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[Q] Dumb Noob Evo4g vs Evo 3d question

I know the EVO 3D has the dual cameras to take 3d pictures. What does it have so you can view that type of content that the EVO 4G does not have? I really dont give a flip about taking 3d pictures but would like to view the content. Is that possible on the phone I already have, EVO4G?

mchristian said:
I know the EVO 3D has the dual cameras to take 3d pictures. What does it have so you can view that type of content that the EVO 4G does not have? I really dont give a flip about taking 3d pictures but would like to view the content. Is that possible on the phone I already have, EVO4G?
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A 3d screen.
Quoted from PcWorld review:
One of the most important features of the EVO 3D is, of course, its 3D display. The phone uses parallax barriers to display 3D images and video, without the need for clunky 3D glasses (similar to the concept used on the Nintendo 3DS). The EVO 3D's 4.3-inch qHD 960-by-540-pixel screen looks terrific in 2D--and pretty good in 3D, as well. Let me be clear, however: This isn't the kind of 3D you'd see at the movie theater. Images aren't exactly flying in your face. Rather, it looks like you can peer into the phone much like a diorama.
You need to maintain an absolute dead-on viewing angle to properly appreciate the third dimension, though. If you're viewing at a slight angle, the image will look like a blurry mess. This can be difficult with a small screen. With an image or a short video clip, it isn't too hard to hold the phone directly in front of your eyes for a few seconds. And don't even think about trying to watch 3D movies outside; it completely fades in bright sunlight. If you don't want to view 3D images and prefer to stick to the standard 2D display, a toggle switch on the side of the device allows you to turn the effect off.

Thanks for the reply

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No problem. I went yesterday to take a look at the Evo 3d and the phone is incredibly fast and Sense 3.0 is pretty sweet but the 3d aspect of it is really gimmicky to me. I have a full upgrade on my line with my EVO and was going ot get the 3D but I cannot seem to pull the trigger with what is supposedly coming out in July.

As someone who had an OG Evo, and moved to the Evo 3D, let me say that the 3D viewing is pretty spectacular for a small screen. You do have to maintain the proper angle to appreciate it though, since it uses a parallax barrier for viewing 3D.

Sounds like you have to work at it to enjoy too much. Think I will just stick with I have and wait for the technology to be expanded upon a little more.

Not really working on it so much, as it is getting used to seeing it properly. It's a lot like looking through a ViewMaster... Remember those?
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Here is my personal opinion. I think the EVO 3D is NOT worth the upgrade unless you just flat out want a 3D display to watch 3D stuff on it like a movie or whatever. the specs for the phone are a joke. 200MHz faster? that's it? It's practically the same phone we have. I think every phone should start coming out with a 3D screen. However, the other thing is the phone has the power to take/record in 3D. But really, how many people ACTUALLY have 3D TV's to view this on? They don't give us software to put the recordings onto a DVD or in a format that we can play it on a big screen 3D TV. Most people that get the EVO 3D are only getting it to say they got the best and newest phone. I'll wait until the new processors come out with better more up-to-date hardware. plus those newer phones are going to have better battery life than our current processors.

runcool said:
Here is my personal opinion. I think the EVO 3D is NOT worth the upgrade unless you just flat out want a 3D display to watch 3D stuff on it like a movie or whatever. the specs for the phone are a joke. 200MHz faster? that's it? It's practically the same phone we have. I think every phone should start coming out with a 3D screen. However, the other thing is the phone has the power to take/record in 3D. But really, how many people ACTUALLY have 3D TV's to view this on? They don't give us software to put the recordings onto a DVD or in a format that we can play it on a big screen 3D TV. Most people that get the EVO 3D are only getting it to say they got the best and newest phone. I'll wait until the new processors come out with better more up-to-date hardware. plus those newer phones are going to have better battery life than our current processors.
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It has DOUBLE the RAM, an second processing core in addition to the 200 MHz higher clocking which is also built on a smaller more energy efficient process, a GPU that is somewhere around 5x better, a bigger battery and a higher resolution. I'm waiting on the N3 or a Mango WP7 phone to use my upgrade but you are insane to think that the 3D isn't a significant improvement.

I now have the 3D phone, I can honestly say I don't care for the 3D nor is it the reason I got the phone. The EVO is an awesome phone, the new EVO 3D has a far superior build quality in my opinion. They fixed the glass placement into the bezel, call quality has improved, WiFi radio seems stronger, exchange email features are improved significantly, etc.
Absolutely love this phone, and Sprint is paying $150 trade in for the EVO.
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sdezrilov said:
I now have the 3D phone, I can honestly say I don't care for the 3D nor is it the reason I got the phone. The EVO is an awesome phone, the new EVO 3D has a far superior build quality in my opinion. They fixed the glass placement into the bezel, call quality has improved, WiFi radio seems stronger, exchange email features are improved significantly, etc.
Absolutely love this phone, and Sprint is paying $150 trade in for the EVO.
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So in your opinion, 3D aside, there are good reasons to upgrade to this phone. Thanks for the input.

runcool said:
Here is my personal opinion. I think the EVO 3D is NOT worth the upgrade unless you just flat out want a 3D display to watch 3D stuff on it like a movie or whatever. the specs for the phone are a joke. 200MHz faster? that's it? It's practically the same phone we have. I think every phone should start coming out with a 3D screen. However, the other thing is the phone has the power to take/record in 3D. But really, how many people ACTUALLY have 3D TV's to view this on? They don't give us software to put the recordings onto a DVD or in a format that we can play it on a big screen 3D TV. Most people that get the EVO 3D are only getting it to say they got the best and newest phone. I'll wait until the new processors come out with better more up-to-date hardware. plus those newer phones are going to have better battery life than our current processors.
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Looks like you may be off A TON on your specs there.. read up and review, then again its your personal opinion but unfortunately you are way off on accuracy except one fact, it does have 3D, that is correct.
For the OP, if you are into hacking, modding etc, wait until the 3D is rooted then you have 1.2ghz DUAL CORE, more RAM then you will possibly need (this year) and with ROOT the possibilities are endless. If rooting/modding isn't your thing, you still get a one heck of the fastest cells out there, good battery life, great 4G, wifi and of course some cool 3D features. If you don't use the 3D, dont worry, the pics convert to normal 2D as well and you obviously have the ability to only use in 2D mode as well.. Its a good choice for one of the if not fastest cells today..
Take a look at this which describes the different CPU's and what the are and aren't capable of, it might help you decide what is good for now vs. what will be outdated later. The 3D is right up there and you can read about here:
http://www.droidgamers.com/index.ph...1661-dual-core-beasts-the-decision-to-buy-one
Good luck!

How long did It take you to get used to...

Everything being so big on the screen cause of the resolution..?
I'm an OG Epic 4g user so naturally I was going to get the ET4G, I went into the sprint store to try it out and wow... everything looks huge on it. Icons, pulldown icons, etc. Now to be fair it probably is because I'm used to my 5x5 Grid settings on Go Launcher on my 4in screen, but I don't know it I'd be able to coop with things being that large on the phone.
What's your experiences and how are you guys managing with it like that?
Not knocking the phone in any means, just caught me off guard when I played with the demo and everything looked like I accidently held Control on my computer keyboard and scrolled up on the desktop haha.
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I think its awesome, gives the phone its own unique identity. Makes my evo running go feel boring. I dont have a preference either way.
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r3a1ist said:
I think its awesome, gives the phone its own unique identity. Makes my evo running go feel boring. I dont have a preference either way.
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Ehhh I've never been a fan of big screens and low resolutions.
My laptop is 17in and I run it at Max 1920x1200 resolution, everyone that uses it says they don't know how I can handle text being that small lol.
The Prime is suppose to be a higher Res though right? Wonder if it'll look the same though since the screen is also bigger...
Decisions decisions <.<
Did you come from an OG epic as well?
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r3a1ist said:
I think its awesome, gives the phone its own unique identity. Makes my evo running go feel boring. I dont have a preference either way.
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EDIT: Gah stupid double post.
Ehhh I've never been a fan of big screens and low resolutions.
My laptop is 17in and I run it at Max 1920x1200 resolution, everyone that uses it says they don't know how I can handle text being that small lol.
The Prime is suppose to be a higher Res though right? Wonder if it'll look the same though since the screen is also bigger...
Decisions decisions

Took me about 2 minutes to get used to it coming from a 3D. The only thing that really looked different to me was the notification bar...everything else kinda looks exactly the same.

The only thing I don't like about the nPrime and new Samsung "HD" models is the aspect ratio....16:9 SUCKS. Unless you've had a qHD device you don't know....your screen is so damn narrow (or short, depending on orientation) and it's annoying. Even though the resolution you gain from it more than makes up for it, the form-factor itself is extremely irritation (to some)...The only thing I miss from my EVO3D is the qHD resolution, but, the one thing I miss the least is the 16:9 aspect ratio....
...unfortunately it seems as though 16:9 is the new standard, so, this will likely be our final phone that isn't 16:9...
infuriating.

The ET is only usable to me with the density/dpi (there are apps in the market) changed down to 200 or lower. This breaks the layout of something TW things, but is worth it, especially for someone like me who runs as close to AOSP as possible and uses aftermarket apps for everything anyway.
At the regular resolution, this phone would be entirely unusable in my opinion.
For what it's worth, the lack of qHD isn't too bad. The other positives of the screen (super contrast, vibrance) subconsciously make up for the difference.

About 20 seconds. My big worry was the on-screen keyboard, but with a screen this size, I'm faster on it than I was my old epic keyboard....and it doesn't skip keys. Also, the camera is a major improvement over the Epics in every way except audio. I'm looking into getting an external microphone.
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ffolkes said:
The ET is only usable to me with the density/dpi (there are apps in the market) changed down to 200 or lower. This breaks the layout of something TW things, but is worth it, especially for someone like me who runs as close to AOSP as possible and uses aftermarket apps for everything anyway.
At the regular resolution, this phone would be entirely unusable in my opinion.
For what it's worth, the lack of qHD isn't too bad. The other positives of the screen (super contrast, vibrance) subconsciously make up for the difference.
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Im right there with you.

ffolkes said:
The ET is only usable to me with the density/dpi (there are apps in the market) changed down to 200 or lower. This breaks the layout of something TW things, but is worth it, especially for someone like me who runs as close to AOSP as possible and uses aftermarket apps for everything anyway.
At the regular resolution, this phone would be entirely unusable in my opinion.
For what it's worth, the lack of qHD isn't too bad. The other positives of the screen (super contrast, vibrance) subconsciously make up for the difference.
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Ah I never knew of those apps! so from what I understand, they do make everything smaller like I'm saying?
You may have just swayed me back to the ET4G haha.
Something else I realized too though that only Epic users would feel, is that it feels well... Like the same ole tthing.. (Of course bigger and upgraded) but I'm not really sure I felt the "New" factor when I was using the ET.. feel like the Prime may make me feel the sensation of a new experience..
I completely understand you E3D users and you guys coming from other phones and the ET being a new experience for ya, but for me coming from a Epic its felt.. well the same lol
But I don't know if that's good or bad, I felt at home when I was using it.. But whats the point in buying a new house if they have the same floor-plan lay out so to say ..
Any epic4g (or other Galaxy S ) users feel like its the same ole thing and that the Prime might give more of a "Whoa this is new!" experience for us?
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Sounds like a lot of us was expecting that EVO 4g experience, expecting to be blown away. I agree I haven't had a major wow factor since then. I don't see a quad core phone doing much for me either.
I set my dpi to 200 by editing the build prop, on the evo3d it was 190. Personally to me it the stock dpi looks like its set for people who are vision impaired.
I use a dialer app to fix the uneven look of the stock dialer.

What are you guys using to change the dpi? and the dialer?

phatmanxxl said:
Sounds like a lot of us was expecting that EVO 4g experience, expecting to be blown away. I agree I haven't had a major wow factor since then. I don't see a quad core phone doing much for me either.
I set my dpi to 200 by editing the build prop, on the evo3d it was 190. Personally to me it the stock dpi looks like its set for people who are vision impaired.
I use a dialer app to fix the uneven look of the stock dialer.
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I like your honesty man.
In your opinion, is the differnece between, the Epic and the Epic touch worth paying full price for? (Not eligible for a full upgrade til June)
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I adjusted right away, personallyI think everything in stock form is fine, I don't like holding my phone 4 inches from my eyes to be able to read everything, I can hold this thing in a natural position
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To me, having Flash work in the browser and the ability to change font size was all I needed to see to sell me on it, the screen that is. I haven't even felt the need to root yet. Every other phone I've had, I had to root to tether so I could hook my UMPC up for browsing and whatnot. Since I bought this I haven't even turned the UMPC on.
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SemiGamer said:
Ah I never knew of those apps! so from what I understand, they do make everything smaller like I'm saying?
You may have just swayed me back to the ET4G haha.
Something else I realized too though that only Epic users would feel, is that it feels well... Like the same ole tthing.. (Of course bigger and upgraded) but I'm not really sure I felt the "New" factor when I was using the ET.. feel like the Prime may make me feel the sensation of a new experience..
I completely understand you E3D users and you guys coming from other phones and the ET being a new experience for ya, but for me coming from a Epic its felt.. well the same lol
But I don't know if that's good or bad, I felt at home when I was using it.. But whats the point in buying a new house if they have the same floor-plan lay out so to say ..
Any epic4g (or other Galaxy S ) users feel like its the same ole thing and that the Prime might give more of a "Whoa this is new!" experience for us?
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I hear ya. Coming from an E3D it definitely has a new "floor plan"...
...however coming from the E4G to the E3D that also definitely had a totally different feel to me. 16:9 screen, qHD, Sense 3.0 (I hate sense)...and it sucked. All I wanted was the newest hardware. I didn't actually want anything else. The upgraded "experience" involves changing a lot of things that aren't technical upgrades and are entirely matters of opinion--and that leaves a lot of areas to screw up. Opinion can be a ***** like that.
So, excepting "experience" there is only hardware upgrading. This is definitely that....and while it might feel like a faster smoother version of the same ol' thing, Samsung's idea of a new 'experience' might be far more offensive than you would suspect.

I just downloaded tw 4.5 and set the app drawer to display a higher number of apps and the homescreen to do the same (more rows) Launcher pro can do the same. Also you can adjust the LCD density.
As for the original question, it didn't take any time to adjust to the larger screen although when I try to use my wife's OG epic I do notice how much smaller it is and that takes a minute to get used to. Also, I can't believe how slow the OG epic feels now that I'm used to everything happening almost instantly...

SemiGamer said:
I like your honesty man.
In your opinion, is the differnece between, the Epic and the Epic touch worth paying full price for? (Not eligible for a full upgrade til June)
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I didn't use the epic 1, I didn't and wouldn't pay full price for this phone, I had a friend sign up for sprint and took her new contract discount. She got my MoPho I only had for about a month.

First of all qHD pentile displays are technologically and visually inferior to the samoled display in the E4GT. This is without a shred of doubt the best display in the world right now. There are rumors that sammy is taking qHD where it needs to be at a bare minimum with the prime at a full 720p resolution. Please don't try to compare fake high res pentile photon or 3d crap to a amoled masterpiece like what the e4gt has. We'll see what samsung is able to pull off with qHD soon since samsung is the worlds cutting edge innovator in displays. I think samsungs real deal high res qHD displays comming out won't have screen door effect.
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Hardware is everything, here on android we control our own software experience. This phone will be running ice cream sandwich in a couple months.
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I am

Thinking about getting an sgs2 and wondering how it is never had any hands on experience with it yet. Also is it anything the the Samsung charge because my mom has it and I hate it
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Read all the reviews online. One of the best phones out there IMHO.

Thanks for the reply and I've read alot of reviews would just like a little more info I talked to people at Verizon when my mom got her Samsung charge and they tried telling me the epic was junk that it was laggy and bad screen quality. Might have just been them trying to get me to leave sprint though
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They may have said that because the Epic Touch is on Sprint & wanted you to go with them (Verizon). Oops I see you said that.

Yeah I had Verizon can't go back there money hungry just hoping if I get this phone it wont have the grainy look of my mothers Samsung device can't stand it lol

Well based on resolution specs the Charge & Epic Touch both have Super AMOLED+, 480 x 800 pixels
However the Charge is slightly smaller at 4.3" vs Epics 4.52" & the ppi for the Charge is 217 vs Epics 206 ppi.
One would think that they aren't too far off & should give similar to identical views.
The Epic touch does have a dual core chip so I can't say if that alone gives the screen a better appearance?

I would go on a limb and say the Epic 4G Touch is the best phone Sprint currently has (Dual core does make a huge difference). Even stock it is smooth. With MODs it is even better (especially the battery and tethering capabilities).
The devs are awesome and the future looks nice so far (ICS is suppose to be out soon). My only wish is that the lock/unlock button wasn't on the side, as I loved where the EVO 4G's button was on top. But that is nit-picking and what ever, I adapted (sort of).
The Galaxy Nexus LTE will be in soon BTW, but after that a quad-core phone may soon be on the horizon. I would say make a pro's and con's list of what you want/need and go from there. I upgraded because my screen shattered and if I am paying a small amount to repair it when I had a upgrade... why not.

jpkelly05 said:
I would go on a limb and say the Epic 4G Touch is the best phone Sprint currently has (Dual core does make a huge difference). Even stock it is smooth. With MODs it is even better (especially the battery and tethering capabilities).
The devs are awesome and the future looks nice so far (ICS is suppose to be out soon). My only wish is that the lock/unlock button wasn't on the side, as I loved where the EVO 4G's button was on top. But that is nit-picking and what ever, I adapted (sort of).
The Galaxy Nexus LTE will be in soon BTW, but after that a quad-core phone may soon be on the horizon. I would say make a pro's and con's list of what you want/need and go from there. I upgraded because my screen shattered and if I am paying a small amount to repair it when I had a upgrade... why not.
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The quad core phones sound amazing to me and yeah I can tell the difference between single and dual core my Gf has the evo 3d and it seems alot smoother than mine and she's on stock the galaxy nexus looks nice but if I'm going to wait for a phone I would like to wait for the quad core phones to hit the market
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Well based on resolution specs the Charge & Epic Touch both have Super AMOLED+, 480 x 800 pixels
However the Charge is slightly smaller at 4.3" vs Epics 4.52" & the ppi for the Charge is 217 vs Epics 206 ppi.
One would think that they aren't too far off & should give similar to identical views.
The Epic touch does have a dual core chip so I can't say if that alone gives the screen a better appearance?
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It might be that I have not adjusted to the super amoled then or that I'm just really used to running HTC phones
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SGS3... What do you think?

Just watched the live unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S3. What are your thoughts? I'm very impressed!
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not that,not that great
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Just watched the live unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S3. What are your thoughts? I'm very impressed!
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That's what happened when you have high expectations of anything... you get disappointed. Personally, I think they could have done a better job. Yea they have some cool new features, but there should have been more. And that siri like voice thing is a fail.. they should have copied that.
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Just watched the live unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S3. What are your thoughts? I'm very impressed!
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That's what happened when you have high expectations of anything... you get disappointed. Personally, I think they could have done a better job. Yea they have some cool new features, but there should have been more. And that siri like voice thing is a fail.. they should have copied that.

Had no expectations and I'm still disappointed.
I don't need a phone to tell me which of the captured photos is the "best"
one.

I felt certain things can be better but that eye recognition & pop out player was amazing to me (if you can do it with all videos like YouTube, etc.) I'll sell my other SII today...
But I might hold off til they get a 1080p display because I'm not jumping ship for a 720p display

I'm debating whether i should wait for the GS3 to be released and export it, or to buy the galaxy nexus now. It's kinda disappointing that its almost the same screen as the nexus, and the back of it looks like SHI*.

MrKnitty said:
I felt certain things can be better but that eye recognition & pop out player was amazing to me (if you can do it with all videos like YouTube, etc.) I'll sell my other SII today...
But I might hold off til they get a 1080p display because I'm not jumping ship for a 720p display
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On a 4.8in screen, I don't think the eye can determine the difference between 1080p and 720p. The difference is literally microscopic. On a 60inch TV you can for sure tell the difference though.

I was impressed with the eye sleep option, liked the continuous flash that determines the best photo. Like that you can pick up the phone while texting and it automatically calls someone. Also like the quad core processor. It apparently has gotten impressive benchmark scores. The ICS with touchwiz looked pretty good to me, along with the additional toggles as well. All in all I was happy with what they released.

Honestly, it would be my absolute dream phone if only it had two things: a NOTIFICATION LIGHT/LED, and of course AOSP. Fortunately, one of those can be fixed with ongoing development, but BLN just doesn't quite fill the void for me. I miss that notification light. :/ otherwise, I like the curvy simplicity of it, and the dark blue finish rather than flat black is a nice choice!
-the ultimate black dragon-

Chochiwpg said:
On a 4.8in screen, I don't think the eye can determine the difference between 1080p and 720p. The difference is literally microscopic. On a 60inch TV you can for sure tell the difference though.
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Even on a 60 inch screen it is nearly impossible to tell. Its just all part of marketing and wanting to have the "best"
As far as the phone, I am honestly not that impressed, I think the GN is still the better choice, sure it may have nice specs and all, but when it cokes down to it. We need a phone that will have the latest software and this will he no different than the pickle we're in right now. We'll be behind again in about 3 months with next OS. Nexus all the way for me from now on.
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Hmmm... just got an awesome idea to make money of this phone... so I know will love this phone except of course the plastic feeling so I m about to invest in making ceramic or metal back covers... looks like I m finally gonna be rich... mwahahaha
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Chochiwpg said:
On a 4.8in screen, I don't think the eye can determine the difference between 1080p and 720p. The difference is literally microscopic. On a 60inch TV you can for sure tell the difference though.
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I know but you know its coming out and imma be first in line with a 7-11 chili dog

Not impressed..... Going to hold off for the new nexus instead.

Of course, samsung did a great job; however, i think ill just be sticking with my gs2 for now. In the US, it'll most probably get a Qualcomm dual core processor so besides a few improvements from the gs2, its nothing major. but definitely a nice phone!

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I dont feel theres nearly enough improvements to justify upgrading sure would be fun to have something new tho haha

im torn, I like alot of the new feature the phone offers, but the phone looks like a nexus/gs2, nothing drastic like we all hoped for. Kind of like a iphone 4s imo. What do you guys think about the upcoming nexus phone? that might be the game changer, since rumors has it that it will be a upgraded version of the s3.
when does google usually unveil the nexus phones? at their google io thing in june?
just my 2 cents

Disappointed
Overall - disappointing.
Great performance and features - absolutely!. 2100mA battery should = longer usage times (even with 4 faster cores). HD res is great. Improved UI. Some very nifty accessories. 8mp camera is fine as improved software & performance makes the picture - though Carl Zeiss optics would have been great.
4.8 screen getting too big for a phone. Was hoping for an ultra thin bezel hence reducing size.
But pentile matrix? Heavier? Thicker? No quality materials? Old Mali GPU? No LTE? 1Gb RAM? And featureless design? Very, very poor for a flagship phone that's meant to be setting the standard...
Heavier I understand (bigger battery weighs more). But there's HD Super Amoled plus on tab7.7 - why pentile here? Competition has phones 6.9mm thick. HTC, Sony, even Motorla & Huawei have better designs (not to mention Apple) and materials. So it's not as if any of this wasn't achievable.
I have a SGS 1 & 2. The S2 was well ahead of the competition, bar materials and uninspiring design. Was looking forward to a groundbreaking S3 on all fronts. It's very good, but good isn't good enough these days.
Samsung needed to tick more boxes to place this phone undisputably out in front leaving others to catch up & not easily surpass.
In no rush to get one now, and possibly might not. Will wait to see the competition - eg: Sony Ion, HTC, even (lord help me) Apple; or maybe wait for SGS4.

masamichi7 said:
Honestly, it would be my absolute dream phone if only it had two things: a NOTIFICATION LIGHT/LED, and of course AOSP. Fortunately, one of those can be fixed with ongoing development, but BLN just doesn't quite fill the void for me. I miss that notification light. :/ otherwise, I like the curvy simplicity of it, and the dark blue finish rather than flat black is a nice choice!
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The GS3 will have the LED Notification light.

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The GS3 will have the LED Notification light.
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The international didnt. Do you know if the US variants have a chance of getting the led?
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[Q] Ready to jump ship...

I have been using an Evo3D for the past few months and in that time I have already had the screen replaced once for having dust under it. I had the hardest time dealing with sprint attempting to get them to replace the screen and after many hours of complaining they reluctantly swapped it out for me. I have pretty bad OCD and seeing the dust under the screen is absolutely unbearable, this is clearly a manufacturing defect considering I had this problem with my OG Evo. I can't keep dealing with this, and I can't keep dealing with Sprint's non-sense. The assembly method on Samsung phones seems to be superior to that of HTC because I don't really hear any complaints about dust under their screens. And typically the resolution is significantly more rich than the QHD screen on the Evo3D. I know that this phone is definitely a step down from what I am used to and by no means is the Epic 4G a power house but I feel like I could be content with this phone, and play all my GBA games on it because of the keyboard. I would clean my Evo3D's screen on my own but I fear I may end up with more dust that I started with. Can you guys give me a hand here? I appreciate all your guys input, thank you in advance.

It's a great device. Even greater with a fully functional build of Cm9 Android 4.0.4. The build quality is definitely far superior to the Evo or Evo 3d. I've taken good care of mine despite not using a case or screen protector (I too am insanely OCD) and it still looks like it just came out of the box. I for one have been perfectly content with it and will continue to be despite having an upgrade till November when Google releases the new 5 Nexus devices.
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I see. Now this is going to sound really outrageous but since sprint discontinued the Evo3D line, what are the chances I can complain enough to exchange my 3D for one of the old Epic 4G's they might have in the stock room, because I really don't feel like hastling them to replace the screen on my Evo3D for it to just get dust again in a month or so. But I mean I really like the Epic, and it has the cortex A8 or something which is apparently better than the OG Evo's processor. Do you know anything about the Epic's ability to run a GBA emulator? I really hope it can do fluid games with sound.

I have no issues with my screen, but i have dropped it a few times on brick and cement and just a few scratches is all the result was nothing major.
And to just say my phone out performs my friend's EVO 3D, and my mother's EVO 4G. As Well Stock Galaxy S2, My phone even looks better than the Google Nexus LTE ( Screen and Color Wise ) Thanks to Voodoo Color.

lanhikari3113 said:
I see. Now this is going to sound really outrageous but since sprint discontinued the Evo3D line, what are the chances I can complain enough to exchange my 3D for one of the old Epic 4G's they might have in the stock room, because I really don't feel like hastling them to replace the screen on my Evo3D for it to just get dust again in a month or so. But I mean I really like the Epic, and it has the cortex A8 or something which is apparently better than the OG Evo's processor. Do you know anything about the Epic's ability to run a GBA emulator? I really hope it can do fluid games with sound.
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It should run that emulator like nothing. I used to play n64 on it. It was decently smooth. Also played psone and it was fluid as well. I can imagine gba games being even smoother....
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lanhikari3113 said:
Do you know anything about the Epic's ability to run a GBA emulator? I really hope it can do fluid games with sound.
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I know Uber games on his not sure what emulator he uses but he doesn't have a problem. I also think he use's another kernel that allows for UV/OV. Look him up or wait for him to see this thread. He is pretty active around here despite being on the Gnex now LOL.
EDIT: Like I said LOL he posted as I was typing LOL

XxLostSoulxX said:
I have no issues with my screen, but i have dropped it a few times on brick and cement and just a few scratches is all the result was nothing major.
And to just say my phone out performs my friend's EVO 3D, and my mother's EVO 4G. As Well Stock Galaxy S2, My phone even looks better than the Google Nexus LTE ( Screen and Color Wise ) Thanks to Voodoo Color.
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How in the world does it outperform them? Not saying I dont believe you, do you have any screencaps of performance? Just so I know whether to drop the money on it? I can get one used locally for like 120$ Then I can ebay the 3vo for like 150$ (minimum).
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XxLostSoulxX said:
Voodoo Color
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lanhikari3113 said:
How in the world does it outperform them? Not saying I dont believe you, do you have any screencaps of performance? Just so I know whether to drop the money on it? I can get one used locally for like 120$ Then I can ebay the 3vo for like 150$ (minimum).
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Of Course its going to cost more its newer and its "3D" big whoop the 3D was more of a noveltee, and it outperforms in a sense I can play games without lag, mine doesn't have issues with loading apps, I use stock sd cards to compare yet mine stock runs faster and loads faster. Real World Performance. Not some stupid app that tells me I have a bigger score.
Go to sprint and fiddle with the Epic granted it won't be rooted so you can't see how much better it is obviously compared to stock.
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lanhikari3113 said:
How in the world does it outperform them? Not saying I dont believe you, do you have any screencaps of performance? Just so I know whether to drop the money on it? I can get one used locally for like 120$ Then I can ebay the 3vo for like 150$ (minimum).
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To say the epic screen looks better than the galaxy nexus's is a crock. I have both and have compared both. I have Gama and rgb control as well... and my screen looks ton better than my epic. So seriously stop talking about stuff you obviously know nothing about.(lost soul)
To the OP if you can't find a reasonably good deal on the galaxy S2 epic touch. Then I would go ahead and get the OG epic.
Voodoo sound and color is a tuning app. It allows you to adjust your sound card... and the color allows you to tune the rgb values ans the Gama values. It helps the phone look a lot better than stock values.
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ÜBER™ said:
To say the epic screen looks better than the galaxy nexus's is a crock. I have both and have compared both. I have Gama and rgb control as well... and my screen looks ton better than my epic. So seriously stop talking about stuff you obviously know nothing about.(lost soul)
To the OP if you can't find a reasonably good deal on the galaxy S2 epic touch. Then I would go ahead and get the OG epic.
Voodoo sound and color is a tuning app. It allows you to adjust your sound card... and the color allows you to tune the rgb values ans the Gama values. It helps the phone look a lot better than stock values.
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Gotcha, here's the thing though I found one for 79$ on CowBoom with only hairline scratches and a few of them to boot which sounds great to me. I really dont want to spend all that much money on the SII when I can save my money to eventually get the SIII or the GNexus. I really like the whole keyboard thing because I can play GBA games with some real keys, I just want to make sure the epic 4G can handle it first, Im looking for speed in CM9 or ICS, and great emulator performance at this point because I like playing games on my phone. Also Minecraft would be nice with the physical keyboard.

lanhikari3113 said:
Gotcha, here's the thing though I found one for 79$ on CowBoom with only hairline scratches and a few of them to boot which sounds great to me. I really dont want to spend all that much money on the SII when I can save my money to eventually get the SIII or the GNexus. I really like the whole keyboard thing because I can play GBA games with some real keys, I just want to make sure the epic 4G can handle it first, Im looking for speed in CM9 or ICS, and great emulator performance at this point because I like playing games on my phone. Also Minecraft would be nice with the physical keyboard.
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Gotcha. You definitely will be pleased with that then. It will run games pretty decently smooth. I cant speak for GBA myself but I do know that it runs the legend of Zelda like a champ. With minimal to no lag. And flawless when you over clock it. If your strapped on cash then yes this will be your happy medium. It doesn't out pre form any of the dual cores but its pretty up there.
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I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has provided feedback to me, I really appreciate it because I just cant do HTC and their obnoxious build quality, light leakage, dust, etc.

I work with fiberglass for a living and often grind with my epic in my back pocket. I've never had an issue with dust under my screen. If anyone has a chance of getting it in there it would be me.
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ÜBER™ said:
To say the epic screen looks better than the galaxy nexus's is a crock. I have both and have compared both. I have Gama and rgb control as well... and my screen looks ton better than my epic. So seriously stop talking about stuff you obviously know nothing about.(lost soul)
To the OP if you can't find a reasonably good deal on the galaxy S2 epic touch. Then I would go ahead and get the OG epic.
Voodoo sound and color is a tuning app. It allows you to adjust your sound card... and the color allows you to tune the rgb values ans the Gama values. It helps the phone look a lot better than stock values.
Sent From My Sprint Galaxy Nexus via XDA Premium
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Your voodoo color settings must suck then because even my friend thats works at sprint even told me my screen looks brighter and color looked much better.
To the OP GBA Works fine i use it and it worked great even back on the Froyo days so your good there.

XxLostSoulxX said:
Your voodoo color settings must suck then because even my friend thats works at sprint even told me my screen looks brighter and color looked much better.
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No they don't.... I've shared them with multiple people and they have said they were the best they've ever seen. And your comparing the stock gnex values to a modded epic. Thats not a fair fight... mine was.
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ÜBER™ said:
No they don't.... I've shared them with multiple people and they have said they were the best they've ever seen. And your comparing the stock gnex values to a modded epic. Thats not a fair fight... mine was.
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Hey haha lets not fight here! So I hit up craigslist and traded some guy who works on phones for his job and it has some tiny scratches but nothing I can deal with, the screen looks vivid man and I havent even rooted it yet. No dust WHATSOEVER, in fact the digitizer looks super close to the lcd. Its beautiful..

lanhikari3113 said:
Hey haha lets not fight here! So I hit up craigslist and traded some guy who works on phones for his job and it has some tiny scratches but nothing I can deal with, the screen looks vivid man and I havent even rooted it yet. No dust WHATSOEVER, in fact the digitizer looks super close to the lcd. Its beautiful..
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Its not an LCD. Its an led . Sorry I hate when I caught in an argument. Did you want some helping rooting? I can remote root it for you if you would like. Shouldn't take but 15 minutes depending on how fast a learner/ Typer you are.
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I really appreciate the offer! I actually rooted it the second I got home with it, running CM9 with ShadowKernel. Absolute butter... oh man its so amazing... The screen is beautiful, the pentile is weird, coming from SLCD and QHD.. But from a distance it looks magical. Now I just need to let it fully charge up, grab the gba emulator and get rocking with this baller keyboard. The screen is very easy to look at, almost like it is soft, and lcd seems harsh now. If that makes sense.

lanhikari3113 said:
I really appreciate the offer! I actually rooted it the second I got home with it, running CM9 with ShadowKernel. Absolute butter... oh man its so amazing... The screen is beautiful, the pentile is weird, coming from SLCD and QHD.. But from a distance it looks magical. Now I just need to let it fully charge up, grab the gba emulator and get rocking with this baller keyboard. The screen is very easy to look at, almost like it is soft, and lcd seems harsh now. If that makes sense.
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Its not a pen tile display. its a regular old samoled. It has an rgb configuration. The galaxy nexus is a pen tile. Meaning its configuration is rgbg. It has more green sub pixels.
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ÜBER™ said:
Its not a pen tile display. its a regular old samoled. It has an rgb configuration. The galaxy nexus is a pen tile. Meaning its configuration is rgbg. It has more green sub pixels.
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Well sorryyyyy for not knowing proper terms for subpixel configurations haha. Like I was saying though it looks different, but it looks alot more rich. And its running fantastically where it is now. Now I need to get a screen protector and I'll be a more than happy camper. What the best battery life you have gotten out of this?