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General => General discussion => Topic started by: golf-sib on 21 February 2012, 13:59
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Which one lads?
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Go in store have have a play for yourself, I'd most likely get the XE as I like HTC's Sense interface and the Beats earphones would be a bonus!
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Go in store have have a play for yourself, I'd most likely get the XE as I like HTC's Sense interface and the Beats earphones would be a bonus!
Thats what the o2 guy keeps saying, free headphones! I like either and I'm not bothered, on paper the Galaxy is superior.
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'tis not all about the specs, both phone are fast as hell, the HTC has a better interface that you use all the time, it looks more polished and refined and it comes with an expensive pair of earphones :wink:
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'tis not all about the specs, both phone are fast as hell, the HTC has a better interface that you use all the time, it looks more polished and refined and it comes with an expensive pair of earphones :wink:
HTC it is then, quicker processor and it doesn't feel as cheap as the S2 and its cheaper :lipsrsealed:
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Thought about the Galaxy Nexus? Awesome phone. Feels good and is a unmolested version of Android.
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Thought about the Galaxy Nexus? Awesome phone. Feels good and is a unmolested version of Android.
Looked at the nexus, didn't float my mk3 :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Fair one. I'm seriously getting pissed off with my Apple device :angry:
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Why's that Adam? :huh: (not going taking the piss, just wondering why)
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Anyone want to buy beats headphones :grin:
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I'm having the same debate but with the HTC Sensation XL rather than the XE. The Galaxy has a better camera and better screen resolution, but the HTC is better built and has HTC sense.
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My Galexy S2 is Awesomeeeeeeeeeeeee :laugh:
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Why's that Adam? :huh: (not going taking the piss, just wondering why)
Technology has moved on and the iPhone still remains the same it did nearly 2 years ago. There is talks/rumours of it not changing till september now. iMessage is winding me up a treat and the Nexus really floats my boat.
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i love the galaxy S2 :D
me and htc's have never got along ...... :angry:
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The google nexus is really appealing too, it's between nexus, S2 and XL for me. Iphone is, as Adam said, an old design now and you can get much better phones that it for less money.
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My XE comes tomorrow, so I will have a good play around, only thing I did like on the nexus was the bigger screen. The galaxy was identical in every way except all the extra stuff the camera can do. But it just felt cheap in build which put me off. I've had HTC's in the past and I had the Desire S a while ago which I was impressed with, so I'm hoping the sensation will be spot on for my needs plus ICS has been confirmed for it.
Plus my Asus TF101 will be getting ICS soon which I love to bits.
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Why's that Adam? :huh: (not going taking the piss, just wondering why)
Technology has moved on and the iPhone still remains the same it did nearly 2 years ago. There is talks/rumours of it not changing till september now. iMessage is winding me up a treat and the Nexus really floats my boat.
sell it on ebay or Mazuma it and get an Galaxy Nexus, then when your upgrade comes round wait for the next nexus and flog this one :grin:
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Anyone tried one of the new Windows phones?
Just got rid of my HTC Sensation and got the Nokia Lumia 710 and even though its the cheaper of the two Lumia's i'm very impressed. Very simple to use and oh so very smooth compared to Android, would recommend if your fancy a change from IOS or Android.
My Sensation was a right pain, always losing the network signal, crashing/resetting and the sound quality was quite poor for a flagship phone.
HTC, NEVER AGAIN!
Now the Samsung GS2 that my missus has in white, thats a different story, blows the Sensation out of the water. :cool:
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Why's that Adam? :huh: (not going taking the piss, just wondering why)
Technology has moved on and the iPhone still remains the same it did nearly 2 years ago. There is talks/rumours of it not changing till september now. iMessage is winding me up a treat and the Nexus really floats my boat.
This is what gets me, if I'm to upgrade my 3GS for an another iphone it needs to be a different OS.
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Anyone tried one of the new Windows phones?
Just got rid of my HTC Sensation and got the Nokia Lumia 710 and even though its the cheaper of the two Lumia's i'm very impressed. Very simple to use and oh so very smooth compared to Android, would recommend if your fancy a change from IOS or Android.
My Sensation was a right pain, always losing the network signal, crashing/resetting and the sound quality was quite poor for a flagship phone.
HTC, NEVER AGAIN!
Now the Samsung GS2 that my missus has in white, thats a different story, blows the Sensation out of the water. :cool:
So your saying get the s2? I still have time to change my mind, I went for the special edition XE sensation which has a 1.5ghz dual core and the beats stuff... but lately everyone has been saying I should of went samsung :S
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but lately everyone has been saying I should of went samsung :S
Bet they all have the Samsung :grin: same as if you ask an average iPhone user what phone to get, it's what they knew and will recommend, which is why I said to have a play with both and see which you prefer :smiley: I prefer HTC's polished interface on Android to the more boring TouchWiz Samsung have.
Still really leaning towards a Win Phone 7 (or later this year 8?) for the beautiful integration with Windows 8 :cool:
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Anyone tried one of the new Windows phones?
Just got rid of my HTC Sensation and got the Nokia Lumia 710 and even though its the cheaper of the two Lumia's i'm very impressed. Very simple to use and oh so very smooth compared to Android, would recommend if your fancy a change from IOS or Android.
My Sensation was a right pain, always losing the network signal, crashing/resetting and the sound quality was quite poor for a flagship phone.
HTC, NEVER AGAIN!
Now the Samsung GS2 that my missus has in white, thats a different story, blows the Sensation out of the water. :cool:
So your saying get the s2? I still have time to change my mind, I went for the special edition XE sensation which has a 1.5ghz dual core and the beats stuff... but lately everyone has been saying I should of went samsung :S
Well ultimately its your choice so as Jay said try the HTC and see what you think. Think you have seven days in which to return the phone so try it out for a couple of days, try and go and look at the S2 in a couple of shops and compare them.
In my opinion though the S2 is a better all round phone, much slicker through the menu's and the screen makes the Sensation's screen look all washed out.
If your looking for something fresh and different though ,seriously check out the new Window's phones e.g Nokia Lumia 800/710.
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Review wise the XE seems like a brilliant phone and supposedly better for gaming and superior to the s2. Yet benchmark results point otherwise :/
What is the new window phones like, I use to have the early version of windows mobile, then a HTC with 6.0 and then 6.5, it was ok and they had tethering options really early compared to the other mobile OS's. But the biggest flaw I found with windows phones was costomization and lack of software/market which really let it down. Not sure how the new win7 is? Also when is the 8 bizyness happening?
Still cant decide between the XE and S2, XE is cheaper plus free headphones, s2 is more in price. Spec wise they are very similar, where one fails the other suceeds. Maybe this should become a poll thread.
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Yet benchmark results point otherwise :/
Benchmarks are not everything, I could if I wanted overclock my phone and use another hack to make benchmarks show off the scale results for my 2 year old model - but the phones it beats in the benchmarks would still outpace it for most things :wink:
What is the new window phones like, I use to have the early version of windows mobile, then a HTC with 6.0 and then 6.5, it was ok and they had tethering options really early compared to the other mobile OS's. But the biggest flaw I found with windows phones was costomization and lack of software/market which really let it down. Not sure how the new win7 is? Also when is the 8 bizyness happening?
Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) is out and it's cool, it is a really slick OS and on a few different hand sets, the most popular being the Nokia Lumia 800. Windows 8 will be out later this year, end of August is my guess and I'm hoping MS release Windows Phone 8 then - I've had the cheek to email Steve Ballmer (the guy who actually runs MS and has done for the last 10+ years!) asking what the integration was going to be like in Win8 with all the MS services, SkyDrive, Messenger, Hotmail etc etc and he replied with "Agree with much of this you will see action thanks" :grin:
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Review wise the XE seems like a brilliant phone and supposedly better for gaming and superior to the s2. Yet benchmark results point otherwise :/
What is the new window phones like, I use to have the early version of windows mobile, then a HTC with 6.0 and then 6.5, it was ok and they had tethering options really early compared to the other mobile OS's. But the biggest flaw I found with windows phones was costomization and lack of software/market which really let it down. Not sure how the new win7 is? Also when is the 8 bizyness happening?
Still cant decide between the XE and S2, XE is cheaper plus free headphones, s2 is more in price. Spec wise they are very similar, where one fails the other suceeds. Maybe this should become a poll thread.
Well if customizing your phone is a priority, Mango 7.5 wouldn't float your mk3, still very basic in that department although the live tiles kind of make up for that. :cool:
Think there is no tethering on the Lumia's though, strange.
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Got the HTC XE, out the box the build quality is superb.
Here it is with my work blackberry cr@p, HTC XE and LG GT540 (CM7 600mhz):
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g71/sibilev/IMG117.jpg)
Need to get a screen protector and a better case for it, first impressions are quite good, only thing that through me off is it only has 100mb ram left over from running the os, but once ICS becomes main stream a few months in I'll root it and go CM9.
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The build quality of HTC products has ways been a massive drawing factor for me, they just feel like they're going to last, which going by the abuse my last 3 HTC handsets have endured its a definite.