sjamie
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I came from the 3VO too. For what reason(s) did you make the switch to the Photon?
Returning for the GS2?
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I came from the 3VO too. For what reason(s) did you make the switch to the Photon?
sjamie
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I'm at my local Sprint store right now and I must admit that the Epic Touch is pretty and is a bit faster than my MoPho. It launched EVERY YouTube video first and it doesn't seem much bigger. If Sammy didn't get beat up by releasing slow updates and I did not have a MoPho, I would definitely get the E4T.
I just left the sprint store and the epic touch is nice and all but the resolution is noticeable not that it would stop me from getting it if I wanted one but I wonder if the 3vo guy's that tried to stop me from getting the mofo will hate this phone aswell
I have seen tons of reviews, and even though sgs2 edges the mopho, I bought the phone because Motorola got bought out by google. Updates are likely to be mainlined right into the photon's veins! Purple haze, yo! 
sjamie
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I have been using the SII all day and will be returning it and keeping my Photon. Photon is just an all around better phone.
Having come from a number of Photons with issues (I reallly tried to keep loving it) and going to an GSII there is no way I would go back. The call quality / earpiece and speaker are every bit as good. The overall experience is much faster...no hesitation or weird flashing during scrolling. Very light which is great.
I really didn't like the Photon screen due to the Pentile and I realize that was just my preference. My eyes are 54 years old now and I love the bigger screen. ghd is nice after seeing it both on the Photon and the Evo 3d but it makes things awfully small.
3G data (I have no 4g where I live or where I am currently) is fast...while it's subjective, I feel as though it loads pages faster than the Photon did but I have no way to quantitatively confirm that.
The form factor /shape of the Photon was wonderful..I think MOTO did a great job with that but when I combine the lightness of the Samsung, even in a TPU case and the screen real estate, it's rather hard to beat. I'm sure the larger size may turn some off but it's darn near perfect for me. I picked up my old EVO 4G a bit ago to list it for sale and it feels like a paperweight!
I would never go back.....and honestly, I don't think the Google/ Moto thing, even if it goes through is going to have any impact on phone updates for quite some time to come. It's not even due to be finalized till next spring some time...if it finally happens for real.
I need a phone that works...not something that gives me issues and even with the third Photon still shuts down just for no reason a couple of times a day.
I really didn't like the Photon screen due to the Pentile and I realize that was just my preference. My eyes are 54 years old now and I love the bigger screen. ghd is nice after seeing it both on the Photon and the Evo 3d but it makes things awfully small.
3G data (I have no 4g where I live or where I am currently) is fast...while it's subjective, I feel as though it loads pages faster than the Photon did but I have no way to quantitatively confirm that.
The form factor /shape of the Photon was wonderful..I think MOTO did a great job with that but when I combine the lightness of the Samsung, even in a TPU case and the screen real estate, it's rather hard to beat. I'm sure the larger size may turn some off but it's darn near perfect for me. I picked up my old EVO 4G a bit ago to list it for sale and it feels like a paperweight!
I would never go back.....and honestly, I don't think the Google/ Moto thing, even if it goes through is going to have any impact on phone updates for quite some time to come. It's not even due to be finalized till next spring some time...if it finally happens for real.
I need a phone that works...not something that gives me issues and even with the third Photon still shuts down just for no reason a couple of times a day.
While the E4GT does have a bigger screen, it doesn't have more screen real estate. At least not in the way I think of "screen real estate". The E4GT has 33% fewer pixels than the MoPho, which means it has less real estate for the OS to put things on.
Returned my Photon and picked up the Epic 4G Touch yesterday, no comparison the Epic wins hands down by a lot. I wanted to like the Photon but it had too many issues with slowing down during use and the pentile screen was driving me crazy. I really like the resolution of the Epic, many things were too small on the Photon.
Photon was barely a step up from my EVO 4G.
If you are considering swapping your Photon for an Epic Touch do it!
Photon was barely a step up from my EVO 4G.
If you are considering swapping your Photon for an Epic Touch do it!
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Messed around with a a epic touch today and it felt like how it feels if I put my 22" monitor on 800x600 resolution where it makes the icon super big. Still has the same cheap feel like all samsung phones do, although it does look nice.
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Okay, so, I stopped by the Sprint store today and gave the E4GT a good workout. I'll give some thoughts here, and note that although I currently have a Photon I have no vested interest in it over the E4GT. Indeed, I'll be deciding soon between the two, because my wife needs a new smartphone and will likely get a Photon whether it's mine (and I get the E4GT) or her own.
1. Build: The phone is very light, almost too light, and it's noticeably bigger than the Photon. Personally, I like the Photon in hand much better than the E4GT--the Photon just feels more solid to me. The E4GT's build quality is probably very good but the lightness made it feel a little cheap to me. Winner: Photon.
2. Screen: The E4GT's screen didn't seem noticeably better to me than the Photon's, and note that I'm one who doesn't notice the "screendoor" effect. To me, the colors on the E4GT were blown out as usual, it wasn't as bright, and I didn't like the resolution. Comparing the E4GT to the Photon side-by-side, I felt like the E4GT was something intended for a preschooler. Text was crisper on the Photon, and the screen was brighter on auto. Winner: Photon.
3. Touchscreen: I was very disappointed to find that the E4GT was displaying the same missed touches on the capacitive buttons as my Epic did. On a number of occasions, I had to hit the home and back buttons more than once to get them to register, which reminded me of one of my frustrations with the Epic. Overall, touch seemed less responsive than the Photon, which is perfect in this regard. Winner: Photon
4. Performance: I noticed some lag when switching home screens on the E4GT, pretty much identical to the sorts of lag I experience with the Photon. Nothing major, but there. Opening and running apps seemed pretty much identical. I also MUCH prefer the screen transitions on the Photon, including moving from landscape to portrait and back. Not only do I like the smoothness of the transition effect on the Photon, but it's quicker. The E4GT hesitated sometimes in changing orientation, which always bugged me on the Epic. Winner: Overall performance a tie, transitions Photon.
5. Skin: TouchWiz 4.0, which I love on my wife's Galaxy Tab 10.1, doesn't translate as well to the phone. It seemed much more cartoonish to me on the E4GT, with overly bright colors in some places and then the unpleasant dark color scheme with the calendar and such. Although the widgets seem nicer on the E4GT than the low-res widgets in the Photon's skin (proto-Blur or whatever it's called), overall I like what Motorola's done here. Winner: Photon.
6. Screen: Did I mention that the screen is really big and the resolution means everything just looks unnecessarily large? Oh, yeah, I did, but it needs to be stressed: if you're gonna give us a 4.52" screen, then give us a resolution to go with it. Otherwise everything's just blown up to no purpose.
Overall, I think that if my wife ends up needing a new phone right now, she'll likely get her own Photon and I'll keep mine. I can see no good reason to get the E4GT over the Photon, and a number of really good reasons to pick the Photon over the E4GT. I doubt we'll see a difference in real-world performance, I prefer the brightness and crispness of the Photon's screen, and the Photon just seems like the more elegant, serious, and powerful device because of the more solid build, extra heft, and screen transitions.
My personal opinion is that the E4GT might be the better-spec'ed device in some ways, and benchmarks better, but the Photon is the better smartphone overall. And that's not even to mention the likely superior Motorola radios, which I didn't get a chance to compare. But that's one of the things that's impressed me most about the Photon--I honestly don't think a smartphone can perform _better_ than the Photon as a phone.
1. Build: The phone is very light, almost too light, and it's noticeably bigger than the Photon. Personally, I like the Photon in hand much better than the E4GT--the Photon just feels more solid to me. The E4GT's build quality is probably very good but the lightness made it feel a little cheap to me. Winner: Photon.
2. Screen: The E4GT's screen didn't seem noticeably better to me than the Photon's, and note that I'm one who doesn't notice the "screendoor" effect. To me, the colors on the E4GT were blown out as usual, it wasn't as bright, and I didn't like the resolution. Comparing the E4GT to the Photon side-by-side, I felt like the E4GT was something intended for a preschooler. Text was crisper on the Photon, and the screen was brighter on auto. Winner: Photon.
3. Touchscreen: I was very disappointed to find that the E4GT was displaying the same missed touches on the capacitive buttons as my Epic did. On a number of occasions, I had to hit the home and back buttons more than once to get them to register, which reminded me of one of my frustrations with the Epic. Overall, touch seemed less responsive than the Photon, which is perfect in this regard. Winner: Photon
4. Performance: I noticed some lag when switching home screens on the E4GT, pretty much identical to the sorts of lag I experience with the Photon. Nothing major, but there. Opening and running apps seemed pretty much identical. I also MUCH prefer the screen transitions on the Photon, including moving from landscape to portrait and back. Not only do I like the smoothness of the transition effect on the Photon, but it's quicker. The E4GT hesitated sometimes in changing orientation, which always bugged me on the Epic. Winner: Overall performance a tie, transitions Photon.
5. Skin: TouchWiz 4.0, which I love on my wife's Galaxy Tab 10.1, doesn't translate as well to the phone. It seemed much more cartoonish to me on the E4GT, with overly bright colors in some places and then the unpleasant dark color scheme with the calendar and such. Although the widgets seem nicer on the E4GT than the low-res widgets in the Photon's skin (proto-Blur or whatever it's called), overall I like what Motorola's done here. Winner: Photon.
6. Screen: Did I mention that the screen is really big and the resolution means everything just looks unnecessarily large? Oh, yeah, I did, but it needs to be stressed: if you're gonna give us a 4.52" screen, then give us a resolution to go with it. Otherwise everything's just blown up to no purpose.
Overall, I think that if my wife ends up needing a new phone right now, she'll likely get her own Photon and I'll keep mine. I can see no good reason to get the E4GT over the Photon, and a number of really good reasons to pick the Photon over the E4GT. I doubt we'll see a difference in real-world performance, I prefer the brightness and crispness of the Photon's screen, and the Photon just seems like the more elegant, serious, and powerful device because of the more solid build, extra heft, and screen transitions.
My personal opinion is that the E4GT might be the better-spec'ed device in some ways, and benchmarks better, but the Photon is the better smartphone overall. And that's not even to mention the likely superior Motorola radios, which I didn't get a chance to compare. But that's one of the things that's impressed me most about the Photon--I honestly don't think a smartphone can perform _better_ than the Photon as a phone.
I love my moPho. I just wish my bluetooth didn't mess with my proximity sensor and worked as intended. I can't exchange my moPho, over my 30 days, but I wouldn't trade it for the E4GT either.
Thanks for all that info!
Thanks for all that info!
No thanks - the last thing I want/need is an even bigger device and screen! The photon has been great compared to the issues and problems i had all the time with my epic - I'm done with Samsung for awhile. Moto isn't perfect, but it's been solid since I got it and I'm keeping it!
Mo pho is going back. I am sure I have a defective one cause the experience is terrible. The Samsung is better in everyway so except speaker quality
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Just wait a while (LOL, sorry I couldn't resist) for that first update and you'll see the major flaw in samsung phones.
That's a very detailed and descriptive post of the issues you are having! That's quite helpful.
I have both, I bought a photon and since I work for sprint I got a gs2 free. I must say I like pretty much everything about my photon better first off the gs2 feels so cheap and is so big I feel like I am going to break it and it is hard to text on even with my Big hands. the screen resolution on the gs2 is a joke I feel like I am stick back in 1995 with the crazy low resolution on my computer screen and the super big icons. Don't like it at all. I do have to say that the camera on the gs2 blows are ****ty camera away I really am kinda jealous of that, but other than that my mopho is super fast no problems, and battery is great.
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Cameras on Samsung phones rock, thats for sure. I would prob rate my (original) Epic's as better then the Photon's. But thats about all I like with them atm, not enough for me to deal with Samsung again.
I traded in my Photon for S2 here are my observations:
Pros:
More colorful brigher Screen
Bigger screen, but unit is not that much bigger
Better button layout for left handed use
I like UI better
Similiar or better battery usage
Camera is better and more features and Panorama feature
Better video 1080p vs 720
Similar reception, can't detect difference
S2 does NOT wack out my home Wifi when Photon 4G or phone Wifi is on (AirRave problem?)
S2 lighter and a lot thinner
Can't tell difference in speed, I'm not a gamer
Music listening quality is better on S2 music loud, but phone volume much less on S2?
S2 has very simple screenshoots with keys
Cons
S2 is not world phone
S2 is not as loud using headset as Photon, the headset tone quality not as good as Photon
Overall
S2 wins, if I needed a world phone might be different. The screen is a lot better on S2, especially at angles. I wish phone sound quality was better using my headset, its just as good as Photon without a headset. S2 UI is much better, just seems to flow better.
Pros:
More colorful brigher Screen
Bigger screen, but unit is not that much bigger
Better button layout for left handed use
I like UI better
Similiar or better battery usage
Camera is better and more features and Panorama feature
Better video 1080p vs 720
Similar reception, can't detect difference
S2 does NOT wack out my home Wifi when Photon 4G or phone Wifi is on (AirRave problem?)
S2 lighter and a lot thinner
Can't tell difference in speed, I'm not a gamer
Music listening quality is better on S2 music loud, but phone volume much less on S2?
S2 has very simple screenshoots with keys
Cons
S2 is not world phone
S2 is not as loud using headset as Photon, the headset tone quality not as good as Photon
Overall
S2 wins, if I needed a world phone might be different. The screen is a lot better on S2, especially at angles. I wish phone sound quality was better using my headset, its just as good as Photon without a headset. S2 UI is much better, just seems to flow better.
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