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Android Hardware Thread - 2009 Edition

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At&t gets the Desire, Sprint gets the Legend: http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/02/23/att-picking-up-htc-desire-sprint-grabbing-htc-hero2/

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We’ve just been hit up by a source close to HTC, and let’s just say the Android invasion (of high quality Android devices, at least) has only just started. One of our connects let us know that while Google will be looking to sell an AT&T 3G-compatible Nexus One directly through their web store (just like we previously reported), the actual AT&T unit will be the HTC Desire. It will also apparently go to market on AT&T shelves as the HTC Desire as well. This will give AT&T users HTC’s Sense UI, but we’ve been told the physical attributes of the unit might change from the HTC Desire that we’ve all seen. Nothing major, just possibly some material/finish/color changes to the casing. We have been told to expect the HTC Desire to land on AT&T in the May to June timeframe.
Now, on to our boys and girls at Sprint. We have been told Sprint will be continuing their HTC Android tradition with the HTC Hero2. That device, will indeed be the HTC Legend, except it will apparently be slightly modified. Just like Sprint’s original HTC Hero was. Our contact hasn’t seen the device first hand so we can’t be sure what kind of changes are in store, though if history is any indicator, we don’t think a little more rounded and less edgy look would be outside the realm of possibility. We have no release timetable for the Sprint HTC Hero2 at this time.
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gamerecks said:
Anybody have a roadmap of Sprint releases this year. I have a Hero but am itching to know whats coming. I need a Snapdragon.
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The only leaked HTC materials for this year were those for T-Mobile UK.

As far as Snapdragon phones, the Supersonic is rumored for Sprint since it allegedly supports WiMax and Sprint is one of the few companies that supports WiMax. There is no official announcement of the phone (for any carrier) or any release date.
 
Yea, I just read that on BJR....so upset. I've been hoping for the Bravo/Desire to come to Sprint since the leak last year. Now AT&T gets yet another great phone and Sprint gets a stuck with another weak phone. All I need is a snapdragon phone so the phone will be relevant longer than a year! Desire is the pefect size imo at 3.7'', Supersonic is just a tad too big at 4.2'' like the HD2.
 
Kinitari said:
Yay, good news, getting a promotion at work. While I am trying to be frugal and save money for my eventual stint back into post secondary education this fall - I do want to give myself a present. Mind you I never buy myself more than a game every few months, so I am really due - I am thinking about either a Droid or a Nexus one. Except in Canada the Droid is called the "Milestone" and the Nexus One doesn't exist.

So the options are, going with a Milestone within the next few weeks, or waiting who knows how many months for the Nexus One to get here. Advice?

Quick bit to note - this will be my first cellphone... ever. Forget smart phone, this is completely new territory to me. Also, I have a few methods to get a greatly reduced monthly plan cost, so I could get a decent data+phone plan for 30-35 dollars (before hidden fees).

Any input anyone?
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I'm kind of in the same boat. It seems the Android situation in Canada sucks horribly.

My contract is up with Rogers but they only have Android 1.5 phones !!!

I'm tempted to switch to Telus for the Motorola but I keep hearing that Telus sucks right now.

Tempting to just sign with Rogers again for 3 years for an iPhone .....
 
tokkun said:
It is tough to say. If the Android 2.1 update on the Hero improves performance as much as the leaked update did on the Eris (and it should, since they are nearly the same hardware), I think the Hero looks quite competitive with phones like the Droid or Nexus, despite having a slower processor. I'm sure that Sprint will get some sort of upgraded HTC phone this year - be it Supersonic, N1, Desire, Legend, or whatever, but nobody but the insiders really know which phone or when it is coming.

The phone industry is a lot like the computer hardware industry. There is always something new and improved coming out 6 months down the road, so if you are worried about having the latest and greatest phone, you will either never buy anything or buy so many new phones you go broke. The key is to just figure out the most important things you need from a new phone. If the Hero meets those needs, buy it. If it doesn't, then wait for something that does.
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didn't we just get confirmation that there will be a 4g device out this year on sprint? That has to be the supersonic, right?
 
Thank god for the Supersonic, because if the Legend was all Sprint was getting from HTC, I would have to punch Sprint in the face. Nice case, shitty innards. I too wish for a 1GHz+ phone. Goddammit, at least let Google sell us the N1. Then we'll at least have an alternative. I'm running the one Modaco ROM on my rooted Hero, and it makes all those widgets actually work properly. My phone syncs everything properly like it should now. It's more responsive. I was hoping there was a 2.1 ROM out, but I guess there isn't. Still stuck on 1.5...ugh. PEACE.
 
Yeah AT&T doesn't really "get" the Nexus One in the traditional sense. Google gets it. But it just so happens to work on AT&T's 3G and possibly come bundled with that service, if you choose.

I wonder what's taking them with the Verizon-enabled Nexus One. Maybe they're really stress-testing the 3G capabilities before they ship it off so they don't do a repeat of the T-Mo 3G problems.
 
Kinitari said:
Can someone tell me what sort of major differences I'd see between a Droid and a Hero?
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Droid has a bigger screen (3.7" compared to 3.2"), and a high resolution to accompany it (854x480 compared to 480x320.) Droid has a better processor (same as in the iPhone 3GS), as well as the obvious difference of having a keyboard (despite them being similarly thin.) Droid has "stock" Android 2.0.1, while the Hero runs Android 1.5 with HTC Sense (both are promised to be upgraded to Android 2.1 eventually.) Droid has a better camera with dual-LED flash. I think that's everything.

You could also look in the OP. ;)
 
Pimpwerx said:
Thank god for the Supersonic, because if the Legend was all Sprint was getting from HTC, I would have to punch Sprint in the face. Nice case, shitty innards. I too wish for a 1GHz+ phone. Goddammit, at least let Google sell us the N1. Then we'll at least have an alternative. I'm running the one Modaco ROM on my rooted Hero, and it makes all those widgets actually work properly. My phone syncs everything properly like it should now. It's more responsive. I was hoping there was a 2.1 ROM out, but I guess there isn't. Still stuck on 1.5...ugh. PEACE.
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I'm interested in the supersonic only because I don't see any reason to pay for another phone unless it's a HUGE upgrade over what I have now (I typically only upgrade every 2+ years) and the supersonic since it runs on Wimax is the only phone I've seen anywhere that qualifies.
 
Andrex said:
Droid has a bigger screen (3.7" compared to 3.2"), and a high resolution to accompany it (854x480 compared to 480x320.) Droid has a better processor (same as in the iPhone 3GS), as well as the obvious difference of having a keyboard (despite them being similarly thin.) Droid has "stock" Android 2.0.1, while the Hero runs Android 1.5 with HTC Sense (both are promised to be upgraded to Android 2.1 eventually.) Droid has a better camera with dual-LED flash. I think that's everything.

You could also look in the OP. ;)
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Yeah but had I done that, I wouldn't have had Andrex talking to me, it was all a part of my plan.
 
Pimpwerx said:
Also, what's with the small-ass screen on the Legend? That thing is all bezel. It looks like it has space for a 3.7" screen. PEACE.
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The Legend has less than half the resolution of the Nexus One/Desire. A smaller screen is probably cheaper and helps keep the dot pitch comparable.
 
Andrex also wrote the OP, lol

Rumors are slowly crushing my hopes and dreams of switching from a sad dumbphone user on AT&T to being a happy android smartphone user on Sprint. Fuuuuuuuuuck.
 
DeadFalling said:
Hmm... Would you suggest just biting on the Hero then? I don't want to wait 6 months+ on a new device.
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Wait a few months and get the Nexus One on Sprint instead.
 
tokkun said:
No, a 4G device could be anything. Even the "It's probably an HTC" rumor doesn't mean it's the Supersonic. It could be this leaked HTC candybar handset:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/sprint-bringing-on-a9292-wimax-phone-from-htc/
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Son of a.... :lol It's ok, we at least saw the Sprint icons in the leaked shot.

As for the Legend, I understand. But it's really not flattering to place it next to the Desire. Hell, the screen looks smaller than the one on the HD Mini. That's kinda...lame. I hate the size of the Hero screen when typing in portrait mode. PEACE.
 
Pimpwerx said:
As for the Legend, I understand. But it's really not flattering to place it next to the Desire. Hell, the screen looks smaller than the one on the HD Mini. That's kinda...lame. I hate the size of the Hero screen when typing in portrait mode. PEACE.
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But but it has a unibody casing! And slot-loading battery compartment!
 
DrFunk said:
More like ATT's Nexus One is the Desire
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thats what i'm kinda getting from that... so Google is going to sell the Desire as the "Nexus One" for ATT, and ATT is going to sell its own branded Desire in the store?

I'm a very very very happy camper then, i'll be buying through google.
 
My fiancee and I are going to be getting a family plan in the near future, most likely on Verizon. As a current iPhone user, I am not going to be able to handle switching to anything other than an Android device. Are people pretty happy with the Droid, or should I hold out for the Nexus One?
 
zesty said:
My fiancee and I are going to be getting a family plan in the near future, most likely on Verizon. As a current iPhone user, I am not going to be able to handle switching to anything other than an Android device. Are people pretty happy with the Droid, or should I hold out for the Nexus One?
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The Meet the Droid thread is basically a nonstop happy party and exchange of tips and tricks.

Really, the biggest difference between the two phones is the keyboard. If you don't care about having one at all (as an iPhone user I bet you might not) you might prefer to wait, because the N1 is the "google phone," but they're both great phones. If you're at all technically savvy, you can also root your Droid and get it to do everything the N1 can do and more, as well.
 
The desire seems sexy, and that's a much better Android offering than the Moto phone. They just need to get that sucker out before Apple has their iphone redo and have a few weeks if not a month or two battling the old(er) 3G.
 
Vyse The Legend said:
Video of either the Verizon-bound HTC Incredible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN_AHjx2PBM&feature=player_embedded

There's some confusion over whether or not this phone is the Incredible or the Supersonic, but the shape of touch-sensitive buttons at the bottom suggest it is the HTC Incredible with a red-colored earphone:

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Video rehosted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUUgc6ikOhE&feature=player_embedded

Also, older pictures had the Supersonic with the red-colored earpiece: http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Super-grainy-shots-of-the-HTC-Supersonic-article-a_9121.html

jesus, who knows
 
It's the Incredible in that new Youtube video, not the Supersonic. You can see the trackpad in the enhanced one that Engadget posted (originally from Androidforums.com). The screen does look bigger than the first leaked video, but that's because it's being held by hands belonging to a small asian woman :lol

I'm guessing we won't hear anything about it on Verizon until that conference near the end of March, and then it should hopefully have an early April release. I think Verizon could lose sales if they don't get it out by April because any time in May means you might as well wait to see what Apple does with the iPhone.
 
XMonkey said:
I'm guessing we won't hear anything about it on Verizon until that conference near the end of March, and then it should hopefully have an early April release.\
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Now that we see the Incredible has shown up on Verizon's inventory list, I'm hoping release will be much sooner than later. I love the Incredible-- definitely the type of HTC phone I've been waiting for VZ to get.
 
Looks like a CDMA2000 version of the Nexus One just passed through the FCC so now between this and the Incredible I wonder which will come first and how they will compare other than Stock Android and Sense UI.
 
My guess:

- there will be a CDMA N1 for Sprint and Verizon
- the Incredible is for Verizon
- The Supersonic is for Sprint
- The Desire is for At&t
- There will be a WCDMA 850/1900 MHz N1
- phones are overlapping each other
 
DrFunk said:
My guess:

- there will be a CDMA N1 for Sprint and Verizon
- the Incredible is for Verizon
- The Supersonic is for Sprint
- The Desire is for At&t
- There will be a WCDMA 850/1900 MHz N1
- phones are overlapping each other
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Good bets. Seems everyone's getting something great, except for T-Mo
*stabs Chojin*
 
OK, I give up. Verizon is owning everyone. I'm not about to pay the premium for their service, but what a huge swing from awful phones to having the best phones coming. Good job, Big Red. Now to get the answer to that old question, "What happens once Verizon starts getting good phones?" PEACE.
 
Andrex said:
Good bets. Seems everyone's getting something great, except for T-Mo
*stabs Chojin*
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Yeah, they're not getting anything because they already have the Nexus One. The Desire and Incredible are more or less a Nexus One with Sense UI on top, and you can already get that on T-Mobile by rooting.
 
DrFunk said:
My guess:

- there will be a CDMA N1 for Sprint and Verizon
- the Incredible is for Verizon
- The Supersonic is for Sprint
- The Desire is for At&t
- There will be a WCDMA 850/1900 MHz N1
- phones are overlapping each other
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Good guesses. I pretty much agree.
-CDMA N1 for Verizon only, most likely
-Incredible for Verizon
-Supersonic for Sprint (WiMAX)
-Desire (N1) for AT&T
-And it's already confirmed T-Mobile gets the HD2 (hopefully upgaded to WinMo 7)
 
is the desire basically the same as the N1 but with the optical trackball?


edit... hmm i noticed the euro comparison had a few missing things, but if it becomes ATT's Nexus One i wonder if it will change anything (i guess the noise cancellation probably wouldn't make it)
 
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