T-Mobile s3 horrible compared to One X - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

Why is my one x posting a antutu score of over 7000 and my T-Mobile s3 is barely at 5000?
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Mine gets around 6800-6900. I am running debloated though.
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Screaming Ball Sweat said:
Why is my one x posting a antutu score of over 7000 and my T-Mobile s3 is barely at 5000?
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not debloated and Im getting 6880 (i747m with Bell)

Yes, your artificial benchmark results definitely mean one phone is "better" than another. It has nothing to do with touchwiz / sd card / battery size / removeability.
TL;DR you bought a phone for benchmarks?
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Let me know when you need to replace the battery or upgrade the memory of your One X. Then we can talk "better."
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Apart from the differences in OS settings, installed apps, etc... there's also a key difference in CPU/GPU/Memory architecture.

I just got a 6857 so I don't see any problems (yes I am rooted and debloated). Benchmarks don't make or a break a phone, and in your case both devices are top-notch.

For sure, I was just surprised to see the difference. Does it matter between AT&T and t mobile? Once I unlock and debloat I'll be happy I'm sure.
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Benchmarks. lulz
Thought these were pointless about a year ago. People still care about these? What are you trying to do with your phone, navigate a spaceship?!
Use both phones irl situations and then post what phone is better..............

The real question is T-Mobile or AT&T. Will AT&T be more restrictive for cracking open lol research is needed!
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Guuuyyyyss my Ferrari only goes 185MPH but my Lamborghini goes 190MPH. I hate my POS Ferrari.

You have a One X on T-mobile and your worried about Benchmarks?
I would be more concerned about slow data speeds from that phone instead..:highfive:

My tmobile just barely gets 5000. Sure I was kinda bummed when I saw the score. But shoot this is the fastest lag free phone I have ever used. Even though I overpaid to get this phone contract free its amazing. It was worth every penny. Seriously don't underestimate its power.
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Stupidity at its best.. If benchmark apps are all you use, oh well yeah, S3 is horrible for you. I am afraid real life scenarios don't depend on benchmarks though.
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Benchmarks don't matter it's about real world speed and reliability I'm not saying that the s3 is better or the one x is better not that's just a stupid way to compare
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Why is my one x posting a antutu score of over 7000 and my T-Mobile s3 is barely at 5000?
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I think you have power saving mode on. Just ran two tests, with power saving mode on I got 4969 and with out power saving mode I hit 6899.
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Man people are mad lol I'm definitely keeping my tmo s3 it's just all around a better phone, the benchmark thing worried me but I realized, whatever. I really shouldn't have posted this lol now on to breaking this bad boy wide open!!
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The title of your post got my attention and I think it got under the skin of some of us Samsung fanboys. No biggie. BTW, it's best to run benchmarks when your phone has been sitting for 10 minutes or so because CPU temperature can have a big affect on your results.

Maybe the rumors about the Tmo having a the gimped 8260a chipset are true.

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The title of your post got my attention and I think it got under the skin of some of us Samsung fanboys. No biggie. BTW, it's best to run benchmarks when your phone has been sitting for 10 minutes or so because CPU temperature can have a big affect on your results.
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This is 80% of it right here guys. I created a similar thread awhile back about low Quadrant scores on my S3. I couldn't barely even break 4000. If I just let the phone sit for 10 minutes without using it and then did a benchmark results were AMAZING. Heat definitely plays a factor. I did a test and set my phone on my A/C vent for 10 minutes and ran AnTuTu and I was at like 7300.
Relax your phone is fine

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[Q]I'd like some feed back as far as ppls experiences with the SGS2 ?

May be coimg here from the htc rezound, so I'd like some feed back as far as ppls experiences with the sgs2 and will this get ics?
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good phone, and yes we will get ics, but no one knows when.. im sure sometime in 2012
I've seen my cousins rezound and I like it better
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Try to use a friends Tmo-GS2. If you don't mind the lines then buy it, if not, you will get really annoyed from the lines.
Husam2011 said:
Try to use a friends Tmo-GS2. If you don't mind the lines then buy it, if not, you will get really annoyed from the lines.
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What lines?
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You guys have the white or black one?
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its a great phone, with proper hspa+ you should get well over 20mbps in the states
ics for 2012 is confirmed..
the tmo gsII is better than the amaze in my opinion but if tmo had the rezound I'd be using that honestly
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What lines?
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Look up engadget's review on the screen issue.
Dump HTC. Get a phone that will last you a day. Though the beats software is AMAZING with the tour beats
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jessejames111981 said:
the tmo gsII is better than the amaze in my opinion but if tmo had the rezound I'd be using that honestly
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If you could get a rezound you wouldn't rather get the nexus? Rezound is using our same Qualcomm S3 MSM8600 chip.
As a phone, the S2 is absolutely fantastic. Does everything I want it to do. As a carrier, I'm still on the fence with t-mobile. Data speeds are plenty fast, but data reception seems to be a mixed bag.
well... when it comes to Reception, that is really the nature of the AWS technology which requires 2 wide bands 1700+2100 for up and down to work
so building penetration is always a compromise
Is it easy to root this phone?
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Is it easy to root this phone?
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Very. Program (Odin) does all the work
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Is it easy to root this phone?
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I would say it easy, if you read and follow the instruction. There is a guide on how to root by Melvin posted in the dev forum.
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How's sound qaulity? And does pictures or videos get grainy and pixlated when zooming in? I'm coming from htc rezound, ill be getting this phone Friday that's why all the questions
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Now that I am on the Galaxy S2, I can tell you that it is by far the best phone that I have ever owned. Even stock, it is absolutely blazing fast. After I put beastmod on it, the thing just flies, and this is before OCing. Keep in mind that ICS is supposed to be able to utilize dual-core technology to it's fullest so when the update comes up (it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when), our phones will be in for a nice tune-up. As for as internet speeds go, I can tell you that it is BLAZING fast. It is faster and more reliable than when I had my G2 (which was just last year).
I can't post pictures but I can tell you that the fastest I have ever gotten with my S2 (in the same service area that I tested my G2 just last year) is 31MBPS. For daily usage, I consistently get 7-14MBPS. I am downloading HD videos off of Youtube in a matter of 5-10 seconds. I am downloading and finishing music downloads as soon as it pops up in my notifications bar. The phone is fast in every way, and everything flows so well together. No lag, no hassle, it just works.
got my phone a few days back from my awesome girlfriend, amazingly fast, battery only lasts a day, from 9 till 6, as i always use data connection, 1850mhz, not much of juice for this 1.5 dual core monster, resolution is a draw back with this nice screen 4.52" i am talking about, only 480*800? meh, waiting for miui roms........ only alpha versions atm, touchwiz looks gay.
speaker is way better than i9000, louder at least! some people say they want metal back cover, i say hey, it is light!!! with this kinda size!
i would give 9 out of 10 for this phone, i wanna buy the sprint version, lol, cdma 2000. not available in china yet, too bad.
What app do I use to test for lines and blobs?
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Better nexus is probably in works

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...lv24AQ&usg=AFQjCNEOTxtDYHp18aAjZMQt9pJwouSscQ
Better gpu and higher clocked CPU...
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Laughing at the people who jumped ship to Verizon. Hows that 2gb cap workin for ya and your inferior phone? I told y'all to wait.
The 544 GPU has the capability of clocking up to 2.5 times faster than the 540. If this is true, then I'll be excited. But... I'm not switching to an lte device until lte hits my area.
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Overstew said:
The 544 GPU has the capability of clocking up to 2.5 times faster than the 540. If this is true, then I'll be excited. But... I'm not switching to an lte device until lte hits my area.
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No biggie to me no 4g in Phoenix anyways so i may as well get it....
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I think this is the same gpu in the Apple products, which pretty much destroy everything we have. I welcome this and I'd jump ship so fast!
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No flame, but sounds like we got appled((samsunged)) just like all the gsx guys wanting the evo 9....is faster....but.
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When a phone is faster than me I only see a bottle neck and a waste of CPU.
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No biggie to me no 4g in Phoenix anyways so i may as well get it....
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I'm right there with you
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crzchn said:
When a phone is faster than me I only see a bottle neck and a waste of CPU.
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Haha amen brother
E4GT=IPhone killer
Does anyone remember the Nexus ads for Sprint that said 1.5 ghz and we thought it was a typo? I know it is just alot of speculation. But, since we probably won't see the phone launch until June it could make sense. The article said the processor is capable of 1.8 but would probably be underclocked. Maybe we are seeing an early build for the Sprint version. Anyone else think that makes sense?
Here is a link to the Sprint ad.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5303/sprint-ad-announces-galaxy-nexus-with-15-ghz-soc
And here is link to the wiki for the Nexus that shows it its currently running 1.2
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Nexus
The other possibility is this its the google tablet we keep hearing about. It would make sense for it to have a huge graphics processor.
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No biggie to me no 4g in Phoenix anyways so i may as well get it....
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What!what's good,I'm in phx too.hola
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Until they replace the awful screen of the original GNex, I'll way. The 'mesh' look is too distracting to look at.
Since nobody had mentioned it, it seems like it isn't important, the camera. Compared to the e4gt, its camera is lesser. Slightly bigger screen and higher resolution but reported its like looking through a screen door. A 5mp camera that chokes on 1080p. No option for a sd card. You will be stuck on 3g until lte finally makes it to your area. Okay so it has a slightly better and faster gpu and cpu, IMO, that's one of the few things it has in its favor. Ics, more meh. You'll need more CPU/GPU for that.
For the comment of having a CPU that's faster than you, that means nothing about your computer, right?
Yea just like the 5mp camera on og epic was better than of evo ... it was but guess what everyone thinks 8mp is better but it comes to sensor and such .... it still is a phone not a dslr the camera will never be that good
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Iphone 5 benchmarks are in

Apparently it's just marginally faster then the USA version of the sgs3.
But not if you are oc.
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/16...cpu/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
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Samsung needs to do something big if this is the case
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js2021 said:
Samsung needs to do something big if this is the case
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Not really... if this thing is only marginally faster than the USA version (not Exynos), then the international is probably already better. In that respect, it's safe to assume anyway that Samsung will obviously release a way faster S4 anyway.
Also S3 was released a couple months back meanwhile this was released just recently and processor is only marginally faster? Granted, Apple only made it as fast as it needed to be probably
The table doesn't show the US s3, it shows the international with the quad core exynos
My results OCd
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Can someone please reply to the comments on that page with our scores?
Waiters, please go show them
Lol at the comments on that page. Never seen so many apple fanatics in one place.. then I saw the site name...
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Never seen so many apple fanatics in one place.. then I saw the site name...
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Good for apple, they've finally caught up. Screen is still tiny though lol
How did the hox score so low? Something doesn't seem right?
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So what!! Who cares if it scores higher in a synthetic benchmark. Does it make you enjoy your SGS3 less?
Well, I idk if the iphone 5 (technically 6 but who's counting) is the fastest smartphone, but it is the fastest phone running iOS. Put iOS (god forbid) on my S3 or Android on the ip 5 and my S3 will run circles around it.
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Also, how can you compare a java based app vs an objective C based app on performance? That's just stupid. Come up with some benchmarks that actually make sense then I will believe it.
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This is pretty sad. The gs2 with exynos was way faster than the us gs3.
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This is pretty sad. The gs2 with exynos was way faster than the us gs3.
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Yea,I don't quite trust that benchmark tool.
Anyways, cracks me up,I thought the benchmark whores on this site were bad. Man, this guys win one bench and they are going nuts. It was hilarious reading through the comments, all those guys last year were saying that benchmark don't matter and they are always incorrect now they are the most accurate tool in the world. Everyone knows benchmark are useless, I got my inside to benchmark insane numbers by tweaking just a few things. I want to see side by side comparisons, then a definitive conclusion can be drawn
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Need an extra opinion.

So. I've got a friend who tonight just offered to trade a 32gb HTC One X International for my AT&T 16gb Galaxy S3. I've already got two friends saying it's a good trade, and I'm inclined to agree because of the Tegra 3 and the LCD screen. Just curious to see what anyone else thought and if they'd give a thumbs up or down.
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Not just no but HELL NO.
Edit: but I guess that depends on how much you like your phone.
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pro
- games
- aesthetics
cons
no lte
less dev
less memory 1gb
krait cpu stand up to the tegra
resale value on s3 will be higher in a few months
expected 30millions by the end of quarter 4...their numbers speak for them self
need more storage? won't be able to add micro sd
the main thing that through me off from the hox is built in battery and not sd storage
either then that the hox is a nice unit but I wouldn't trade if it be up to me
I believe you already made the right choice by choosing the s3 in the first place but in the end it's up to you
:thumbdown: There is a reason your friend wants to trade, it's because yours is better.
The removable battery and no external storage are deal breakers for me.. But a distant 3rd deal breaker is resell value.
HTC 1x isn't easy to sell now and will be very hard later.. Not worth it..
Ask him for 100+his phone if you are considering it otherwise you're getting ripped off
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I tend to disagree. I just made this trade and am now on the GS3 side of it.
It comes down to preference. I think the HOX was a much more solid device. I won't get into the dual v quad argument now because it's pretty much moot.
The GS3 is the "it" phone for now, but the HOX has a niche that I think makes it just as valuable to the right people. If your motivation is purely liquidity, then stick with your GS3. If you want to try a new experience that could potentially be better for you, I think the HOX is worth a try. I liked it.
Others have said get him to add cash. I would ask for $50 and not take any less. Explain these reasons. It's fair.
Thanks for your thoughts guys. I think I'm gonna stick with my s3. I rather do enjoy this phone and after doing a little research the little things the S3 has over the hox are pretty big to me. Like removable battery and sd cards. The other thing is the S4 chip is pretty amazing ntm I feel i would regret the trade. Also my s3 is red lol
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Don't do it
I used One X before my S3
If you like S3 you will not like One X
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Sense is the ****.
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Went from Galaxy S3 to AT&T One X to International One X, and back to the S3.
The One X had nice hardware but crap software and piss poor battery life.
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Spartoi said:
Went from Galaxy S3 to AT&T One X to International One X, and back to the S3.
The One X had nice hardware but crap software and piss poor battery life.
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Quite the back and forth there lol
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Within an hr htc is rumored to be announcing the htc 1x replacement (but it seems a bit early doesn't it?)
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No more htc devices for me. Too locked down. It's a real shame too because my one x was gorgeous.
S off hås been achieved for certain one x*s
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Only the sprint version as far as I know.
Spartoi said:
Went from Galaxy S3 to AT&T One X to International One X, and back to the S3.
The One X had nice hardware but crap software and piss poor battery life.
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Hmm interesting... did you not run custom ROMs on any of those?
giant420 said:
Not just no but HELL NO.
Edit: but I guess that depends on how much you like your phone.
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Lmao I agree. HELL NO. I had a One X and while it was the US version, I hardly think there are enough pros in the international version to beat out the S3...even on a bad day...
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Lmao I agree. HELL NO. I had a One X and while it was the US version, I hardly think there are enough pros in the international version to beat out the S3...even on a bad day...
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Well I was hesitant of the offer to begin with. Reason I started thread was to hear a wider degree of opinion, and everyone's thoughts were right along with my own. The S3 is a stellar phone. I'm a little sour with at&t atm cause I guess they will be bringing the Exynos version stateside with LTE support but bleh. The S4 seems to be showing these quad core chips a fight.
Honestly. I didn't really know a great deal about the International HOX because I never cared to know till my friend made that offer. Would pique anyone's interest i imagine. All said and done though. I will not part with my S3 unless I find a way to get the Note 2.
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Transforming our T989 to a dumbphone

Hi all,
My father recently decided to pick up a s2 and doesn't plan on using it for anything other than calling, texting, and calendar reminders. In fact, he WON'T even have a data plan.
He's coming from a dumb phone that'll give him wonderful battery life so this phone's battery life will be a sort of shock.
I'm wondering what are some ways to ease that battery life.
I've come up with
-custom rom& kernel
Underclocking
CPU sleeper
Autobrightness
2G only
Data off
Sync off
Wifi Bluetooth gps off
Any other tips you guys have? Help is much appreciated.
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I forgot to include freezing bloat.
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Why would he even want an S2 in the first place. If he's never going to use it fully? That's like buying the fastest $3500 gaming PC in the world and never using it. Just curious. Not trying to troll or anything.
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Why would he even want an S2 in the first place. If he's never going to use it fully? That's like buying the fastest $3500 gaming PC in the world and never using it. Just curious. Not trying to troll or anything.
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3000$ PC? Hardly a proper comparison. This phone is nowhere near as fast as people claim it to be.
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3000$ PC? Hardly a proper comparison. This phone is nowhere near as fast as people claim it to be.
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That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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I'd like to suggest Darkside v8! That rom is incredibly stable and well developed.
If you want to save a lot more battery, I'd like to suggest SetCPU and just downlock. I doubt your dad would be able to tell an immediate difference between 1.1-1.2 ghz VS. 1.5ghz. Plus, make sure you install CPUspy and BetterBatteryStats to make sure that the phone is actually entering into 'deep sleep' mode.
Well on our carrier tmobile, there's pretty much no such thing as a dumb phone anymore.. Long story short, we got an s2 free through upgrade and no data plan because he doesn't use it. So for the price of free, why not take it? His old phone is acting up and he wanted something slightly more modern.
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Well on our carrier tmobile, there's pretty much no such thing as a dumb phone anymore.. Long story short, we got an s2 free through upgrade and no data plan because he doesn't use it. So for the price of free, why not take it? His old phone is acting up and he wanted something slightly more modern.
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You can't get a discounted smartphone without adding a data plan.
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a93hunt said:
Well on our carrier tmobile, there's pretty much no such thing as a dumb phone anymore.. Long story short, we got an s2 free through upgrade and no data plan because he doesn't use it. So for the price of free, why not take it? His old phone is acting up and he wanted something slightly more modern.
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Sounds EXACTLY like my dad, but we're not upgrading and not getting anything for free so I'm not getting him a new phone, currently he has a old candy bar style Nokia. I won't even give him my old n8 because it's too much for him
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Towle said:
You can't get a discounted smartphone without adding a data plan.
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Til there is a recognize contributor LOL, totally never noticed that.
I have a family plan. My brother's line was up so we upgraded his line (which already has a data plan) to the s2 and we're giving the s2 to my father. My father is simply going to be putting his sim in the s2 (and my brother will be keeping the same mytouch he has at the moment.) Tmobile will not add a data plan and force my father to use one as his line was not the one upgraded.
And this isn't att where data is added to lines automatically
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3000$ PC? Hardly a proper comparison. This phone is nowhere near as fast as people claim it to be.
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That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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My father is like your father he asked me which phone was better the Driod or the iPhone. And i like looked at him as if he were high or delusional.. I told him none lol.
But yes i agree with the other user who recommended darkside v8. I recommend STOCK or any TouchWiz ROM. As for the comment "paying for extra features when he wont use them" Well if you already have the s2 which is collecting dust why not put it to use? I wouldnt recommend going out and buying an S2 to not use. But if one already has it then what the heck? lol.
As for data, T-Mobile allows any phone to not have a data plan. Im on the value plan, and if i wished, i could get rid of everything but talking minutes.
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That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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What features am I talking about?
Everything having to do with data..(unless your on Wi-Fi)
And do you mind sharing the "bells and whistles" the s3 has that ours doesn't? It is a SLIGHTLY improved version of the s2 that does all the same things..
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RushAOZ said:
That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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Ive had several smartphones, notably the Tmobile Comet (Running Froyo FYI), LG Mytouch, and the S2. The S2 is FAR from basic. If you every tried those phones, you will know. As far as battery life, try juice defender. Use the extreme profile, will save you a ton of battery life
pwner5889 said:
Why would he even want an S2 in the first place. If he's never going to use it fully? That's like buying the fastest $3500 gaming PC in the world and never using it. Just curious. Not trying to troll or anything.
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Funny, is like buying a ferrari and drive 35MPH only lol
To each his own. Everyone is entitled their own opinion.. Not flaming fighting, whatever you guys want to call it.
I'll check out juice defender.
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RushAOZ said:
That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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S3 is not all that better. S2 is nowhere basic if you know how to use it.
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For ****'s Sake, can someone just answer his question without telling a full grown man how to spend his money?
I love how infatuated with this phone some of you are. Anyone who says the s3 is a slight improvement over this phone is horribly mistaken. I play with my buddies s3 from time to time.. side by side app loading is much faster, gets more FPS while gaming (dead trigger runs smoother on the s3 despite it pushing almost 3 tines the amount of pixels, the 720p screen is much better, the 2gb of ram really comes in handy (have any of you ever noticed how laggy and stuttery the t989 gets when updating apps from the play store? The s3 is completely smooth while updating) the cameras snapshots have better PQ.. everything about the s3 is better. Of all the handsets I've owned I've never seen such infatuation and naivety in its xda forum section. :-/ makes me hurl.
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