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Cheapest cell phone voice plan?

I second Page Plus. TracFone/Net10 and Ting are also worth a look.
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- Post #5
- Jul 4, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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I need a small, powerful smartphone.

HTC First. Disable Facebook home, and you're left with a really nice 4.3" phone with stock Android.
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- Post #6
- Jun 27, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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HTC One and Galaxy S4 Google play edition came out today...

Considering Google themselves heavily botched the 4.2 update for the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus, I'm not that worried about Samsung or HTC being dramatically worse.
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- Post #47
- Jun 27, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Best 4-4.3 inch smartphone?

-iPhone 5S (excellent all around, iOS) -HTC One S (excellent camera and hardware, mediocre/poor screen, Android 4.1 and Sense 4) -HTC First (excellent hardware, poor camera, pretty good screen, stock Android 4.1 if FB Home disabled) -Samsung Galaxy S2 (okay hardware, pretty decent camera...
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- Post #31
- Jun 7, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Finally saw a Windows Phone in the wild

I actually know a number of people with Windows Phones. I know one person with a Lumia 800, one with a Samsung Focus, one with a Lumia 920, one with a Lumia 900 (and a 920 for his wife), and one with a Lumia 820. Also, there was someone with an HTC Arrive that recently upgraded to an iPhone 5.
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- Post #8
- May 7, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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What smartphones have you gone through till now?

Blackberry 8830 + Samsung T401G -> Nexus 7 + Samsung T401G texting phone -> HTC Evo 4G (running CM9).
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- Post #16
- Apr 28, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Do you think all the praise the One's build is getting will make Samsung change?

Let's see how the GS4 sells. If the HTC One can put a significant dent in it, Samsung's probably going to do something. On the other hand, Samsung has been making plastic phones for as long as I remember, and might not budge. Virtually every single GS4 compares it to the One and notes that...
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- Post #29
- Apr 28, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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iPhone 5s same screen size?

The issue IMO is more with one-handed usage. Can you pull down the notification shade with one hand? Can you reach across most of the screen with your thumb(because some apps stupidly place buttons on the corners)?. Can you dial with one hand? It depends on your hand size, but for me my 4.3" Evo...
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- Post #156
- Apr 25, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Dual ANDROID car charger and usb cables

Are you using genuine HTC/Apple/Samsung/Amazon/etc. chargers or some cheap $2 Ebay charger? You get what you pay for with a $2 Ebay charger This is not how electricity works. A phone will only pull as much current as its charging circuitry determines. You can plug your phone into a 5V 1000A...
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- Post #7
- Apr 25, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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What's improving in newer generation smartphones

Not necessarily. You can do HD voice (AMR-wideband) on non-LTE networks.
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- Post #8
- Apr 25, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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HTC One vs Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Nexus 4

It has to be anodized. Bare aluminum is soft and very easily scratched. Pretty much any consumer electronics made of aluminum are anodized.
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- Post #119
- Apr 25, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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HTC One vs Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Nexus 4

Confirmed sources for HTC abandoning the One X? These were rumors the last time I heard them.
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- Post #111
- Apr 25, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Dual ANDROID car charger and usb cables

For Monoprice cables buy the 24/28awg cable (it's about 30 cents more per cable than the cheaper 28/28awg). The quality is much, much better. The cable also has less resistance so it should charge faster.
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- Post #3
- Apr 24, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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HTC One vs Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Nexus 4

The One's bootloader is unlockable through HTCdev. Possible exception of the AT&T model. Pretty much all phones come with locked bootloaders (yes, even the Nexus line). What matters is that the manufacturer allows you to easily unlock it.
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- Post #44
- Apr 24, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Switch to Virgin Mobile from T-Mobile by 5/31, Get $100 credit

The only reason to do this is if T-mobile coverage sucks in your area. Otherwise, T-mobile's phone selection is better (by virtue of being a GSM network), and their network is much faster.
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- Post #3
- Apr 8, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices

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