On TMo, what phone is the next best thing?

[wrek]

I have 90 days to return my phone at Costco so I'm wondering what the next best phone will be and will it be out within my 90 day window?

 

[armoguy94]

You can wait for the G2X to come in stock at which point hopefully all of its issues will be resolved. As for almost 90 days from now..I'm sure you'll have more options.

 

[setzer715]

I have 90 days to return my phone at Costco so I'm wondering what the next best phone will be and will it be out within my 90 day window?

Check this out.

 

[EtherealRemnant]

I'd get as close to the 90 days as possible and get a Hercules personally.

 

[Hoggles]

If ya can wait till the end of summer, the Hercules will be the most powerful, feature rich device TMo will release in 2011(most likely). That's if all goes well with production. You also need to like holding tablet to your face.... It's a 4.5" beast. Good thing about the Hercules is that it is reported to have AT&T radios, so you'd covered when TMo get swallowed up.

Keep in mind though, pretty much every early review of the Sensation 4G said it was compatible with At&T...only later to be dismissed as false.

Only bad thing, imo, is that's it's made by Sammy. They use way too much plastic in their cell phones for my personal taste. I've never held a Samsung phone that felt like high quality in hand. That will still not prevent me from checking it out and possible making the purchase. AMOLED is nice but for me is too colorized.

I like big screens, but one would think 4.5" or maybe 4.7" will eventually be the acceptable limit for cell phones...but who knows...It'll probably hit 5" eventually. If it has a 16:9 aspect ratio like the Sensation, then it won't be too wide at least.

 

[EtherealRemnant]

If ya can wait till the end of summer, the Hercules will be the most powerful, feature rich device TMo will release in 2011(most likely). That's if all goes well with production. You also need to like holding tablet to your face.... It's a 4.5" beast. Good thing about the Hercules is that it is reported to have AT&T radios, so you'd covered when TMo get swallowed up.

Keep in mind though, pretty much every early review of the Sensation 4G said it was compatible with At&T...only later to be dismissed as false.

Only bad thing, imo, is that's it's made by Sammy. They use way too much plastic in their cell phones for my personal taste. I've never held a Samsung phone that felt like high quality in hand. That will still not prevent me from checking it out and possible making the purchase. AMOLED is nice but for me is too colorized.

I like big screens, but one would think 4.5" or maybe 4.7" will eventually be the acceptable limit for cell phones...but who knows...It'll probably hit 5" eventually. If it has a 16:9 aspect ratio like the Sensation, then it won't be too wide at least.

I'm assuming you've never held a Samsung Captivate. at&t's variant of the SGS was by far the best. I've never had a higher build-quality phone except my trusty Nokia 3390 Gold (the first AIM phone) that took a dive in a swimming pool and still worked when I pulled the battery out and let it dry for 5 days. Its all about how much the carrier is willing to invest in the making of the phone and how much they will actually subsidize. It's not Samsung's fault the carriers are cheap LOL

 

[mike2518]

I have 90 days to return my phone at Costco so I'm wondering what the next best phone will be and will it be out within my 90 day window?

Yup, your best bet would be the upcoming Hercules

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[Mainspring]

they lost me at 4.5" screen with only 480 x 800 resolution... S AMOLED + screen or not.

Samsung needs to bump that up.

rest of the specs look good.

 

[Bxsteez]

I do not have the sensation quite yet but I have had quite a few phones including the Verizon variant of the SGS. I said I would never buy another samsung device because of extremely slow upgrades and lack of developer support for the Samsung devices.

That being said it seems that has completely changed. Samsung is moving fast to catch up with upgrades and since HTC is locking bootloaders developers are moving to the platforms that are more open.

So if i was to give my opinions. HTC has been my favorite manufacturer for quite sometime but the Fascinate (Verizon SGS) was one of the best android devices i've ever owned. Good battery life, good performance, fantastic screen, Crappy interface(Touchwiz 4.0 is much better), and super thin and light.

I know i didn't answer your question directly but hopefully my convoluted answer is of some help lol..

 

[Paging Dr B]

Isn't that the Million Dollar Question? The specs on the Hercules showed it not having an Exynos Chipset, and instead using the same Qualcomm that's in our Sensation. It should look almost identical to the ATT Inspire with a 4.5 SAMOLED+/480x800 screen. After using my thunderbolt with a 480 x 800 4.3 inch screen and my Sensation with a qHD display it now seems silly for devices with giant screens to not at least be qHD. All it does is make the icons and text larger. Maybe it's cool for old people, but I now love the extra usable real estate on my screen.

 

[eyan15]

So true.... That 4.5in screen deserves nope demands a qHD display

Such a shame... I would have killed for it. Oh well maybe in another six months

Mobile industry is running out of stuff to upgrade every two months.

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4

 

[digiholic]

+1 to what others said. If you don't know what I mean... look at my sig.

So true.... That 4.5in screen deserves nope demands a qHD display

I agree. Only thing I don't like about the potential beast of a phone.

 

[xnifex]

Keep in mind though, pretty much every early review of the Sensation 4G said it was compatible with At&T...only later to be dismissed as false.

I have never seen a review that said that the Sensation was compatible with AT&T

 

[Scoop24]

Im good till the next htc beast atleast. I refuse to purchase anymore samsung phones. Vibrant was the worst phone I ever had.

2nd no QHD means no interest from me.

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[nccu_eagles]

I have never seen a review that said that the Sensation was compatible with AT&T

the Canadian version is supposed to be compatible with AT&T

 

[r3awak3n]

I dunno if it will be on tmo but my next phone will def be a nexus device if the rumous are true. I also really miss vanilla android.

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[KillaHurtz]

Maybe it's cool for old people, but I now love the extra usable real estate on my screen.

The fact is you can always make more room on any rom, on any device by editing the build.prop

Stock is usually 240, on builds for HD2 I always edited them to have either 200 or 180.

 

[Paging Dr B]

The fact is you can always make more room on any rom, on any device by editing the build.prop

Stock is usually 240, on builds for HD2 I always edited them to have either 200 or 180.

True. Just said that for a little extra dramatic effect.

 

[Towle]

I have never seen a review that said that the Sensation was compatible with AT&T

Go to www.phonearena.com they have an article talking about the FCC receiving the sensation with AT&T bands.

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[moshe22]

I seriously think that the G2x is the best phone in the T-Mobile line up.

Unlocked bootloader
Vanilla Android
Super Snappy
HDMI port
Tegra 2 processor
Great build quality
Great GPS
Great data reception
8mp camera
Tegra Games
Cyanogen and many others developing for it.


And is just 2.2 Froyo, This phone will be even better when 2.3 comes out.

Despites the issues people have been having with the G2x which most if not all are software, I do believe that there isn't a better phone in the T-Mobile lineup as of now.

Sensation is a good phone but not just as good as the G2x.