No ICS for "OLD" Photon for months: Time for new phone?

**popologuy** · 08-13-2012, 06:50 PM

Not so much tired of waiting as I'm bummed that my stock photon will not have 4G (Wimax done forever) or ICS (for a while), and the slider photon didn't "wow" me at all.

Bottom line, I plan to stay with Sprint.

I think I'm going with a Galaxy Note 2 (if it ever gets to Sprint) or SG3 (if they ever release it in black) at the end of the year.

If you are thinking the same, what phone are you going to move to?

**japark** · 08-13-2012, 10:03 PM

I'm quite happy with my Photon and can wait for ICS. Wimax/LTE issues don't matter to me because I have only 1X service at home (airave) and 1x service at work (Verizon).

Can't imagine why anyone wants a Samsung phone. I might select an HTC as an alternative, but not a Samsung. Nothing much matters in a phone if you cannot establish a connection and cannot maintain a connection. Dropped calls and missed calls render any phone mostly useless.

**9878** · 08-13-2012, 10:13 PM

My wife and son have the SG2 and love it. Cheaper than 3 too. $50 at Bestbuy now. I' ll wait for ICS on my Photon Torpedo!

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**docgoat1987** · 08-14-2012, 02:26 AM

Im waiting too

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**dalebert54** · 08-14-2012, 01:23 PM

@popologuy you had a Pre, you should be used to waiting...ICS will be here "in the coming months". Either way, look close at the connection issues with Sammy, as jpark said. I looked and have seen lots of complaints, and I never have a problem with the Photon. Minus the time mine died, that is, and that seems to have been an issue with an app according to the repair rep. It seems I may have bricked the radios messing around in 4G settings with a toggle app designed for the EVO.

**hirenpathak** · 08-14-2012, 03:53 PM

There is Motorola Photon 4G LTE coming to Sprint next month.. I think you should wait for that rather than switching to SG 2 because there are some really good things about photon that you will miss in SG2. No DLNA & No World Phone for SG.

**Topgonzo** · 08-14-2012, 04:22 PM

The photon is a great phone. I got the evo lte but mainly due to the fact that I live in a area that is now getting lte signal. If I was in a wimax area that wasn't due to get lte for a year or so I would use my upgrade once it was available so I could continue to use wimax until then.

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**tirith** · 08-14-2012, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by hirenpathak

There is Motorola Photon 4G LTE coming to Sprint next month.. I think you should wait for that rather than switching to SG 2 because there are some really good things about photon that you will miss in SG2. No DLNA & No World Phone for SG.

This sunday?

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**BenjaSands** · 08-14-2012, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by tirith

This sunday?

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Yup. Surprising it is coming out this quick after being announced. It looks ok but I have had bad luck with phones that have slideout keyboards and I think it would make it too bulky.

**neal77** · 08-15-2012, 11:38 PM

I don't like the fact that the international sim card is locked so you can not put another sim card in from the country you are visiting. I hope there will be a way to unlock it on the photon Q or it won't be worth it for me to upgrade.

**Puzzlegal** · 08-16-2012, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by neal77

I don't like the fact that the international sim card is locked so you can not put another sim card in from the country you are visiting. I hope there will be a way to unlock it on the photon Q or it won't be worth it for me to upgrade.

Where did you learn that the sim will be locked? That's not true for the original photon.

I also jumped from a pre to a photon. I'll probably wait for ics on this device, although the keyboard on the photon Q appeals to me.

**hirenpathak** · 08-17-2012, 09:55 AM

I would think that the Photon Q would be same as the original Photon - size wise and weight wise because it has to fit into the original Photon accessories as well.

**Cellmeister** · 08-17-2012, 12:56 PM

"No ICS for "OLD" Photon for months: Time for new phone?"

I have rooted my Photon and it's the cat's meow!

I really don't care about ICS & the further lockdown's Moto/Sprint will probably do to the ICS update for the Photon.

In fact I won't even update to OTA 2.3.5 Update due to all the complaints & issues

But everyone has there own opinion so wish you the best.

**tirith** · 08-17-2012, 01:35 PM

I'm still debating buying this one off contract... Especially since I just shattered the screen on the one I've had two weeks... But I'll probably check ebay in a couple months... Forget paying sprint $550

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**kmcochran** · 08-18-2012, 08:24 AM

How did you shatter your screen? I thought that Gorilla glass was supposed to be pretty indestructible.

**tirith** · 08-18-2012, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by kmcoch

How did you shatter your screen? I thought that Gorilla glass was supposed to be pretty indestructible.

It's scratch resistant. I was probably close to 70 feet above ground and dropped it..

And I'm still using it

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**christianttt** · 08-25-2012, 11:29 PM

Just wait a month or two for the ICS realease, so the JB custom roms that are already on XDAdevelopers get more stable with the drivers and that stuff...

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**SandersJC1964** · 08-26-2012, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by hirenpathak

I would think that the Photon Q would be same as the original Photon - size wise and weight wise because it has to fit into the original Photon accessories as well.

From the Image Gallery the Photon Q won't be fitting into the Photon docks. The connectors are on the bottom left rather than the top left.

**Dreamliner330** · 08-27-2012, 10:25 AM

Personally, I'm moving on to the Atrix HD & Straight Talk (AT&T). The Atrix HD is the phone the Photon LTE should be (The Photon Q isn't even HD!)

I've chatted with a few people who have made the same move and are ecstatic. HSPA+ is just as fast if not faster than WIMAX and works in more places. Straight Talk is $45 a month, so that's nice.

I've been with Sprint for over a decade, I'm done now.

**buzzardjrt** · 08-27-2012, 06:47 PM

I im irritated with these phone companies not updating phones. I have decided to wait till the end of the year and see what Google brings out. I would like to see Google do what Samsung did with their 10.1 note in Europe. Put phone capabilities in it. I am pretty sure that will not happen but it is ok to dream. Plus the Samsung screens are by far the best I have seen by far.

But I also read (somewhere) that Google is allowing EVERY OEM to make there own Google phone. It never said when that was going to be released but I am hoping by year end we will know.

**Dreamliner330** · 08-27-2012, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by buzzardjrt

Plus the Samsung screens are by far the best I have seen by far.

You must be blind! I can see grainyness from 2 feet away on the GS3. Yuk!

The Motorola ColorBoost, HTC EVO LTE & iPhone have much higher clarity screens than GS3.

I want a Motorola Nexus. That would be amazing.

**vic6string** · 08-30-2012, 06:49 PM

I love my Photon (now that I re-rooted after 2.3.5... it pissed me off for a second there). My wife has a Samsung GS3, and I can tell you that her reception is awful compared to my MoPho. My area (Miami) is slated for LTE before the end of the year, but I am more than happy letting everyone else be the guinea pigs for the new system. WiMax is not going anywhere anytime soon, and it can only get faster with so many people jumping ship and buying LTE phones (and dropping off the WiMax). Now if only Moto would release the bootloader so we can throw custom ROMS on without killing WiMax... that would have me keep the phone for my full 2 years.

**popologuy** · 08-30-2012, 08:42 PM

thanks for all the responses. The Galaxy Note 2 looks good to me and will have to wait until the end of 2012 just to see if it will be offered by sprint. Might even have ics by then....

**Mike77** · 09-04-2012, 09:37 AM

Its funny, I had an Epic 4g slider and became disenfranchised with Samsung due to the late and poor quality updates.

Went to the Photon and it was the best phone out of the box I ever had. Its sad that they do not have ICS yet but that is likely due to the fact that the phone is not popular and does not have a large amount of users, even though it was/is a real solid phone.

Now I am going to try Samsung again since I have an upgrade and am going to give the GS3 a try. Not going to hesitate going back to the MoPho though If I'm not satisfied.