I couldn't agree more, I too am coming from the Motor Atrix 2 and after Motorola dishonored their warrenty policy and wouldn't repair my phone I vowed never to get another Motorola product (phone would power down and reboot every 5 minuetes and was stuck in airplane mode). which is a shame because I always enjoyed motorolas products, the A2 was nice although I never got the ICS update (it still had 2.3.6) and the Atrix HD looked promising.
The ion is simply beautiful. I did my research on the newest smart phones before I bought this one and I must say I believe I made a good choice. the only thing this comes in lacking is the battery life. I am able to squeeze 6 to 7 hours out of it "normal" use but unfortunately I am a heavy internet and text user. but one of my favorite features that no reviewer ever mentioned anything about is the built in screenshot capability! I've never seen an Android phone with built in screen shot function! so this was a welcome surprise. Previously I had to root my android phone in order to get this feature, so this is a great addition to the stock firmware. in 2.3.7 it was a menu option when you hold down power which I liked. in ICS its hidden and you must hold power and volume down together for a second and viola! No reviewer ever covered this feature of the ion. I really like ICS but I also have noticed that tge ion isn't as smooth and as responsive as 2.3.7 was before I figured out that I had to download 4.0 I was actually quite content with it. but with its 1.5 dual core it still has no issues with anything ICS can throw at it. And I must say that the LTE is awesome. I was a skeptic at first but when I got the ion and started running speed tests all over my area (Philadelphia) it changed me into a believer. I haven't got anything less than a 10mbps connection yet! It normally ranges from 20-45Mbps!
ICS looks beautiful and complements the ion to the tee. I simply love the design and aesthetics of the ion and the ion plus ICS together make an amazing combination (the ICS keyboard is also a welcome improvement). I'm really hoping the ion gets the 4.1 JB update too.
Bottom line is this phone has been the subject of many biased and not so great reviews because everyone and their mother praises the SGIII and HTC One X so much that they haven't gotten their heads out of their asses long enough to realize that the Sony ion is great phone. The One X didn't cut it for me, no external memory card and only 16gb onboard with no hdmi out feature. The SIII requires a converter before hdmi out is available. Since coming from the A2 I had a 32GB card and a mini hdmi to hdmi cable already so I wanted something compatible with the accessories I already had. Despite the SGIII's 2 gigs or ram, the phone just didn't speak to me like the ion did. Too much plastic and no physical camera button plus the MHS or whatever adaptor I would need for hdmi out was a turn off. The SGIII didn't feel right in my hands either, it just felt cheap. With the ion I have 10Gbs internal plus 32 on my card and I was able to connect to my tv when I got home. Not that I would really want to though because the screen on the ion is amazing I love the quality! It's only three for four pixels off from the iPhone 5 in terms of pixel density! The ion feels surprising light weight considering it is a bigger phone, but the weight is just right. weighs more than my atrix 2 but the ion feels better in my hand and just looks nicer too. the brushed aluminium rear of the phone is really cool looking and the front of the device is just all screen. wish that dumb at&t logo would go to hell but I can't complain =)
Now I apologize because this post is incredible too long. Just had to say how much I love this phone!
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The ion is simply beautiful. I did my research on the newest smart phones before I bought this one and I must say I believe I made a good choice. the only thing this comes in lacking is the battery life. I am able to squeeze 6 to 7 hours out of it "normal" use but unfortunately I am a heavy internet and text user. but one of my favorite features that no reviewer ever mentioned anything about is the built in screenshot capability! I've never seen an Android phone with built in screen shot function! so this was a welcome surprise. Previously I had to root my android phone in order to get this feature, so this is a great addition to the stock firmware. in 2.3.7 it was a menu option when you hold down power which I liked. in ICS its hidden and you must hold power and volume down together for a second and viola! No reviewer ever covered this feature of the ion. I really like ICS but I also have noticed that tge ion isn't as smooth and as responsive as 2.3.7 was before I figured out that I had to download 4.0 I was actually quite content with it. but with its 1.5 dual core it still has no issues with anything ICS can throw at it. And I must say that the LTE is awesome. I was a skeptic at first but when I got the ion and started running speed tests all over my area (Philadelphia) it changed me into a believer. I haven't got anything less than a 10mbps connection yet! It normally ranges from 20-45Mbps!
ICS looks beautiful and complements the ion to the tee. I simply love the design and aesthetics of the ion and the ion plus ICS together make an amazing combination (the ICS keyboard is also a welcome improvement). I'm really hoping the ion gets the 4.1 JB update too.
Bottom line is this phone has been the subject of many biased and not so great reviews because everyone and their mother praises the SGIII and HTC One X so much that they haven't gotten their heads out of their asses long enough to realize that the Sony ion is great phone. The One X didn't cut it for me, no external memory card and only 16gb onboard with no hdmi out feature. The SIII requires a converter before hdmi out is available. Since coming from the A2 I had a 32GB card and a mini hdmi to hdmi cable already so I wanted something compatible with the accessories I already had. Despite the SGIII's 2 gigs or ram, the phone just didn't speak to me like the ion did. Too much plastic and no physical camera button plus the MHS or whatever adaptor I would need for hdmi out was a turn off. The SGIII didn't feel right in my hands either, it just felt cheap. With the ion I have 10Gbs internal plus 32 on my card and I was able to connect to my tv when I got home. Not that I would really want to though because the screen on the ion is amazing I love the quality! It's only three for four pixels off from the iPhone 5 in terms of pixel density! The ion feels surprising light weight considering it is a bigger phone, but the weight is just right. weighs more than my atrix 2 but the ion feels better in my hand and just looks nicer too. the brushed aluminium rear of the phone is really cool looking and the front of the device is just all screen. wish that dumb at&t logo would go to hell but I can't complain =)
Now I apologize because this post is incredible too long. Just had to say how much I love this phone!
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