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The mobile phone thread (pg. 20)
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
I don't really get the Galaxy S, would personally go the desire in a heartbeat since i can't get the Evo (in Aus)... How come you chose the samsung?
screen, or is it a bit faster?? I think it's the samsung OS they added over android, sense seems a lot nicer :D
all personal opinion though :) |
Sense is all a bunch of easy anyway. There is a guy that made a copy of it so that you can have it without having to get an HTC branded device. It is an app in the market called Beautiful Widgets.
As for the interface overlay, I will dump it anyway. In fact, I will dump the whole rom. Going to load a CyanogenMod rom on it. So no worries there.
Reason for the Samsung, as opposed to say, the Desire, is that the Desire isn't available on my carrier and I refuse to switch. Not because of phone availability, but I have an expensive enough bill as it is. US$90 is enough. If I move to any other carrier, I will get shafted.
ps: My plan is unlimited everything. Voice, sms/mms and data. |
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| Cloudburst |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
ps: My plan is unlimited everything. Voice, sms/mms and data. |
How much is that?
I could get one of those for $90 (700 SEK) a month, but I don't use the phone no where close that much. I just do a few calls here and there, listen to spotify (mostly I just offline sync it as well), surf some, check facebook, chat some on irc, perhaps sometimes some video streaming from the swedish TV networks.
I don't need more. |
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| EgosXII |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Sense is all a bunch of easy anyway. There is a guy that made a copy of it so that you can have it without having to get an HTC branded device. It is an app in the market called Beautiful Widgets.
As for the interface overlay, I will dump it anyway. In fact, I will dump the whole rom. Going to load a CyanogenMod rom on it. So no worries there.
Reason for the Samsung, as opposed to say, the Desire, is that the Desire isn't available on my carrier and I refuse to switch. Not because of phone availability, but I have an expensive enough bill as it is. US$90 is enough. If I move to any other carrier, I will get shafted.
ps: My plan is unlimited everything. Voice, sms/mms and data. |
ahhh carrier, fair enough then :)
I know it's all modable these days, was wondering if the galaxy had anything exceptional though, since i think the desire looks better, though again, entirely personal preference.. :)
they have the same guts though don't they?
It is the great thing about android though: Once you get hardware you like you can just rearrange everything else :)
Gotta love XDA :D |
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| Frenkieee |
| Egos, check this. It convinced me to choose a Galaxy S over the Desire. |
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| EgosXII |
^Samsung definitely has the advantage, making most of the insides hey! They make ram, the amoleds that were in the HTCs as well until recently, AND the processors!? :O
the specs look great :)
but yeah I'm not going the desire, i'm waiting for cash to get the dell streak outright, ready for a drastic change in phone style hehe :p
btw: FINALLY managed to root my HTC Magic 32B, been trying since i got it, and i thought it was a perfect SPL model which would mean i'd have to make some ing goldcard which i have no idea about, but they've got a nice simple thing happening now, and finally got it!
porting cyanogenmod onto there now to have a test :D
been stuck on 1.6 for wayyyyy too long!
looks like the streak is finally getting 2.1 too if anyone else cares, which is most likely why the held off the release in the US: I think they've been tryna get 2.2 to make everyone happy since they launched it in the UK on 1.6, but they'll probly just do 2.1 for now, then when they manage to get 2.2 happening upgrade... |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cloudburst
How much is that?
I could get one of those for $90 (700 SEK) a month, but I don't use the phone no where close that much. I just do a few calls here and there, listen to spotify (mostly I just offline sync it as well), surf some, check facebook, chat some on irc, perhaps sometimes some video streaming from the swedish TV networks.
I don't need more. |
$90. The thing is, I used to have a lower plan (600 minutes) that I never fully used, but I was always kinda close (450-500 used) every month. They had this loyalty thing that for $5 more a month I could get unlimited voice, so I did. Plus, I ended up changing some other parts of my plan and it came out as a wash. No change in costs.
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
ahhh carrier, fair enough then :)
I know it's all modable these days, was wondering if the galaxy had anything exceptional though, since i think the desire looks better, though again, entirely personal preference.. :)
they have the same guts though don't they?
It is the great thing about android though: Once you get hardware you like you can just rearrange everything else :)
Gotta love XDA :D |
Yeah thank goodness they are mostly the same specs wise.
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
^Samsung definitely has the advantage, making most of the insides hey! They make ram, the amoleds that were in the HTCs as well until recently, AND the processors!? :O
the specs look great :)
but yeah I'm not going the desire, i'm waiting for cash to get the dell streak outright, ready for a drastic change in phone style hehe :p
btw: FINALLY managed to root my HTC Magic 32B, been trying since i got it, and i thought it was a perfect SPL model which would mean i'd have to make some ing goldcard which i have no idea about, but they've got a nice simple thing happening now, and finally got it!
porting cyanogenmod onto there now to have a test :D
been stuck on 1.6 for wayyyyy too long!
looks like the streak is finally getting 2.1 too if anyone else cares, which is most likely why the held off the release in the US: I think they've been tryna get 2.2 to make everyone happy since they launched it in the UK on 1.6, but they'll probly just do 2.1 for now, then when they manage to get 2.2 happening upgrade... |
The Streak is hot, but ing no TMO US 3g band (1700) in there. So I can't get that if I want 3g. |
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| The17sss |
Yo, I just scooped up one of these the other day. 's for real, son!
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| shaw |
| quote: | Originally posted by The17sss
Yo, I just scooped up one of these the other day. 's for real, son!
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is that rod blagojevic? |
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| EgosXII |
streak's coming out in the US on the 13th!!! \o/
550 outright, 300 on AT&T...
now goddamn you ATO, give me back my tax money!! :whip: |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
streak's coming out in the US on the 13th!!! \o/
550 outright, 300 on AT&T...
now goddamn you ATO, give me back my tax money!! :whip: |
Yeah I saw that. God damn I want that thing, but me if I would ever switch to AT&T. |
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| EgosXII |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Yeah I saw that. God damn I want that thing, but me if I would ever switch to AT&T. |
go outright like me, and stick on your current contract :D
bloody expensive, but gonna be so worth it!!
You're lucky you can order off the site, i have to either wait for it's release in aus (probably not too far off since they seem to have sent it to every aus reviewer, and ausandroid just got one), or get a shady deal from ebay or something...
I'm hoping the US release will drop the prices some, since atm it's about a 1000 from the UK :confused: :(
a guy has already rooted it too, though who knows if/when cyanogen will get a rom ready for it (the guy who rooted it posted he was attempting to hack some roms to work on it already anyway)... the update to 2.1 should happen within a month anyway, if it's not shipped with it in the US :) |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
go outright like me, and stick on your current contract :D
bloody expensive, but gonna be so worth it!!
You're lucky you can order off the site, i have to either wait for it's release in aus (probably not too far off since they seem to have sent it to every aus reviewer, and ausandroid just got one), or get a shady deal from ebay or something...
I'm hoping the US release will drop the prices some, since atm it's about a 1000 from the UK :confused: :(
a guy has already rooted it too, though who knows if/when cyanogen will get a rom ready for it (the guy who rooted it posted he was attempting to hack some roms to work on it already anyway)... the update to 2.1 should happen within a month anyway, if it's not shipped with it in the US :) |
I need 3g. So no way I will ever get this phone.
As for you getting it, I would gladly purchase it for you if you were to send me the money. Help a fellow TA out. :) |
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