mod (samurai1337) hijack:

Use this thread and follow format below and I guess most members can help up in answering it.



Use this thread only if you really want to get an Android phone but can't decide which one to get. If you are deciding between Nokia / Blackberry / Apple iPhone etc... use this general thread instead

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1377497


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Original post from TS:


This post has been edited by samurai1337: Jul 26 2010, 07:07 PM

samsung wave?

CSL Spice MI300.

Samsung Wave is using bada OS.
Go for Samsung Galaxy S

How's the configuration for that? Have a friend who's on the Motorola and he complains about Android being tough to configure and setup....

Not entirely sure what he means but I would prefer if the whole process of downloading and installing aps is made simpler...

Am currently on a Nokia... and the symbian is ok... but I'm just not entirely satisfied with it.... hence the urge to try something different....

go for HTC model
either NEXUS ONE or DESIRE

HTC android better than Samsung android?
BTW anyone know how to install GPS software on android?

Samsung Galaxy S is better

So cool. No lag!

"No lag" is due the SGS's Hummingbird processor,
although both Hummingbird and Snapdragon are 1Ghz processor, but the Hummingbird is able to push more pixels, thus giving better gaming experience.
If you're looking for a gaming phone then SGS is superior, otherwise both Desire and SGS are pretty much the same in smoothness.

I would prefer Desire between the two, I find that Desire's build quality and phone design is better compared to SGS. Plus, Desire comes with HTC Sense UI, which the SGS does not.
Desire also carries a cheaper price tag than the SGS.

This post has been edited by phantomash: Jul 20 2010, 05:09 PM

Add 1 for Desire.
5 mpx camera with flash is better than SGS which has no flash.

can any1 tell me the retail price of HTC desire in malaysia at the moment?. saw 1 at 1b, kota kinabalu. about rm2.3k.. is that the real current retail price here at malaysia?

2.2k SiS,
2050 lowyat.
Mau cheaper, gali la sendiri

oo... so memang 2k++ laa... gud to know... still overbudget for me, got to re-look at other options..

Original is price at RM2000 only.
AP at RM1850.

Many sellers at the garage sales section. Can easily find one trusted one and deal via postage.
But the risk is all yours. Better think and consider.

nexus one?

HTC Nexus One - Pureblood Android.
HTC Desire
Samsung Wave
Motorola Milestone

You cant go wrong with 4 of them.

Recommendation thread is located here
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1377497

Thanks

HTC Nexus One - Pureblood Android.
HTC Desire
Samsung Wave
Motorola Milestone XT720 <---- correction.

You cant go wrong with 4 of them.

Sense UI still wins.

4get nexus 1. even google has gave up on it and leaving it to others to finish up whatever remaining stocks out there.
the best android phone has not exist yet.
best phone is still iphone 3GS for malaysia (until iphone 4 comes out-lar )

but if die die also want android, best shld be htc desire after considering everythg.

Until the round of Android comes around, Samsung Galaxy S has the best specs.

correct, the best phone never exist now and forever.

from the suitcase-phone till iphone....

i think u had misunderstood the word 'best' and 'perfect'.

samsung galaxy s hands down.

I rather buy 2 Samsung Galaxy S


than 1 iphone 4

What's with the iphone fanboys with their pom poms? Go to the iphone thread pls and satisfy your obsession there...

Personally i'd go for the nexus one as google made this their official phone. Google has discontinued new productions of nexus one so you'd better get one quick. Support will remain for existing nexus one owners

This post has been edited by plateau: Jul 20 2010, 11:34 PM

Bro, i thing you are on wrong thread, better go to iphone section and flam all you want

samsung galaxy best hardware so far..
but i bought n1 for myself

let say if froyo is install.. den its shud be no more lag... coz they promise 2-4x faster with JIT compiler... betul ar?

yes confirm betul... proven in vids and those guys who have N1 with froyo and also the desire guys who have flashed the leaked test rom.

seriously mate,u better read up what happen to nexus one...
no best android phone exist and iphone 3gs still the best?
htc desire or galaxy s can easily kick the 1 year old iphone 3gs to the drain...

well... hopefully official froyo come out asap as promised...

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Added on July 21, 2010, 12:27 amhaha... 3gs?! LMAO!! try google motorola droidx... thats truely a poison... 4.3" with 8mp camera.. also performance is way better than 3gs... can support flash... iphone 4 got antenna problem lar.. and design not much surprising..

This post has been edited by fonda82: Jul 21 2010, 12:27 AM

the iphone guy should seriously put a 3GS side by side with Galaxy S and see for himself.

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Added on July 21, 2010, 1:37 am haven't reach Msian shores yet. Unless you import but I can 't remember from the top of my head if it's GSM.

This post has been edited by ashburn98: Jul 21 2010, 01:37 AM

I just love the 3GS. They make good objects to throw in Toss It! Pro. They're slightly better than those crumpled papers.

droid x..i like..hoho

You shud checkout the SonyEricsson X10. This one also got good reviews...

seriously....
these upcoming era android devices are the real potential what android capable of...
1.Motorola Droid X (rumours Nexus Two)
2.HTC Evo CDMA/ Ace (GSM)
3.Samsung Galaxy S
4.Motorola Milestone XT720

Samsung Wave not android la.

Btw, XT720 looks nice, but if with the Samsung 1GHz will be the best!.....

Seems there's some interest in the next wave of Android phones. Motorola CEO announced on 11 June that they gonna release a 2Ghz phone with all bells and whistle (including gyro sensor) by end 2010.
DroidX is good and more goodies from Motorola side too.

Steve Jobs said: "1 billion project! Just don't hold your iPhone like that!"
WTF?? Then, after this.. maybe iPhone 4GS come out, Jobs will teach buyers how to send sms?

http://www.gsmarena.com/antenna_wars_rim_h...e-news-1819.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/antennagate_aint_o...o-news-1821.php

iPhone , Android

Even sales for iPhone4 is drop 'unsuspectedly'..
Go and die Apple.. iPad also don't have multitask.. Bising sana, bising sini..

ipad belum IOS4 la. of coz don't have multitask la. not updated yet. should be end of this year..

if multitask also.. not a real live multitask by iOS.. it jz pause current app and then open the new 1.. some said to save battery usage by reducing processor usage... or actually they can't do it properly??
like what gsmarena team said..
"love it or hate it"..
LOL!! i never love apple's stuffs!!

So far 2 million people are " dumb" to buy iphone 4 ?? No , they buy because they are so obsessed by Steve Jobs who repeatedly says it is the best smartphone in the world.

When you really love something, you can always accept and just choose to ignore some negative aspects - in this case, video calls only ip4 to ip4 and thro wifi only, limited multitasking, proximity sensor still unresolve, no voice to text function etc etc
Just like buying your favorite car and having a girlfriend/wife - there is no perfection here. What you don't like , others will like and vice versa

Those who do not like the iP4 would like to play up these negative aspects. Just like apple fans would play up Android or Window Mobile negatives. Semua sama sama.

Frankly Steve Jobs couldn't be bother with his critics as they are only a minority. Just reported Apple in last June quarter 8.4 million iphones, 3.27 million iPads, 3.47 million Macs, and 9.4 million iPods. And profit in this quarter was US$3 billion ! So figures speaks for themselves - Steve is saying - To hell with you critics, you don't like my products - no problem, I have many willing to line up to buy.

Back to the topic, best android phone. My 2 sens here Just basing on specs , in Msia now is the Galaxy S. Out in the UK/USA - Motorola Droid X. Given a choice I will go for the Droid X , pity not available here

yea..MOTOLOLA

HTC Desire, from maxis, only 1499. still waiting for mine..2 days to go~~

OT: well if PM is your idol , then DatukSri Najib using Iphone 3gs ...

jailbroken?

Huhuhu...
And he's getting latest apple ipad as his birthday present

Hi U mean we need to wait a few days before we can HTC Desire if we buy from MAXIS? Coz I m thinking of getting 1 too

Hm , probably due to low stock .. in view of high demand of these smartphone
Maxis there's 2 actually - Maxis Centre outlets and Maxis Exclusive Partners (MEPs) outlets
The Maxis centre , such as in the Pavillion , KLCC , Curve , BTS which usually carries larger stock
maybe u can try give them a call first , before proceed to them ..

Thanks. I managed to get my HTC Desire from Maxis Center at Ipoh. Luckly got stock

yeah, better get at maxis center lah, usually they got stock but the center is kinda far from my place so i had to go to MEP, so easy if wanna ask anything in the future. they only got iphone 3gs in stock. hopefully will get it today.

if u want the best android phone..i think u need to consider samsung 4g epic..got bigger screen and physical keyboard plus front camera for video call..

Yeah.. I t hink i will go check that out seriously...

y u wan to check the phone that only available at Sprint,US?

Seriously? wonder what apps will he be using......

people should check the GSM/UMTS/HSPA only phones... CDMA/EVO are out of question....

on topic, if you have the money, get Galaxy S.. the specs are much better than Desire i think, although i'm not sure about the after sales support and how good Samsung at doing updates...

Motorola Droid X is also known as Motorola Milestone.
It's available in Malaysia.

droid x is droid x..milestone is not droid x.
milestone known as droid in US..
droid x just released only and only available at US for now..

yup Droid X is attached specifically to Verizon carrier in the US

Droid X is a CDMA phone. Please check your facts.

Thanks for the clarification.

any good qwerty android phone?

i guess that u could live without the qwerty keyboard on android.. my friend has the milestone and he didnt use it much btw.. its also bulky.. onscreens keyboard r getting good now and perhaps u will do fine with it

qwerty is good for gaming. especially milestone got game gripper.

if without keyboard,which android is the best

I'm getting tired of each and every new thread asking for recommendation be it phone, QWERTY keyboard and etc.

Use this thread and follow format below and I guess most members can help up in answering it.



Please help to compile the format as I might miss out something.

p/s : Mod, if possible please pin the thread and use this thread as one and only phone recommendation thread

Actually there's one existing here:
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1377497

unless you're talking about android phone only

I think that's TS' intention

Good idea, I've pinned it to reduce redundant threads flying around

KTCY: I've merged with the previous topic, I hope you don't mind

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Added on July 26, 2010, 12:04 amExample:

1. Brand. Preferably HTC or Samsung
2. Budget. RM1.5k
3. Specs. AMOLED screen, Android 2.1 or above
4. What you need in the phone - decent battery life, looks cool and not too bulky

No need to anwer this one, just an example

This post has been edited by samurai1337: Jul 26 2010, 12:06 AM

1. Brand. Preferably HTC
2. Budget. RM1.5k
3. Specs. Android 2.1 or above
4. What you need in the phone. Smooth UI (as if not laggy) good browser, can play flash content(FB Games), can gaming sometimes..

Many thanks for the help up

Currently I think you are out of luck (especially asking for Flash content). The nearest thing that could fit your request is the HTC Legend (RM1600~ AP).

thx.. if i dun wan to play fb games wat will b suitable??

To be honest I don't see how will people enjoy FB games on such small screens.

Ontopic:

Well there are lots of other games in the Android Market just waiting for you to explore.

There's Abduction, Mazeoid, Paper Toss, Milky-Milky, and lots of other casual Android games.

Can play FB games Farmville on HTC Desire? How to do it? I tried several times but couldn't get it. Is it because the Flash still not support this game? If get Froyo 2.2 and Flash 10.1.... can we play this game?

Technically, yes, you could.

I think if you log in to the desktop version of Facebook using default browser and, provided if you have Froyo and Flash installed, you can play flash games.

I haven't tried it, but it should work.

conclusion is.. fb games=use ur pc lah...
android=for fun and exploring the world of android.. haha..

I need sugestion for new phone...Desire, Galaxy or wildfire

What's your budget and what's your need ?

upgrade my Xperia X10

Desire seems great
Would you guys go for Galaxy S or Desire?

I have seen a Galaxy S demo video, the UI seems a little glitchy..
you guys can view it here..

Galaxy S Demo Video

And I also watched another video that shows Galaxy S is more capable of drawing games compare to Desire somewhere in this thread..

So, which one is the droid to go? Hmm..

it's simple, if you're looking for a gaming phone, go SGS, otherwise Desire, at least that's how I would choose.

Well that's a tough one.

I guess stats-wise the Galaxy S wins over the Desire, but the fanbase is smaller.

Desire-wise, the fanbase is larger (more custom ROMs).

So if you are already an expert in the Android field (knows what about rooting, bootloaders, ROMs, SPLs, blablabla) then I suggest the Desire. If you are new I'd go for the Galaxy S.

One more thing the Galaxy S' user interface is worse than the Desire's. TouchWiz is just pure awful.

+1
hehe yeah touch wiz is not as good as sense.. haha.. jus asking is there a lot of custom rom for x10??

What i'm really interest here is the Galaxy S really outperform the Desire so much in games like the one showed in video?
I mean, the differences are so apparent..?

i'm not that much into serious games like Quake..
but watching the Demo itself juz kinda blow me away... LOL...

its a video made to promo SGS, what do you expect

Hi guys I'm stuck choosing between HTC Wildfire and SE Xperia X10 Mini.
I love the x10 looks but wildfire has many applications. But then I may not use it. Budget around RM11XX.

Thank you :3

well.. frankly telling u i tried both phones and wildfire really drives me crazy.. haha i love it..
x10 mini screen is just too small.. and the os is quite outdated.. lol.. its still waiting for eclair update.. lol..
well if u made up ur mind contact me k??
X10 mini AP Black RM 820 AP White RM 840/Ori RM 970
X10 mini pro Ori RM 1170
HTC Wildfire AP RM 970/Ori RM 1140
if interested do pm me..

Go for the Wildfire. If you go for the X10 you'll soon regret the tiny screen size. Makes browsing a pain.

sry no offence its x10 mini.. hehe.. cos x10 has a 4inch screen..

How about Legend and Wildfire? Which is more worth the money?

legend is not really worth the money. bcos if u check the specs of the two its almost the same the only difference is the screen res.
if u jus wanna try out android go for wildfire.. its good.. ppl say the res is not good but i jus tried it and its great.. haha..
if u wanna go deep into android go for desire.. its more worth it.. haha..

Wildfire anytime. SE still running on Donut

Wildfire if you can compensate a little small screen for it

actually both screen size is same.. 3.2inch.. lol..