[Q]T989 internals...did we get shafted or setup for future?

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Like the title says... did we get shafted? Or did they change our internals for a purpose? Are we going to be running better than the other guys when ics hits our phone ? Or did we just get shafted with an inferior product.

I'm hoping the change was to sacrifice a little bit in the beginning to ensure we had a BA setup when ics came

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Originally Posted by clninja

Like the title says... did we get shafted? Or did they change our internals for a purpose? Are we going to be running better than the other guys when ics hits our phone ? Or did we just get shafted with an inferior product.

I'm hoping the change was to sacrifice a little bit in the beginning to ensure we had a BA setup when ics came

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The only reason T-Mobile went the the snapdragon is because the exynos was not compatible with their hspa + 42mbps network.

There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?

Our phone is just fine. It's still better than any other Android phone currently available. And ICS will run just the same on the T-Mobile version as it will on the rest. People need to stop panicking for no reason.

Moot question. Phones get outdated in mere weeks.

Haha true!

I had this same problem when I was into dsm's...I had a 1990 eclipse gsx with awd and I did a 2.4l stroker and people bitched about reliability....when the thing would **** the bed every other day no matter what. lol

Like it's been said before, the difference between our phones performance wise is negligible. Personally, I'd rather deal with slower network speeds to reduce hardware fragmentation, but that's just me. Mobile network speeds vary way to much to truly care, and I'm always pretty close to wifi if I really need it.

the way i see it... cell phone NETWORK technology doesn't change over night

if you want good phone that will last you for the next 3+ year (think HTC HD2) this is a good one worth keeping, as other phones can't get the top speed of 42 Mbps

of course, waiting for Tmo or any other network to reach those speed in HSPDA+ it'll take years

the current fight is between LTE vs HSPDA+

HSPDA+ will win in the long run as it's the one most compatible and most deployed world wide in all countries

LTE is non compatible in different providers, cities & countries

so although LTE is very fast... (if and when you happen to find signal for it) it's not widely deployed, HSPDA+ is available everywhere, albit with inconsistent speed depending where you are, compare to LTE... at least you get signal

LTE is like all or nothing

HSPDA+ might not be the fastest, but you will get service, and on good spots you can go as high as LTE




if you are into gaming... just get a Tablet, no point upgrading from phone to phone every 6 months

Our Adreno 220 GPU is faster than the Galaxy Nexus and Exynos, and our CPU is a beast also, combined with our scorpion processor and full gpu hardware acceleration our phone should be the best performing

exynos was sooo last year. Not being compatible with hpsa+ or even LTE means its future is short. long live the t989 and skyrocket. atleast til Tmo comes out with a 720 display phone

Originally Posted by jessejames111981

atleast til Tmo comes out with a 720 display phone

...exactly!

if i continue to be employed for the next few years, i'll probably keep switching phones every 6 mth or so as usual

but if i were on a bind & tight budget, T989 is the phone i'll want to keep around for the long haul

i'm planning to save up for the next Asus Transformer (tegra) Penta Core (for games & to replace my old outdated ASUS VX5 laptop), and just keep the T989 for what i mainly need it for mobile Internet & tethering

the T989 might not beat the HD2 in the way of multi OS and long lived evolution, but i do see a very long live for T989 running Android and/or Ubuntu OS

I want the asus transformer prime as well but after my g2x experience with nvidia....I don't think I ever want to buy another nvidia product. When it comes to open source...they are not an option. They do not release drivers.

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