The Official "I got my Epic 4G Touch" Thread
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I love browsing Market. Type in something want your phone to do and chances there's an app for it...and probably free. So far I have ringtone rotator, wallpaper changer, Zedge and Agile Lock.
Yeah, got mine. I'm really liking it. I moved over from the Epic 4G, so I'm keeping it in the family. All in all, I miss my keyboard, but this is a really nice phone.
Got mine at Best Buy on the day of... Came from an original first day Pre. Sad to see webos get forgotten and left by the wayside, but Android is suh-weet. Got a screen-protector from Sprint, but still looking for a good case.
I just got mine Thursday and absolutely love it. Kept original epic for hubby. Such a great phone too couldn't part. Waiting on case i got on eBay. Can't scratch this puppy. Awesome except my swype won't take slide from apostrophe to letter for contractions. Don't like that. I'll survive. Phone is awesome. Tablet collecting dust now.
Bought my Epic Touch on 09/30 from Sprint. I have had a few days to play with it and love it! I was using the EVO 4g and this phone blows it out of the water. I do highly recommend putting a case on it because this baby is pretty slippery in your hand without one....dropped mine the first day! Lucky for me it landed on my dog's pillow!! Bought one right after that. The screen is beyond vibrant and the phone is super fast. So much faster than EVO. Lot's of neat new features with the best of the old one's included. Totally worth the price I had to pay to upgrade.
DirkBelig
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Got mine last night after reaching the breaking point with my launch day OG EVO's stupid low memory issues and so far I'm very impressed, but have some niggles.
+ Screen is pure sex. I'm a photographer and looking at my work on the EVO compared to this is a shocker.
- But the auto-brightness is a mess. In near total darkness, it's actually TOO dark; like it's below where manually setting would be.
+ But you can adjust the brightness by scrubbing the notification bar left/right.
+ 2GB of app space? WINNING!
? Battery life at my work - which is building like a Kryptonite Faraday cage is as bad as the EVO due to weak signal, but it takes a few cycles to break in the battery, so not panicking yet.
+ It's FAST!!! Blazing thru menus and screens, in and out of programs, it's great to not have to wait for Sense to reload for several seconds.
+ The configurability of TouchWiz is excellent. The ability to take out empty home screens and rearrange them is slick. The fast scrolling of app pages is cool and the way it wraps around is uber-cool.
+ A lot of cool programs like the Camera FX, Photo Editor and others I haven't even gotten into. Very nice.
+ Two words: Kies Air. I had a similar app on the EVO which made the phone into a server that you could manage from a browser, but this is a whole new thing. Not having to plug in to transfer files = WINNING times 100!
+ It's so light, it feels like it's half of the EVO's heft even though it's only 25% lighter. It's a little slippy, so I guess I'll need a skin because I doubt it can take a drop like the EVO could. (Was dropped twice onto concrete and survived. Yikes!)
- Not too crazy about the ringtones. I'm going to copy the EVO's tones over so I can reconfigure it to sound the way I'm used to.
- Notification LED is lethargic. They need to patch in a way to get a faster blink rate.
- Stock time/weather widgets are lame, like tapping the clock doesn't take you anywhere. I'm using Fancy Widgets Pro (gotten free from Amazon) and it's better.
? It's so thin, the ergonomics of my using SwiftKey are borked and I'm slow and typo prone because my hands are used to a certain feel for the past 16 months. That'll get better. It's not a design flaw.
+ I was showing it o a co-worker with an iPhone 4 and he was blown away by the huge, colorful screen and the speed of it. Five minutes later, I was talking to another guy in the building and pulled it out to check my email - I wasn't showing it off at all - and he asked, "What's that? Is that one of those 3D phones?"
This is where Apple blew it with the iPhone 4S: It doesn't command any attention because it looks no different than what's been out over a year now. And the difference between a 4.52" screen and a 3.5" screen is bigger than it sounds. The beef that the GS2 should've had a WXGA (or whatever) screen is moot. It looks fine, not jaggy at all.
That's all I have for less than a day of use. I'll update as I find out more.
+ Screen is pure sex. I'm a photographer and looking at my work on the EVO compared to this is a shocker.
- But the auto-brightness is a mess. In near total darkness, it's actually TOO dark; like it's below where manually setting would be.
+ But you can adjust the brightness by scrubbing the notification bar left/right.
+ 2GB of app space? WINNING!
? Battery life at my work - which is building like a Kryptonite Faraday cage is as bad as the EVO due to weak signal, but it takes a few cycles to break in the battery, so not panicking yet.
+ It's FAST!!! Blazing thru menus and screens, in and out of programs, it's great to not have to wait for Sense to reload for several seconds.
+ The configurability of TouchWiz is excellent. The ability to take out empty home screens and rearrange them is slick. The fast scrolling of app pages is cool and the way it wraps around is uber-cool.
+ A lot of cool programs like the Camera FX, Photo Editor and others I haven't even gotten into. Very nice.
+ Two words: Kies Air. I had a similar app on the EVO which made the phone into a server that you could manage from a browser, but this is a whole new thing. Not having to plug in to transfer files = WINNING times 100!
+ It's so light, it feels like it's half of the EVO's heft even though it's only 25% lighter. It's a little slippy, so I guess I'll need a skin because I doubt it can take a drop like the EVO could. (Was dropped twice onto concrete and survived. Yikes!)
- Not too crazy about the ringtones. I'm going to copy the EVO's tones over so I can reconfigure it to sound the way I'm used to.
- Notification LED is lethargic. They need to patch in a way to get a faster blink rate.
- Stock time/weather widgets are lame, like tapping the clock doesn't take you anywhere. I'm using Fancy Widgets Pro (gotten free from Amazon) and it's better.
? It's so thin, the ergonomics of my using SwiftKey are borked and I'm slow and typo prone because my hands are used to a certain feel for the past 16 months. That'll get better. It's not a design flaw.
+ I was showing it o a co-worker with an iPhone 4 and he was blown away by the huge, colorful screen and the speed of it. Five minutes later, I was talking to another guy in the building and pulled it out to check my email - I wasn't showing it off at all - and he asked, "What's that? Is that one of those 3D phones?"
This is where Apple blew it with the iPhone 4S: It doesn't command any attention because it looks no different than what's been out over a year now. And the difference between a 4.52" screen and a 3.5" screen is bigger than it sounds. The beef that the GS2 should've had a WXGA (or whatever) screen is moot. It looks fine, not jaggy at all.
That's all I have for less than a day of use. I'll update as I find out more.
Yeah, that's where I came from as well. I actually miss the KB a little, but not enough to turn that phone back on!
Got mine yesterday(actually got 4 total). Coming from an Iphone 3GS and leaving behinds $100 of paid apps, the bigger screen size is a HUGE difference. I couldn't design this phone better than the nerds that design this phone. They really thought of everything! The ability to take 720p video and then sends it wirelessly to my Samsung LED TV is priceless. This thing is truly a mini pc/tablet on the go once we figure out how to get USB togo to work( I read it doesn't). I doubt my HP touchpad or my laptop is going to get much use after this. The best part, paying $200 for 4 lines(tax included) for virtually unlimited everything except the allocated 1600 minutes of landline. That is a saving of easily $600 per line/per year!
I got mine yesterday. I have to admit that I waited until after the iphone announcement before I made my final decision. I still had my first day EVO 4g. Its only been a few months past a year, but sprint still gave me full upgrade pricing with minimal fight even though I had been reduced to a silver premier member (winning!). I ordered it on thursday and it arrived on friday. My first impression is that this thing is super fast. I downloaded about 20 apps in less than 2 mins. I'm still adjusting to the fact that my power button is on the side rather than the top, but this phone is very sexy and super light. Its beeneas than 24 hours but I think its a keeper!
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I was debating trying to fight for the upgrade price, but Sprint's LTE plans hadn't been announced and I figured that by next April, when I'd be eligible for something new, there'd be some crazy awesome phones that will make those still on contract mourn their decisions in Fall 2010. If I'm going to sign on for two more years of Sprint, I'm going to get an LTE 4G phone since WiMax never really came here (Detroit) and that's where they're going.
Got mine a week ago this upcoming Monday... I've been a very patient Sprint customer for 4 1/2 years now. Started with a data card for my business now up to 3 lines going to add 2 more for the iPhone I'm sure. I had a G1 at launch, then an Evo at launch, with a BB Tour on Sprint in between. Loved the EVO but wanted something new. I bought a Macbook Pro earlier this year and an iPod touch before that for my birthday. I enjoy iOS and Apple products in general. I'm a fan for sure. I thought of leaving Sprint for Verizon for the iPhone but Sprint has been a great company to deal with. Not sure about the negative comments from years past but they are on it now, with real honest to goodness Americans answering the phones even, and if you don't think even my liberal butt cares about that during these tough times let me tell you it does.
Anyway I got bored, got tired of waiting for the iPhone. Rumor after rumor, it was crazy. My daughter had a Moment, it was super laggy. The Nexus S was on sale for 29.99 and sprint would give me a $38 credit to turn in that phone. $87 for the Evo. I turned them both in and got the Nexus. She loved it, I didn't. turns out I need/like the IU's and some bloatware. Some stuff I though was android was actually HTC Sense. Nexus doesn't run Visual Voicemail either and I LOVE Visual Voicemail. They announce the iPhone 4S a couple days later. Sprint is getting it the 14, I had only until the 7th to trade in my Nexus.. If I had only waited one more week!!!!!!!! I'm so screwed! Got an ET4G, begrudgingly.. TouchWiz, really? 2 more long years waiting for the iPhone.
Best "decision" I ever made.. Love the phone, screen and functionality. No FaceTime, but I have a Skype account my ET4G an iPod touch and my Mac if needed. Signed up my little girl on Skype and we are pretty happy with that. I'm actually happier for her. My EVO was great and my Epic is awesome but she went from a Samsung Monemt to a Nexus S 4G at 11 years old! Night and day difference for her.
Anyway I thing the Galaxy phones are the best, but the android market is filled with crap. I love buying apps but the android ones are mostly free and ugly. and those that aren't free are still not that attractive and the are DOUBLE sometimes TRIPLE the iPhone similar app. Such a beautiful device uglified by ugly apps. Come on Devs get it together. I like 99 cents!!
BTW feels lighter and smaller than my old EVO. Beautiful device naked;P
Anyway I got bored, got tired of waiting for the iPhone. Rumor after rumor, it was crazy. My daughter had a Moment, it was super laggy. The Nexus S was on sale for 29.99 and sprint would give me a $38 credit to turn in that phone. $87 for the Evo. I turned them both in and got the Nexus. She loved it, I didn't. turns out I need/like the IU's and some bloatware. Some stuff I though was android was actually HTC Sense. Nexus doesn't run Visual Voicemail either and I LOVE Visual Voicemail. They announce the iPhone 4S a couple days later. Sprint is getting it the 14, I had only until the 7th to trade in my Nexus.. If I had only waited one more week!!!!!!!! I'm so screwed! Got an ET4G, begrudgingly.. TouchWiz, really? 2 more long years waiting for the iPhone.
Best "decision" I ever made.. Love the phone, screen and functionality. No FaceTime, but I have a Skype account my ET4G an iPod touch and my Mac if needed. Signed up my little girl on Skype and we are pretty happy with that. I'm actually happier for her. My EVO was great and my Epic is awesome but she went from a Samsung Monemt to a Nexus S 4G at 11 years old! Night and day difference for her.
Anyway I thing the Galaxy phones are the best, but the android market is filled with crap. I love buying apps but the android ones are mostly free and ugly. and those that aren't free are still not that attractive and the are DOUBLE sometimes TRIPLE the iPhone similar app. Such a beautiful device uglified by ugly apps. Come on Devs get it together. I like 99 cents!!
BTW feels lighter and smaller than my old EVO. Beautiful device naked;P
Yeay!! finally done with webOS. Got my SGS2ET4G today at Radioshack in Brandon, FL. Great experience with Becky Frederick, who's been with this store for 25+ years. Many thanks to Store Manager Charles Gold who ordered phone for me. Charles has managed this store for 15 years. They've been selling out consistently. Nice to deal with pleasant and knowledgeable folks. Looking forward to digging into this bad boy. Can't wait.
Got mine Yesterday afternoon. Amazing speed. And so far the battery life is amazing compared to my EVO 4g. almost 20 hours of a charger and it was at 77% battery life. With the same setup on my EVO pretty much, my evo would be at about 30% after 20 hours!
I literally just got my new Epic 4G Touch in the mail from Amazon, I won't lie the screen is so beautiful, it took my breath away 
And that's coming from someone who has been around Apple's retina screen.
So far so good.
And that's coming from someone who has been around Apple's retina screen.
So far so good.
I got mine a few days ago. I am really impressed with the build quality. I had the Galaxy S before this and even though it was a well built phone, the GS2 just feels way more solid. Im impressed with this phone all around, the screen is amazing, the picture quality from the camera is outstanding, and not to mention this phone is fast.
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