I am considering the Vivid...

neftv · 12-29-2011, 07:20 PM

Hi
I am considering the getting Vivid. I am in the middle of my first 30 days of a 2 year contract and I have been trying the Titan. Right now I am on the second Titan because of audio quality but more importantly a random reboot issue that happens.
I like to know how did you decide you wanted the Vivid?
Any surprises I should know about on the Vivid?
Have any of you come from trying a Titan before getting a Vivid?

Yes I read the thread of the first 12 hrs of having the Vivid too.

fladroid · 12-30-2011, 02:45 AM

Wow. Small world. I had the Titan too. I started seeing a pattern where people would say, "what? I can't hear you. Are you holding your phone weird? You sound like you are in a tunnel!"

So I did some reading at wpcentral.com and discovered that the Titan is notorious for doing that. SO, I decided to go back to Android. I have had a Skyrocket (two and bother were defective) and a Galaxy SII. Loved the Galaxy, hated the weight. It constantly felt like I would drop it.

The Titan was amazing. Windows phone is amazing. Although after a week or two it gets very boring. The deal breaker on the Titan was that there wasn't voice dictation in emails. There is in text but not emails. I drive constantly during the day and that was a massive problem for me. So, my only real option that I would consider was the Vivid.

Let me say the name lives up to the screen. It is one of the best I have seen. Great color depth, not fake looking like the Sammy's. Battery life is no where near as good as the Titan, but lets face it no Android phone would be. WP7.5 does an amazing job on battery. Anyway. Build quality is excellent. Signal is great. Better than anything I have used on AT&T. Areas where I would have nothing, I have one bar and can maintain a call where they used to drop.

Hate that you have to hide the beauty of the phone in a case, but it is best. That plastic is slippery. I would give the vivid a shot. It is a very good phone. Plus the bootloader can now be unlocked. So S-Off is coming soon and so will CM9. This phone will be amazing with CM9 on it.

SAENZ_SCENE · 12-30-2011, 03:09 AM

I totally agree with the post above. The vivid is a great device. I love the screen as well and now that we are getting s-off and Roms on the way it will be even better. Even if you decide not to root this phone is one you will like. Build quality, screen size and overall performance is great. Plus it will be one of the first to recieve the ice cream sandwich update. The WiFi connection is always strong. I am always on full bars. I love LTE and using the WiFi hot spot feature is a plus. Battery life is what is to be expected from an android. I would really recommend you check it out and give it a try. Good luck in your decision.

Sent from my HTC PH39100

neftv · 12-30-2011, 07:56 AM

fladroid and Seanz Thank you for your posts.
Yesterday I did go to an AT&T store and looked at the Vivid. They allow you to test the phone make a phone call. So I did that. I thought the phone call audio quality was the same as the Titan. Atleast on mine it is. Very Cell phone quality. I guess that is typical for HTCs. I was told you can almost get a day out of the battery. I also looked at (SAR Specific Absorbtion rate) of all the phones I mentioned and Titan has the lowest although there are even lower ones based on the chart I saw from CNET.
Over in the WPcentral someone had been talking with HTC about Titan's call audio quality and finally they said they know about the audio issue and they are working on it. As for the reboot issue some else came up with the idea to check the Sim Card and the holder that it sits in. So I did that and this is my first overnight without a reboot.

SAENZ_SCENE · 12-30-2011, 11:56 AM

No problem. Hope it goes well with the Titan. I like that phone big time.

Sent from my HTC PH39100

neftv · 12-30-2011, 07:49 PM

How is the video recording on the Vivid? Let say your in your living room and your TV is like 20 feet away as normal audio level, how is the audio pick up? With the Titan it seems like if your not right up need the mic you really have to put the volume all the up to hear it in playback.

Iamdunne · 12-30-2011, 08:17 PM

I was really thinking long and hard about switching to the Titan and checking out windows but after having android and using a launcher that somewhat mimics windows I too worried I would get bored. Went with the iPhone 4s for a few days but wasn't for me for the same reasons after android found it boring. Opted for a white vivid and I must say I really liked the phone. Thought the display was wonderful and really liked sense. Only real complaints were with out of order and multiple texts, and I didn't like the volume of the phone at max I strained to hear my gps directions. Final straw was when I took my case off and the front plastic was pulling away from the screen. I returned mine for the skyrocket. Have now had usage of both phones for a month and after having 5 smart phones I have come to the conclusion there is no perfect phone! Pros and cons of each. Not sure if that helps, guess it matters what you find most important in a smart phone and go with the one that is best at that. I do miss my vivid display... But am happy with my skyrocket.

spaceboyusa · 12-30-2011, 08:51 PM

I really wanted to like the Vivid but after two phones and what I call a "reboot a day" (at least once a day, if not more, when I would press the power button to wake the phone up from standby, it would just crash and reboot), I gave up. I ended up switching to the LG Nitro for two weeks but it's battery life is terrible so I bailed entirely to Verizon and the Galaxy Nexus, where I am finally happy.

To each his own...not saying my Vivid experience should deter you as other than the reboots, I was pretty happy with the phone.

SAENZ_SCENE · 12-30-2011, 11:09 PM

Well said by both posts above. It's a matter of prefere and each phone has its pluses. As for the volume when recording I do find it good. The sound is clear. It could be louder but Is in no way bad. The only thing I do wish was better was the speaker. When listening to YouTube or tunein the volume is not very loud. Luckily power amp is a beast for my collection and makes it sound great!

Sent from my HTC PH39100

AnonymousUser · 12-31-2011, 12:41 AM

I have the HTC Vivid & an iPhone 4S, and I prefer the Vivid over the iPhone 4S in some ways.

~The 4.5" screen on the Vivid is awesome, the colours are deep and pleasant to look at.

~The internet connection options are AT&T HSPA+, AT&T LTE, and WiFi. The WiFi has a strong signal lock, and the AT&T data network holds fair, and is very fast.

~The battery life is actually very good on my Vivid. I set up "Facebook For Sense", synced 2 times per day, "Weather" is setup to sync when the phone is turned on, and Gmail is setup for push. Nothing synced for "Stocks", "News", etc. I also have the GPS & other nonessential features turned off, as GPS can be turned on in the Notification Bar>Settings. And, with an app killer (AppControl is good), killing off apps after closing them, really helps. With those tweaks in mind, I can easy get about 2 days between charges, and that is with moderate usage (a few calls, texts, emails, running a couple of apps, etc.).

I did notice the camera actually runs the battery down a bit. I was taking 20 pictures over the span of 30 minutes, and the battery lost 20%. But with a 4.5" screen, a camera, & sending those 20 pictures to Gmail all drinking the battery's juice, that is to be expected.

The battery life on the Vivid actually runs about the same as it does on my iPhone 4S (approx. 2 days) with the same usage, except on the Vivid, it is synced to "Facebook For Sense" twice daily.

All-in-all, the Vivid is an awesome phone, & shouldn't be taken as just the same-ol, same-ol HTC device. This is a HTC phone in a category all it's own. I even prefer it over my old HTC Evo 3D.