Comments on: Android Recovery [Opinion]

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:17:00 +0000

And it’s not hard to get them to waive the restocking fee, I had them do it when i returned the Stratosphere (wasn’t a big fan of the keyboard, then again I had it for a whole two days.)

By: nwd1911

nwd1911 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:17:00 +0000

Anyone who is “stuck” with a RAZR and got “shafted” by Motorola simply wasn’t paying attention to their options. The RAZR MAXX was announced within the window to return the original RAZR. The only thing you got “shafted” out of was $35, which I’m sure every RAZR owner would be willing to pay to get a MAXX. Stop being mad because you didn’t exercise your options (not you specifically JoshGroff).

By: paul_cus

paul_cus — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:14:00 +0000

Really great article.

By: Davis Darvish

Davis Darvish — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:03:00 +0000

are you stupid? that phone was the best selling phone of all time in history even till today! so junk or not, it died holding and still holding the title

By: PSU_DI

PSU_DI — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:11:00 +0000

This isn’t really true, Samsung has a myriad of devices flooded on the market right now, a cross the entire price spectrum. Per Samsung’s own website they have 33 Android phones available/for sale to the customers of the 4 big US Carries, that number doesn’t include tablets, or Media players.

It’s strictly the fact that Samsung has almost exclusively advertised the Galaxy Line of devices as high end devices, and they actually point out what it can do in the commercials that has made nobody other than the people looking for a bargain realize that they make cheaper phones.

The only way for companies like HTC & Motorola to recapture the mobile space is to design really good hardware, launch 1 line of high end phones per year across the carriers and also silently release a line of budget friendly devices, no PR event is needed for them. Then blitz the media with marketing of that high end line. Also it wouldn’t be too shabby to have them continue to the trend to minimize there “Skins” into an already stellar JellyBean.

For me the only reason I own a Samsung phone is because it’s a Nexus, but I also notice that I tell friends and family to by the SII or SIII over other phones, mainly, because Samsung has done a good job keeping them up to date and I also feel that HTC lost their focus when they added Beats Audio & the fact that moto phones seem always to be out of date.

By: perfectalpha

perfectalpha — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:41:00 +0000

This is the most sensible article I’ve read in a long time. Advice I’ve been giving for years as well.

By: ABerry5

ABerry5 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:14:00 +0000

i’m an OG to DX to TB guy and there was going to be no debate, the first nexus phone that was either released on verizon or could be run on verizon would be in my hands day one.. well I got the gnex in Jan but I could never look back… I’ll admit I had 3G to LTE switchoff issues for the first few months, but following the march leaked radios it ceased, now days I completely forget that I ever had handoff or LTE drop issues.. while I can’t say samsung radios are equal (judging from people here who take a razr and gnex side by side and compare dbms) I can say it is a non issue.. sort of like comparing a high end 50″ samsung tv to a high end 50″ lg tv, sure in the store you see the difference, but at home by itself all you see is awesomeness

that and I was never a ROM guy, but when 4.0.4 took forever I jumped in, now I can’t live without AOKP, I had no idea how crucial some of these ROM control features were.. so crucial in fact I feel stock 4.1 feels ‘locked down, and uncustomizable’ LOL

By: ABerry5

ABerry5 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:09:00 +0000

good point.. stating the obvious, but bringing noobs up to speed (seems like DL is trying to attract this type of reader these days) but I’ll also add that the SIII is so popular now despite being high end thus high end price because those typically in the low to medium end phones have gone through the cycle and understand that a phone is like a computer.. next time they renew and see that free android phone, they know the SIII is $199 for a reason.. I believe even the cheapest people are recognizing that the high priced phones don’t just have a better camera, or sharper screen… they have faster SoC’s and more memory

By: Ron Offringa

Ron Offringa — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:58:00 +0000

The article wasn’t focused on the lawsuit. Appeals haven’t even started yet, so we don’t really know the full repercussions of the lawsuit. The Nexus S was in this lawsuit (the Galaxy Nexus is in another one) and was found to infringe on a number of patents, but there are some patents (like the bounce back patent) that it definitely doesn’t infringe on. Until the appeals are finished we really won’t know what the lawsuit will change and by then no one will care about the Nexus S.

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:52:00 +0000

Now it all makes sense.

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:45:00 +0000

Try more like jeans with or without back pockets, but the front pockets still existed in both pairs. (obviously the RAZR still had a battery, so the first pair of jeans must have 2 front pockets)

Also, while we’re at it, I think 2 pockets are enough, I rarely ever use my back pocket unless my N7 is sitting in my front pocket in which case I use the back for my wallet (as my phone is in the other front pocket.) I know it’s a a really bad analogy, but what I’m trying to say is, not everyone cared about the extra battery in the MAXX because the RAZR had enough juice. (Those that cared enough could’ve probably swapped up with the $100 extra with enough complaining to VZW customer service.)

By: Jason Norris

Jason Norris — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:59:00 +0000

Only problem I have with the argument that blames Touchwiz for Apple’s wrath is the fact they are also going after the Galaxy Nexus as a “copycat” device. The sad fact is that Android as a whole right now is in Apple’s cross-hairs and I don’t see the current lawsuit happy environment improving anytime soon =/

By: Hothfox

Hothfox — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:43:00 +0000

Am I just stupid, or does anyone else not get the link between the title, picture, and article?

By: majesty

majesty — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:05:00 +0000

they’re probably cleaning ho’s too lol

By: michael o'brien

michael o'brien — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:58:00 +0000

This is how I look at Samsung, and what they are doing. They have focused on releasing flagship devices. They do not release 20 different devices. That is the similar to what Apple is doing. Apple releases “1″ device a year. That puts all of the focus on that single device. If Apple had 5 different devices that were “tiered” they would not be as strong as they are now. That has been the major fault for all of the different OEM’s. They have essentially lost their identity.