Merge

[Dperks17]

anyone ditching their incredible for the Merge? I know am I sometimes I really do miss the physical keyboard..and not to mention the insane speed of the merge

 

[mclarryjr]

Not me, I had the D1 and never used the physical keyboard even thou the Merge will have a better keyboard I still prefer the on screen keyboard.

 

[bkorver]

Bing = FAIL

 

[cinnabubbles]

Nope. I enjoy the virtual keyboard very much. I find physical keyboards awkward (Mom has a ENV touch, hate both the touchscreen AND the physical keyboard on that thing.)

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[hrbib21]

The idea, for me, is to move forward, not backwards. I see no reason to downgrade to the Merge.

 

[dms76]

I always have trouble with virtual keyboards. Since the latest update I think the dinc's works better.

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[rohdawgeleven]

The idea, for me, is to move forward, not backwards. I see no reason to downgrade to the Merge.

A new phone comes out and it's a "downgrade" ? How's that?

 

[Dperks17]

The phone is nothing short of being a downgrade what so ever. My friend has the G2 and side by side benchmarks it blows my dinc out of the water. He is also rooted and overclocked to 1.2 I'm overclocked as well to 1.15. And the whole thing with Bing I could care less ill root the phone and delete it not a problem. So yeah the phone is defiantly not a downgrade.

 

[bkorver]

My friend has the G2 and side by side benchmarks it blows my dinc out of the water.

The G2 is on HSPA+ (4g), the Incredible and the Merge are on EVDO (3g). The G2 will blow the Merge out of the water just as easy.

 

[bburkhar]

Nope I will prolly wait for incredible hd (mecca).

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[jas o]

Waiting for Dinc HD

 

[Disturbed_Angel]

What does the speed of the data connection have to do with benchmarks? They are a test of the device, not the connection.

 

[BSG75]

Not interested in physical keyboard.
Not interested in helping to convince Verizon that replacing Google with Bing is a good idea (if you could easily switch back and forth I would have no problem. Since it requires root, however, that tells the execs that people who bought it like it just fine).

 

[davidnc]

I will pass on the Merge as well, I will check out the Htc HD tho when more info is available

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[Dperks17]

Lol I don't care about network speed 3G does me just fine. I use WiFi at home anyways. I'm talking about the benchmarking the phone will put up 3000+ on quadrant.

 

[bkorver]

I would rather have a phone that scored 1500 on quadrant that was set up the way I wanted to use it than 3000+ and all Binged up. That's what makes this country great. We can agree to disagree and we both win...

 

[Dperks17]

It'll be rooted before ya know it and ill rid of all the bing

 

[hrbib21]

The phone is nothing short of being a downgrade what so ever. My friend has the G2 and side by side benchmarks it blows my dinc out of the water. He is also rooted and overclocked to 1.2 I'm overclocked as well to 1.15. And the whole thing with Bing I could care less ill root the phone and delete it not a problem. So yeah the phone is defiantly not a downgrade.

It is definitely a downgrade:

HTC Merge aka Lexikon is shaping up to be a mid-range offering which is speculated to feature LTE connectivity, a 3.8” WVGA touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera, full QWERTY keyboard, 800MHz processor, MSM7630 chipset, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, HTC Sense 1.6, and Android 2.2 Froyo.

I have no problem with the phone, especially for people who require a keyboard and/or a world phone, but comparing those stats to the Incredible isn't even worth the time, especially when the huge majority of users, like myself, will never root and simply don't care to. Obviously, some of you only care about processor speed, how nice for you, but it just doesn't matter to most of us when our phones already run faster than we even need at this point.

 

[Dperks17]

Its not all about megapixels or or internal storage when you comapre the merge to the incredible. 8mp is nice but comparing 5 to 8 is not a deal breaker when my pictures are going up on facebook anyways. and the internal memory isnt a big deal either i have a 32gb sd card for storage. So when comparing the merge and the incredible i'll take the merge any day with dedicated buttons on the keyboard and a much faster gpu and a slightly slower CPU speed. I'll actually be able to run a live wallpaper and not have my phone have a heart attack.

 

[bkorver]

5 to 8 mega pixels isn't a big deal to you, 4 vs 8 gigs of internal storage isn't a big deal to you, and a keyboard and faster gpu isn't a big deal to me. My live wallpapers run just fine, thank you. I have experienced choppiness a few times, but that was because I was messing around and experimenting with kernels... the set up I have now blazes any DInc out of the box and I am very content with my choice. I wish you well with your Merge, Dannyseed, I genuinely do. We all deserve the phone we want and a positive android experience benefits everyone.

P.S. If I catch one of my friends with one I will definitely let him or her show it off!