as well as a couple downloaded from the [hard to use] Android Market). Apps offered in the Market aren't nearly as polished as those offered in Apples App Store. When I receive a text, sometimes it will place the most recent received text above an already received one. The only 2 things I will miss about the Evo are; A: The 4.3" screen (although the iPhone 4's new Retina display, at 960x640 resolution and 326 pixels per inch, is going to look amazing}. B: The kickstand. HTC's battery is horrible compared to my 3Gs's battery, and iPhone 4 has an even larger battery offering up to 40% more talk time than the 3Gs. Shall I go on?
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maybe its just you...
 
@ NYR99. I wouldn't trade my EVO for four brand new iPhones and four years of free service with AT&T. Don't you feel like AT&T is ripping you off with the overpriced iPhone plans and crap network? You must like having dropped calls and slow data speeds.
 
NYR99 said:
Ill be returning my Evo...

It's a great device, if the iPhone OS was on it I'd definitely keep it, but Android OS is pretty dreadful compared to it. That's why I'm getting rid of it. Calendar is annoying to use. FaceBook app for Android is horrible compared to whats offered to the iPhone. Browser is clunky. Sometimes when I click on a link, it will go to something else completely different on that web page. When I double tap to zoom, it cuts off the text that I want to read. Mobile Safari on the iPhone handles double tap to zoom flawlessly. When scrolling, the inertia scrolling will act unpredictable, often jumping around. Music player is slow, doesn't look good (this includes the HTC player, the built in Android player, as well as a couple downloaded from the [hard to use] Android Market). Apps offered in the Market aren't nearly as polished as those offered in Apples App Store. When I receive a text, sometimes it will place the most recent received text above an already received one. The only 2 things I will miss about the Evo are; A: The 4.3" screen (although the iPhone 4's new Retina display, at 960x640 resolution and 326 pixels per inch, is going to look amazing}. B: The kickstand. HTC's battery is horrible compared to my 3Gs's battery, and iPhone 4 has an even larger battery offering up to 40% more talk time than the 3Gs. Shall I go on?
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This.

The iPhone is waaaay more polished in terms of usability.

But I will be sticking with my EVO...the new is iPhone in the corner of a dark room with Steve Jobs....trying to convince me to spend $675 for cell service over 2 years for equivalent plan features on an inferior network :/

I really hope Google does SOMETHING to kick the quality up a notch...or ten. Someone really has to step in and make android better. Whats the point of another 'music player' app if they are all jenky?
 
tpd25w said:
yep
but sprint is not so good too
friends tell me that they cant hear me and i feel voice is much worth than on att
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My only problem right now since I switched to Sprint from AT&T... is the fact that I can't be on a call and surf the web at the same time.
 
SeauxCrazy said:
Nope :)

I left iPhone ... and until I can do something like THIS on the iPhone (stock--no jailbreak), You won't see me with a screen full of little squares for a LOOOOOONG time.

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What weather widget is that?
 
Thing that makes me most sad about ATT is the data cap now

(unless you're grandfathered at 30 bucks)
200 megs for 15 bucks or
2 gigs for 25 bucks and 10 bucks per additional gig


or sprint unlimited

but iphone on sprint... very tempting
 
Only way I would go back to an iPhone is if showed up on sprint with a wifi tethering hotspot app and a wimax radio. The hardware looks very polished as most Apple products are, but the locked down OS and ATT are simply two big negatives that pushed me to the Evo. It not perfect by any means, but the coverage for me is many times better than ATT and as far as battery life, that's simply understanding Android a bit and realizing the Evo ships with a ton of bloatware that once properly managed the battery life is fine. I am using my normal usage patterns of text, talk, tethering and surfing and pulling an easy 10+ hours of battery and haven't even tested total standby time yet. Overnite I may lose 5 to 10% depending what I have running, widget wise.

There are simply to many issues with ATT to even make a fair judgement on the iPhone vs Evo, from price plan to freedom to do what you want and for me, far better coverage and service. So far no dropped calls, unlimited data tethering etc...

Despite it's build quality issues of a flimsy battery door, I'm happy it's a choice to swap out a battery. The Evo on Sprint vs iPhone on ATT isn't in the same ballpark overall.
 
I have owned every Apple handset since launch. As nice as the new Apple hansdets are you are still married to AT&T for service and I can no longer put up with there awful service. That new 4th generation phone could be made from gold but as long as AT&T is still attached to the deal count me out, they are the worst carrier in the world.
 
tx_dbs_tx said:
@ NYR99. I wouldn't trade my EVO for four brand new iPhones and four years of free service with AT&T. Don't you feel like AT&T is ripping you off with the overpriced iPhone plans and crap network? You must like having dropped calls and slow data speeds.
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Why wouldn't you trade the EVO for four new Iphones? Sell them on Ebay and buy a new Evo and profit? ;)
 
Nope. My reasons?

- AT&T (prices and past actions, not to mention service)

- iTunes. Complete garbage software that freezes a quad core/4GB system and seems to exist to sell you ITMS and App Store purchases more than manage your media

- I personally would never trade a little more polish for a lot of flexibility. I don't care that the iPhone may have slightly better animations or more 3D games or whatever. What good is all that stuff if you can't run all kinds of apps because they aren't allowed by the great turtlenecked one? I have owned an iPod Touch and played with tons of iPhones and honestly there isn't really anything more I can *do* on an iPhone to justify that kind of added cost.
 
There may be others like me that have not plunked their money down for an EVO yet that are interested in this comparison. The main reason for my delay is that I have the $30/month Sprint SERO plan and going to an EVO eligible plan that, even with a 23% corporate discount costs more than double is a concern. I have an unlocked G1 on ATT with a $20/month unlimited data plan so it would only cost $10/month more to go with the new 4th Gen iPhone. So I am trying to evaluate whether the EVO is that much better than a 4th Gen iPhone.
 
mrvirginia said:
lol is this thread for serial? :p
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Hi, I'm here for the gangbang... (name that movie) :p

Back on topic, on android, the jump from 1.5 to 1.6 was meh... from 1.6 to 2.0/2.1 was epic... Now from 2.1 to 2.2, won't be epic, but still pretty gosh dern big considering the features, etc.

For iPhone, OS changes from 1 to 4 have been bleh. Not a whole lot has changed that could be considered epic.

I won't be going to the iPhone. Not even close to considering it. The gap between Android and iOS has reached a point where it's not worth the hassle, and that gap is only going to get smaller because: 1) iOS is updated every 1.5 years or so, 2) Android is updated in what seems like a matter of months, 3) Because of the locked nature of iOS, not a lot of developers are around to try to jailbreak it and make it better (not that SJ would listen anyways), 4) There is a huge dev community for android because it is open, and Google does listen.
 
Actually updates are one of my concerns particularly since many manufacturers/carriers are adding their own non completely removable overlays on top of Android. Older models, such as my G1 don't get updates. newer ones with Sense, or whatever have to wait until the carrier/manufacturer mod their overlay to work with the latest OS. Some day the EVO will be an older model.
 
tpd25w said:
Anyone try EVO and like to move back on IPHONE?
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I know I am going to. I like paying a lot more for the something pretty much the same or slightly less depending on how you look at it. I like having something that everyone else has, and only doing things the way certain people tell me to do them. I mean it is apple, they spend as much in marketing as they do in R&D, they must have our best intentions in mind!

You silly little androids, get back in the box with the rest of us.
 
That's a silly question to ask. I just did the opposite by going from my iPhone to the EVO haha.

Seriously though, the new iPhone isn't "revolutionary" like the first two iPhones were. The problem is, Apple really hasn't evolved faster than the competition has, and phones like the EVO have more options in it's OS and the phone itself than the iPhone will ever have, because of Apple's restrictions (like the HDMI out for example).

Honestly, as an iPhone user for years, to go to an OS like this is a breathe of fresh air. I still can't believe all that I can do on this phone. Going back would be pretty depressing to be honest with you.
 
SoFLO said:
Maybe I remind some of you about our Zero Tolerance Policy that is now a sticky on the EVO forum: http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/98274-zero-tolerance-policy-all-members-read.html

As I have said before, if you don't like the thread then don't post in it otherwise I will report posts that violate the policy.

You may have good points but dull the edge ;)
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I hope you weren't referring to me.. if you read my post I wasn't being mean at all lol. Anyway, he asked a question and I answered it...if that's not allowed then I'm kind of confused.
 
MrX8503 said:
Is it just me or do most customizations look like crap? I've been a long time WinMo user and I'm moving into Android. From all the customizations people brag about, about 90% of them look like shit.

I'm all for customizations and after traversing XDA forums for a while, a really good looking theme is hard to come by.
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I'm guessing that's a shot at me. Luckily, YOU don't have to use my phone, just me :cool:


mbell75 said:
I know its BW and he only specified what clock skin he was using, not which weather skin.
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Regular weather skin that comes with Beautiful Widgets. Didn't like the downloadable ones.
 
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