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htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s
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soo i currently have a htc vivid... im i big fan of android cus of all the tweaks and wutnot but as in the title of the post i have the oppurtunity to purchase an iphone 4s for about 100 bucks and i looked on amazon its basically a steal... any i phone users here? what do u like about it? do u prefer ios to androind?
can i do stuff to the phone as i can with android or is pretty much on lockdown??
what should i do
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: cheshirect666]
#19092759 - 11/05/13 09:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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at least iphone you can use it as a mp3 player
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: Konyap] 1
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i can do that with my vivid as well
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: cheshirect666]
#19092780 - 11/05/13 09:52 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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even an android with a cracked screen is better than an iPhone IME/IMO
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: TrentBoyett]
#19092794 - 11/05/13 09:55 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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yea but A LOT of devices can just plug into an iphone and get quality sound
I don't know how you'd do that with a android
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: Konyap]
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htc's usually have a decent soundboard, what are you talking about?
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: TrentBoyett]
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If I wouldn't have gotten my 4S for free with an upgrade from Sprint, I would have gone the Android route. HTC Evo is still my favorite phone, but the iPhone 4S is quality. $100 for two year old technology? Not worth it.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: Mush4Brains]
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$100 for a 4S is crazy cheap, what are you talking about?
I would do it if you don't want to spend much on a smartphone, you won't find a better deal than that.
I recently switched back to iOS from Android and I prefer it. It's just overall more polished and the app quality is WAY higher.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: pwnasaurus]
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Like I said, I got my 4S for free. I would not have paid $100 for it.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: Mush4Brains]
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No you didn't. You paid a 2-year contract for it.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: TrentBoyett]
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the little dock thing you plug it in anywhere home car usb wherever
does pandora, acts as ipod, a lot of people use it so it probably bugs out less
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: pwnasaurus]
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$100 for a 4S is crazy cheap, what are you talking about?
I would do it if you don't want to spend much on a smartphone, you won't find a better deal than that.
I recently switched back to iOS from Android and I prefer it. It's just overall more polished and the app quality is WAY higher.
can i tweak the hardware though and really play with it or is it pretty much just a fancy looking phone i can talk to ive only played with new ipods and such a tiny bit so i dont know how it feels really imm gunna get a chance to play with it for a bit when he charges it...
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: cheshirect666]
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$100 for a 4S is crazy cheap, what are you talking about?
I would do it if you don't want to spend much on a smartphone, you won't find a better deal than that.
I recently switched back to iOS from Android and I prefer it. It's just overall more polished and the app quality is WAY higher.
can i tweak the hardware though and really play with it or is it pretty much just a fancy looking phone i can talk to ive only played with new ipods and such a tiny bit so i dont know how it feels really imm gunna get a chance to play with it for a bit when he charges it...
What kind of hardware tweaking are you doing on Android devices?
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: pwnasaurus]
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No you didn't. You paid a 2-year contract for it.
I was going to pay the 2-year contract either way.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: Mush4Brains]
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No you didn't. You paid a 2-year contract for it.
I was going to pay the 2-year contract either way.
That doesn't mean it was free. You can't just walk into a store and get an iPhone 4S for free, so saying you wouldn't pay for it is disingenuous. You DID pay for it, and your choice was an iPhone 4S over all the other free phones.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: cheshirect666]
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the little dock thing you plug it in anywhere home car usb wherever
does pandora, acts as ipod, a lot of people use it so it probably bugs out less
they have them for android, android has pandora, I've never had an audio problems... and guess what??? I can just drag and drop my music on my android device, or put it on a micro sdcard...
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$100 for a 4S is crazy cheap, what are you talking about?
I would do it if you don't want to spend much on a smartphone, you won't find a better deal than that.
I recently switched back to iOS from Android and I prefer it. It's just overall more polished and the app quality is WAY higher.
can i tweak the hardware though and really play with it or is it pretty much just a fancy looking phone i can talk to ive only played with new ipods and such a tiny bit so i dont know how it feels really imm gunna get a chance to play with it for a bit when he charges it...
It's more the latter.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: pwnasaurus]
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$100 for a 4S is crazy cheap, what are you talking about?
I would do it if you don't want to spend much on a smartphone, you won't find a better deal than that.
I recently switched back to iOS from Android and I prefer it. It's just overall more polished and the app quality is WAY higher.
can i tweak the hardware though and really play with it or is it pretty much just a fancy looking phone i can talk to ive only played with new ipods and such a tiny bit so i dont know how it feels really imm gunna get a chance to play with it for a bit when he charges it...
What kind of hardware tweaking are you doing on Android devices?
small tweaks to cpu speeds and data partitions for enhanced performane... could be software i dunno wut word to use i got ahold of a lil codiene all i know is i can get into my android device and make it faster and run mods and different kernels and roms and such
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: pwnasaurus]
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That doesn't mean it was free. You can't just walk into a store and get an iPhone 4S for free, so saying you wouldn't pay for it isn't relevant to the OPs situation. You DID pay for it, and your choice was an iPhone 4S over all the other free phones.
I walked into the store, and walked out without paying a single dollar with an iPhone 4S. It was literally free. There were other Android phones that would have been free as well, but I could tell they were all super cheap pieces of shit, and the specs proved it.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: TrentBoyett]
#19092940 - 11/05/13 10:23 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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It's more the latter.

Android and iOS are both smartphone platforms with very similar feature sets. There are some things that you can do on Android that you cannot do on iOS, but IME they are not core competencies with regards to most people's daily use.
There are some downsides to Android. In general: - phone is not supported for updates for very long (oftentimes under a year) - generally worse battery life - less polished - lower quality apps
Now there are pros as well - file explorer on the device - ability to set default apps - random things like torrenting on your phone
I used to use Android and flash new custom ROMs all the time. In the end, I went back to stock and used my phone for exactly the same things I use my iPhone for now. Most people will not use the extra control Android gives you in any appreciable way and will just use their smartphone like a smartphone: browsing the internet, listening to music, downloading apps, taking photos, checking email, etc. That makes up 99% of what most people do on their phone.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: Mush4Brains]
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That doesn't mean it was free. You can't just walk into a store and get an iPhone 4S for free, so saying you wouldn't pay for it isn't relevant to the OPs situation. You DID pay for it, and your choice was an iPhone 4S over all the other free phones.
I walked into the store, and walked out without paying a single dollar with an iPhone 4S. It was literally free. There were other Android phones that would have been free as well, but I could tell they were all super cheap pieces of shit, and the specs proved it.
You literally signed a 2-year contract that if you break you will owe the carrier hundreds of dollars. That is a cost. Just because you didn't give them cash does not mean it was free. You signed a contract and gave them a credit card number.
In any case, you proved my point. At the price point it was at (in your case "free"), it was the best value phone. Since OP is not signing a contract, he is looking at the same price point, however he will have to pay upfront for the device rather than through a 2-year contract.
You are essentially recommending the iPhone 4S at the given price point.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: TrentBoyett]
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Fuck you for posting my thought before I thunked them and posted.
But really a analog flip phone circa 2002 would be my choice over iPhone. Their factories in China make Walmart look like a job as a high up with Google. Nevermind that the fact of what the device does to make you do to be able to use apps and such with it are designed that when you switch back the transfer is either impossible or when converted are so fat from what you started with it wasn't worth transferring to begin with.
Android has how many diverse options on devices to choose from that there's a phone designed to your exact wants and needs. Or by an iPhone, I mean they do make an upgraded one every six months even if the upgrade is that it now can be in a different color. Wait that is an actual upgrade.
Use products that are more useful and durable per dollar amount than others. Or get the cool thing that the best/worst thing about it is that all those awesome people will think your a tad cool for it, you know those people, they had a couple shows about them. One starred Paris Hilton and the other on thinking of was guidos in a house on a beach. Actually anyone who watches mtv will also. How awesome is that, now fans of mtv and yourself will be able to talk about how rad your phones are and then talk about bieb dog.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: pwnasaurus]
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Your key word there is "if." Why would I break my contract after my family has been with Sprint for 20 years? I'm paying the same amount per month that someone who uses Boost or another no contract phone, but I get the benefit of not having to pay for a phone.
For $100, I would not have paid for an iPhone 4s. That is the bottom line.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: pwnasaurus]
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It's more the latter.

Android and iOS are both smartphone platforms with very similar feature sets. There are some things that you can do on Android that you cannot do on iOS, but IME they are not core competencies with regards to most people's daily use.
There are some downsides to Android. In general: - phone is not supported for updates for very long (oftentimes under a year) - generally worse battery life - less polished - lower quality apps
Now there are pros as well - file explorer on the device - ability to set default apps - random things like torrenting on your phone
that is complete bs.
I got a tablet from 2011 that still gets updates.
batery life is usually comprable(sp?) with an android though you can buy multiple/exended batteries...
they have many of the same apps.
you can do stuff like overclock/underclock with android.
you can use sd cards.
not too mention the 1000's of other benefits that I don't feel like getting in to right now.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: fee]
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There are some downsides to Android. In general: - phone is not supported for updates for very long (oftentimes under a year) - generally worse battery life - less polished - lower quality apps
Now there are pros as well - file explorer on the device - ability to set default apps - random things like torrenting on your phone
that is complete bs.
I said in general. There are so many manufacturers of Android devices you cannot make any absolute statements about Android devices.
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The vast majority of manufactuers do not support Android updates for more than a year, especially at the non-flagship level. If you buy a higher end device you have a much higher chance of receiving updates for a longer period of time. OP is looking for a cheap phone, he is not going to be getting a flagship device.
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This varies wildly depending on the device and version of Android, but in general iPhones get better battery life. The newest Android flagships are now getting significantly better battery life because they are massive with massive batteries, I will give you that. Again though, this is not the type of device OP is looking for.
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I never said they didn't have the same apps, but the quality of each one is significantly lower on Android. Developers also almost always develop for iOS first.
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If your phone works well why would you do that? That is not a realistic use case for 99% of people.
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Only a very, very small percentage of devices are still being made with SD card slots. Samsung is pretty much the only manufacturer doing so now.
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fee said: Their factories in China make Walmart look like a job as a high up with Google.

Where do you think your Android phone is being made? A lot of the time it's the assembly line over at the exact same factory.
I'm not an Apple fanboy and I quite like Android as well. There are pros and cons to both platforms. The vitriol that most of the members on here seem to spit at Apple is generally completely unwarranted. I like to give an opposing viewpoint from the EXTREMELY skewed views most people seem to have here.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: Mush4Brains]
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For $100, I would not have paid for an iPhone 4s. That is the bottom line.
You're completely missing the point. So for $100, what would you recommend that would be in that price range without a contract.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: pwnasaurus]
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Galaxy Nexus!
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: pwnasaurus]
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For $100, I would not have paid for an iPhone 4s. That is the bottom line.
You're completely missing the point. So for $100, what would you recommend that would be in that price range without a contract.
I would recommend to get a contract.
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: Mush4Brains]
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The Galaxy Nexus is OK - I had one for 1.5 years. It has pretty bad battery life and a shitty camera and it also doesn't have the SD card slot that you listed as a big pro for Android. It wouldn't be a terrible choice though. If you're willing to go up to $150-200 you could probably get a Nexus 4 and that would be a much better choice IMO.
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For $100, I would not have paid for an iPhone 4s. That is the bottom line.
You're completely missing the point. So for $100, what would you recommend that would be in that price range without a contract.
I would recommend to get a contract.

Do you not understand that you end up paying basically the same amount as going with a cheaper carrier and buying a phone outright?
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Re: htc vivid with a cracked screen or i phone 4s [Re: pwnasaurus]
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In all fairness, I get what you're saying. I would simply need to know the carrier and plan details to say whether or not I would pay $100 for an iPhone 4S.
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