speedemon90

I'm not watching that video lol but i saw the S4 this weekend at best buy and omg the screen

thats the reason i'd get it over the note 2. Unless you really need that stylus? I dont though...

Doom878

The handless gestures are neat too. Certainly will outsell the Note 2 as many are thrown off by the size as well. I preferred a larger screen as I don't want/need a tablet. Consolidation.

Professor

The S4 is at the top of my list, but I'll have to look closely at the new HTC One. It seems it blended some Win phone aspects into it, and the casing in cool.

CarbonGray Earl

Love my Note 2, too, but the S4 is the flagship as of now. Even the accessory market has more love for the S4.

speedemon90

when is the new nexus 7 coming??? I want some damnleaks!! Next OS update too, where did it go!

swoosh

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well the S4 is 6 months newer than the Note 2....With the note 3 coming in the next 3-4 months, I will be in the market for a new phone

btw got the wifey the S4 and YES the screen is just gorgeous !!! Love it...I rather play real racing 3 on her phone than my original Note LOL

BraveDemon

One day with the Optimus G Pro, and it basically feels like a Note 2 copy.

Slightly smaller, and lighter, and stronger in specs.

The 1080p IPS screen is gorgeous - the Note 2's 720p amoled seems to be brighter though.

afici0nad0

earlier in the year when i was in the market for a new phone, i was looking at the One and S3. coming from a BB 9300, either phone would be a significant upgrade. the defining factor for me was the shell materials (aluminum versus plastic). hence to say, i have been using my One for about 6 months with no issues.

i have to say though, i never use their blinksense feature.

Mizouse

Wait it has an IPS display??? Sweet!

I HATE amoled or any oled display. Images just look like crap on them.

BraveDemon

If you're in the market for a phablet Mizzy, take a look at the G Pro.

Ken1997TL

Either are excellent choices. I simply preferred the One.

is300eater

....so, with tmobile you can't talk and surf at the same time?

BraveDemon

^ I thought only CDMA phones (Verizon/Sprint) had that issue?

Tmobile is GSM (like AT&T) so talking and surfing should work.

is300eater

which is why I asked. I've been in town (Los Angeles) for about a week now (from Canada), and one of the first things I did was getting a month plan with T-Mo (unlimited). Like most people, I don't talk much on the phone, but there's an old friend in town that I call whenever I'm here, and she tends to ramble on and on... and I thought that I could call and just let her rant or vent about whatever, but at least I could still be browsing online... However, I wasn't able to, and after about an hour of listening to her, I hung up and immediately got data coverage.

And on another note, I thought tethering was something extra, but right I'm tethering and I didn't get any messages from T-Mo about having to pay extra for this service

CGFebTSX04

You guys are both correct. However, talk and surf only works when you are on 3G and up on GSM and LTE and up on Sprint's/Verizon's network, albeit a different method (voice on 3G, data on LTE). So if you are on EDGE/2G or GPRS, you will not be able to talk and surf at the same time.

CGFebTSX04

Yes the S4 has a pretty good screen even if its AMOLED. Its probably the best AMOLED screen I've seen yet. DisplayMate did a good analysis on it and shows off its Adobe RGB color accuracy:

http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S4_ShootOut_1.htm


The HTC One screen is pretty amazing too but those deep black contrast just make the S4 pop out even more especially if you consume a lot of media. Even the white looks whiter on the S4 display, whereas on older generation AMOLED screens, it had a bluish or reddish tint depending on the color temperature the display was calibrated with. It will still come down to better color accuracy all around (HTC One) or saturated colors with the best contrast out there at the moment (S4)

is300eater

but I had 5 bars and the "H" symbol, I was under the impression that I was getting 4G, no?

speedemon90

IS300 you should have been able to?? I havent done it recently but it worked last time i did a while back. Should try again.

Also I don't think you have the truly unlimited plan if you're tethering. You will get 2.5Gb and then it will be throttled, which they still call "unlimited"

If you had truly unlimited you wouldnt be able to tether like that. I believe

is300eater

okay, another dumb question here.

So, long story short... I'm normally a PC guy, but my old Gateway Tablet from 2007 was on it's last leg... at the same time my girlfriend treated herself to a 27" iMac with all the bells and whistles a couple months ago. She gave me her MacBook Pro (it's from 2010). So, I've been using it, and it's fine but I've had to learn how to do certain things the Apple way.

Anyway, I need to unload some stuff off my Nexus 7 (I know I could be asking this question over at the Android Tablet thread but it really doesn't matter because the question applies to both my phone and my tablet), and when I connected it to the MBP, NOTHING happens. I'm used to PCs where it would automatically recognize a new device and then just download the driver or whatever on it's own.

Is there something I should be doing so I can transfer some stuff over to my MBP?

Doom878

Glad you asked about talking and surfing. I've been having problems lately sending MMS while on the phone. I'm in ATT with LTE using a Note 2.

TSXy Luster

Your welcome: http://www.android.com/filetransfer/

This is why I still love Windows' plug and play.

nfnsquared

Was in the AT&T store today and they just got the S4 Active in. It's actually cheaper (about $100) than the regular S4... Hmmmm...

nfnsquared

So, initial impressions? Saw the OGP at the AT&T store today. Was very impressed! Near as I could tell, it has specs equal to the S4 with a screen size equal to the note 2? Or did I miss something??

Professor

We are still trying to get my daughter's stolen iP5 resolved. It looks like it is going to court which means another 6 months.

When I'm up for an upgrade in about a month, I may get an iP5 to give to her, take my Nokia 920 back, and give my Sammy S2 Skyrocket to my wife and sell her's on eBay. A lot of Sim card switching, but if it does get resolved before then, than I jumping on the HTC One.

CGFebTSX04

AT&T is doing a half off on smartphones between $0.99 to $199.99 so the 32 GB Galaxy S4 wouldn't qualify but the 16 GB would. HTC One and 16 GB S4 is now $99 at AT&T. Activation fee is also waived but not sure if its also for upgrade contracts.

http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/dev...artphones.html

Professor

Can somebody educate me on the HTC One? I was looking at the specs and it seems the 4G LTE only flies on T-Mobile and Sprint in the US. Is this true that it will not carry an ATT 4G signal?

is300eater

Living in Vancouver and doing a lot of walking, the waterproofing would be very handy due to the very wet weather. I've been using zip lock bags

TSXy Luster

Everything else before this was never really a phablet....



is300eater, you should just get this if you want waterproof :p

Doom878

Saw that. But they cheaped on the camera. 8MP instead of 13. Gigantic!

BraveDemon

I love it. It's basically an upgraded Note 2.

If you're into benchmarking, the OGP easily beats the Note 2, but is slightly behind the S4 - although in everyday performance, all three are clearly lightning fast.

And I'm not even going to lie, LG straight up copied alot of Sammy's Touchwiz designs.

But I do like the 1080p IPS display and the standard 32gb of storage the OGP has to offer.

TSXy Luster

More megapixels does not mean better

Doom878

I know that. I'm just saying it seems they held back in cost somewhere. Maybe it has a great camera but too early to tell. No need for an eyes roll

is300eater

(I noticed the guy said "Zed" instead of "Z" is this coming to the US? Or only for certain countries?)

CGFebTSX04

AT&T has their own version which does get LTE. The Dev version and the upcoming Google Edition version will also get LTE on AT&T while only get 4G on T-Mobile. I have the AT&T version and can get around 38 Mbps out in Beverly Hills.

TSXy Luster

Press release said launch globally in Q3, but it'll probably arrive in Canada before USA, if at all (carrier branded version, that is).

Though if you don't want the gargantuan phone, there has been rumblings that Sony is going to release a Xperia Z with Snapdragon 800 at the end of this year.

TSXy Luster

Introducing the radically and actually innovative LG (Optimus) G2:

Yes, that is the volume rocker on the back and hopefully a fingerprint sensor too.

Doom878

speedemon90

so if i'm unrooting the note 2, do i just odin stock firmware. Do I need to worry about recovery as well??


Also I got my S3 back and all fixed!! They actually gave me a new phone or a refurbished. one. Guess they couldnt unbrick mine either. Anyway i'm so glad, i missed the size of the screen.

CGFebTSX04

ODIN flashes everything including the stock recovery. Nothing else needs to be flashed besides resetting the flash counter if you want to remove all traces of tampering.


The Google Edition ROM has been posted on XDA for the One. Not sure if I'm gonna try it yet but I might. I hear the IR blaster doesn't work yet and I've been using it a lot.

CGFebTSX04

Decided to flash the Google Edition ROM for the HTC One:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2341395

The phone is flying! Love it but wish the Sense camera features are there. I also wish they kept the swipe up from Home to access Google Now but right now its long hold Home to access it and double tap to get Recents. Beats sounds is there but I'm not sure if stock Sense is slightly better. It has a little more oomph but that could be just nitpicking at this point. Camera quality seems pretty comparable to stock Sense but doesn't have the same contrast it seems. Haven't really done a full on comparison and Nothing a little touch up can't fix. Not sure how long I'll keep it on but I'll probably give it a run for a week. Missing some Sense features that I wish was there and the IR blaster doesn't work yet. I've been using the IR blaster a lot and have found out it can actually be used for DSLR cameras as well instead of having to cough up another $25 for a remote. Been using this app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...dGVmYWlyeTIiXQ..

^The app works on almost pretty much any device with an IR port so your phone technically becomes a universal remote like those Logitech Harmony remotes for $10. They have a version specifically for the S4:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...W90ZWZhaXJ5Il0.



For the people running the Sense 4.2.2 leak, you can get lockscreen widgets by installing this apk in /system/app/:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2343150

Unfortunately, HTC decided to throw the clock and weather on the lockscreen widget so it makes DashClock look redundant. Also, you can only pick one lockscreen widget at a time which is a fail. I used it for my Falcon Pro lockscreen and it works great so I can pull my Twitter feed and all Twitter related things without having to unlock the phone.