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[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobAbooE:
My wife was able to upgrade after about 16 months after she lost her phone but we can't update the 2nd line until aug . But that's still 4 months before our two year is up. When I had at&t, they were strict. But Aug is still two months after the share everything. Oh well, i will make up for it in data. :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrJESUSatWork:
We all understand your position by now, but you just seem to keep forgetting that a lot of what you're saying is SUBJECTIVE opinion.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
We actually have a rom right now giving a damn good preview of TW/GSIII for DInc, I never thought I'd like the TW launcher but damn its really nice.

Its a damn good sense of what you can expect if you ask me, I myself do prefer Sense but this is really nice.

I'll probably go after the Inc4G or Rezound, maybe even the GSIII if under the right circumstances.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OnceAMatrixMan:
Damn I don't know what to do - Rezound or SG3... Tough when you can only play with one.

Does anyone know the plan for the Rezound - I heard it was getting ICS soon. If so does that mean Sense 4?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
Gs3 already has cm9 nightlies but only for the international version.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kzoodroid:
The Rezound will get ICS probably within the next 4 weeks, HTC had put up an annoucement that the rollout had started by mistake last night but it was quickly taken down. Its a nice phone, I get great battery life with it so far, better than my Inc and right now its still the best Sense phone Verizon has. The Inc4g is projected to drop July 5th. Too late for those who want to upgrade to keep unlimited data.

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/06/21/incredible-4g-lte-pushed-back-to-july/

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No kidding? Wow I thought everything I said was based on facts. Thanks for setting me straight. But that just my opinion, which I think I've made abundantly clear in my posts.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrJESUSatWork:
Except you respond to every other opinion as if it were an argument made directly against you.

In other words, why do you seem like you've always got something to prove?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
The Rezound will only see Sense 3.6 officially NOT Sense 4
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
But if I'm correct I've heard its runs perfect on the rezound right?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjmac720:
my needs btw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46IiRyigUH0

http://www.thefirstrow.eu/

http://www.1channel.ch/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wdc.wd2go&hl=en

just to name a few. i find it better than netflixs
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
I imagine so. I see it this way, if we can go from Sense 1-3.5 on the Inc then the Rezound should at least run Sense 4 if not the next version of Sense.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
One would think lol, interesting tidbit. Just saw a post about JellyBean, confirmed real over at androidpolice. Kinda looks like ICS basically, maybe some slight changes like sense 3.6→4.0. The wallpaper looks sick though.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kzoodroid:
There's no reason it shouldn't. The S3 isn't all that much different than the S4, other than die size, that the Inc4g will have with Sense 4. Sense 3.5 is awesome on the Rezound by the way but would like to see Sense 4. This is the first phone that I'm actually considering leaving as is except rooting and debloating and I've been a CM die hard from the start. I'm just kind of over all the ROM flashing.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
3G

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That's certainly very interesting and I'll have to keep my eye on it... but I've still yet to see 1 fully working (or even mostly working) sense ROM on any non-HTC phone. I'm very excited that they're working on it, and it seems theyve got a sizeable team dedicated to it, but their current progress isn't enough to convince me that they'll ever actually get it working.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OnceAMatrixMan:
I'm curious... Since Touchwiz seems to be a sticking point for some, aren't you able to install Nova or Apex and use that as the default browser? Ok it's not Sense and there are a few things I miss, but I guess you adapt.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
I don't see why not. You can use third party launchers on sense UI so why not touchwiz?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
Yea you can, but the launcher is just a small part of an operating system. In fact, it's probably the part of Sense I care least about.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kzoodroid:
I wonder if you lose any functionality of the phone using another launcher? Will S Voice and S Beam still work? When you use another launcher on the Inc you lose all the Sense widgets but not sure if the underlying Sense system apps are disabled or not. The music widget was always my biggest loss as nothing compares to it and I've tried everything to replace it. My biggest complaint about my Galaxy Tab 7+ is the Samsung music app sucks and the total lack of widgets for it. Poweramp was the best replacement but its not free.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
I am curious about S-apps working with a custom launcher as well. I don't use widgets often so I am not affected by that when switching launchers. With Sense, the apps themselves worked perfectly fine just not the widgets so I'm hoping it's the same for the GSIII. The eye tracking thing is the primary one I'd use on the GSIII.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kzoodroid:
With the Galaxy Tabs there really isn't anything unique to TouchWiz and system app integration for me to really go by, except you lose the taskbar which I actually liked. Be nice if a dev could get S Voice and some of the other things to work on other Samsung devices.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
Using a different launcher shouldn't affect any apps... only widgets
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gorilla*:
down to the wire boys and girls... Will I get the rezound or will I balk and wait to upgrade when I have more money and accept the 2 gig cap?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekendog:
Just preordered the S3 today. If it wasn't for the unlimited data, I prob would have held out until the fall.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OnceAMatrixMan:
I think I'll be taking the same path tomorrow. And I would have waited until the Inc4 if not longer.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
I'll probably be taking that same approach. I may end up selling it and buying an Inc 4G at full price when it comes out, but I'm not sure.

On a related note... Since the SGSIII is so much bigger than I was planning for with the Inc 4G, does anyone know of anywhere I can get my hands on one to try it out before preording? I know they're not "in stock," but does Best Buy or T-Mobile have any display units perhaps? I hate preordering things, but Verizon is forcing my hand.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kzoodroid:
What about some of the other carriers. I thought Sprint was shipping them out on the 21st so maybe they have on in a store near you. You could also look at the GNex as its only slightly smaller and is about the same shape. Its what I used to see if I could navigate my thumb around the whole screen, which I couldn't as I have small hands. I can barely get my thumb across the entire 4.3 inch Rezound's screen when I hold it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
Yea I guess I could play with a GNex if I had to, but that's still only 4.65 vs. 4.8. I was hoping someone would be able to say "Yea, I saw them at ___________"
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gorilla*:
I just upgraded to the rezound for 80.00 ;)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohredwood:
Yea that's the million dollar question, I'm pondering too. On a side note, does wifi use data. I'm just wondering if I end up on the screwed shared plan, if I was at home, I could keep the phone on wifi, and save some data, guess I'm just thinking outloud here...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polarimetric:
No. If you are on Wifi, you are not using any mobile data. (Technically, you could end up using negligible amounts of data if your Wifi connection is flaky, but that will never be enough for you to notice.)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
I don't believe Best Buy has display models, the one near me doesn't and I live in VA.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
They don't. I checked today after work. I checked Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon (they're all in the same mall) and nobody had one. Interestingly, at T-Mobile they did say they had a pre-ordered one in the back but of course they couldn't open the box. I did play a bit with the One X, which I think has pretty similar dimensions, and didn't find the size to be too objectionable. I was originally enticed by the 4" screen on the Inc 4G, but I don't mind a big screen either... it's not one of my high priorities.

Anyway, I broke down and preordered the SGSIII tonight.

I would've been content with waiting another week or so for the Inc 4G, but Verizon forced my hand.

(Warning, the next couple paragraphs are copy/pasted from one of my posts in the Inc 4G thread. I figure not everyone is active in both)

I will very much miss Sense but I just couldn't bring myself to get a Rezound. It's big and bulky, gets mediocre (at best) battery life, and is full of last year's technology. Aside from the screen and the brand, there's nothing at all impressive about it.

I'm still not sure whether I'll actually keep the SGSIII, but at least I know that, technologically, it is one of the most advanced phones money can buy at the moment (I'd say it's second only to the Evo 4G LTE, which sadly is not an option). And although I'm highly sceptical, there is a little hope that perhaps these guys might get Sense 4 working on it at some point.

There's also something to be said for accessories. I don't use cases, but I am interested in things like docks, car mounts, cable adapters, etc. and there will certainly be a lot to choose from where the SGSIII is concerned. Samsung unveiled some of their own way back when the phone was introduced, and I expect third party accessories will be readily available as well (due to the popularity and ubiquity of this phone). One specific accessory that I'm interested in is a ProClip holder, which is already available. For comparison, it would likely take 1-2 months after the Incredible 4G get's released before one becomes available.

Not to mention, this phone should have one of the best developer communities due to it's popularity and the fact that it's on pretty much every carrier. I may not root my phone until my 1 year warranty is up, but this is still something important to note.

Well, guys, it's been fun. I'll still be following the Inc 4G saga and maybe I'll end up with one eventually, but for now, I'm a Samsung user [single tear runs down face].
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjmac720:
This^ X 1,000 -

My hand is delt as well and it looks like im going samsung until something else comes. man i wish the unlimited data wasnt dying.

on a side note. i will be watching alot of movies on the galaxy s3 and i am told (and experienced , ****ing sucks) android native file type is only mp4, is there a way to watch another format with out converting the file itself on the android phone. i only ask because i dont think my dinc is powerful enough to run mkv, avi etc. even with mx player free app.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
I watch movies all the time with mx because ics video player is borked? Haven't tried for awhile..

But I always watch those types of formats, usually from torrents.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Had the Evo LTE or One X been released on Verizon, I would've had a difficult choice. That's actually smart that you tried one of those out just to see the screen size difference.

As for accessories, I'm personally looking to purchase a case and car dock (for navigation). Hope you have good fortune with the GSIII. Just don't get too used to a larger display cuz that may mess with you if you switch to a smaller phone.

Excuse my lack of understanding, but is this scenario something that the average person would run into? Those video formats only happen in downloaded video correct? Not like podcasts or video you record on the device itself right?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PGleo86:
Just preordered my SIII... see you all on the other side!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
@SlimSnoopOS

About the average person, I'd assume anyone root downloads movies from torrents or certain sites. Even off a computer maybe.

I can play various formats given the right media player, VLC is the best.

But originally he was talking about his incredible playing various formats.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Ahh that makes more sense. I'm not in that camp so I won't think twice.

Random, but i kinda wish you could use the pop up play feature (watch video while browsing elsewhere on the phone) for videos in the browser. Example, watch a recap video on espn but want to simultaneously text someone so you use pop up play feature to do so.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hero:
I'm going to be missing Sense as much as the next person, but I think the S3 will be a good choice whether it has Sense 4.0 or not. Besides, like you posted, people will be working on porting Sense over to the S3. From the link you posted, it looks like the port is only for the I9300 which is the international version of the S3 so it will not work properly on the US release (I learned this the hard way when I installed an international ROM on my buddy's S2 and almost bricked his phone). You will most likely have to wait for it to be ported to our device, which I plan on doing when I receive my S3.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
The pop up play feature is one feature of TouchWiz that I'm actually excited for, even if it's only available through the native video player. DoggCatcher uses the native player for video podcasts (unless you choose to use something else) so I'll be able to do other things while watching a video podcast.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OnceAMatrixMan:
Ordered the SG3 today. Had a Windows Mobile Sammy before my Incredible and it was pretty good, very durable. But the Inc kicks ass... I'll miss it. I'm going to keep it though just in case...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
Yea I realize that the one at that link wasn't exactly the same device, but they do a lot of different devices on that site so I'm sure they'll support the Verizon version at one point... if they actually get it working. The fact that they're not even close, even on the devices that they are furthest along on (Nexus S and Epic 4G) doesn't give me a lot of confidence though. Although I'm not sure how long they've been at it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Oh that is cool. I may invest in that app soon enough. I'm slowly getting into podcasts with The Verge podcasts being the first I actively watch.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
That pop up feature sounds awesome, but I can imagine it has to slow the system down quite a bit?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
I've only seen it once and that was at the GSIII (quad core) unveiling. It ran smoothly during their demo, the speaker went through a few different apps I think. It may/may not cause lag in the S4. My guess would be if you aren't loading a game simultaneously (I think the clip disappears in this situation anyway) then it may not cause any lag. That guess goes up in smoke if you load up a resource intense app though.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjmac720:
i know im breaking a rule right now by changing topic , but i still want to know if the GS3 that i get will give me more option as far as videos? cause i notice i can play some AVI videos on my dinc currently.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
It's not that far off topic... we're meant to discuss phones that we'll be replacing our Incredibles with, and the SGSIII is that phone for a lot of people.

As far as native video support goes, gsmarena says "MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263" although I never trust gsmarena and phonearena 100%. I find incorrect things on those sites all the time.

If you download a third party video player, you can get support for many more formats. But then of course, the popup play won't work.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fp99:
Finally the Droid Inc 4G LTE is releasing July 5th (hopefully).

Idk what do to. Been out of contract since April 2011. Should I order the S3 in hopes of selling it or exchanging it for Inc 4G or if I purchase Inc 4G after Thursday, then I'm going to be moved to Shared Data plan?

Shared Data plan is good for family plans but not for individual plans like mine.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dymmeh:
I'm in the same exact boat. I want to upgrade to a 4G phone but the SGS3 is wayyy to big (and ugly IMO. Looks like an old windows mobile phone from 5 years ago). I'm gonna try and find out tonight if we pre-order now and exchange phones once the Inc 4G comes out if we keep unlimited data.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
You can't exchange. You'll lose your unlimited.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dymmeh:
Poo on that. Guess it saves me a trip to the store at least :silly:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
I'm pretty sure shared data is not a replacement for the tiered data they started last year.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fp99:
I thought they VZ was making new customers sign to the Shared Data plan starting on the 28th and was replacing the tiered data plan. (Not for current customers, only new customers).

Now, I am more confused on the new data/pricing structure and the effects/limitations on current users.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kzoodroid:
The option will be either a tiered data plan or a shared plan which ever is cheaper for you. When I checked into it for myself an individual tiered plan was cheaper than one phone on a shared plan.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjmac720:
not unless you do some wheeling and dealling through amazon/ebay
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgeoffriau:
I preordered my OG Dinc a couple years ago. My wife's was purchased used a few months ago (she was struggling along with an OG Droid).

I considered the RAZR Maxx. Strongly tempted by the GS3. Thought about preordering the DInc 4G. When it came down to it, though, I ordered 2 Rezounds. I couldn't pass up that price.

I'll probably resell my wife's DInc as it's a little "fresher" than mine. I'll keep mine as a backup/wifi device.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjmac720:
Last day folks, whats it gonna BE!!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fp99:
If someone can confirm that pre-ordering the Samsung S3 will let me keep my unlimited data, then I'm going ahead and ordering it. Even though VZ will ship it on 7/11. I can't seem to find a correct answer to that.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graymonkey44:
Order it right off the Verizon website. It gives you your plan add ONS and unlimited data and email is checked.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fp99:
I went ahead and ordered the S3. It showed my unlimited data. Took screenshots of the whole order process. Hopefully the order will go through without any issues.

Thanks for all the help everyone.

PS -- I'm not leaving Droid Inc forums anytime soon.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Lol hell yeah, shove that right in Verizons face if they try to jip ya.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gentleart:
My first smartphone was the HTC Touch Pro - I LOVED it! My second, and current, phone is the HTC Incredible (still stock). I love it even after two years. I preordered the SGIII and am looking forward to it. I wanted to salvage my unlimited data plan for another two years, but I probably would have bought this phone over the Incredible 4G LTE anyway because I'm still bitter that Verizon AND HTC ignored the dreaded e (low on space) problem. I realize that there is a step by step solution posted on this site, but I feel it wasn't too much to expect HTC to fix, or even acknowledge THEIR **** up.

[/soapbox]
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlintz:
I was going to order the SG3 but went with the Razr Maxx instead. I'm traded in my Dinc for a $30 credit. The Incredible wasn't my first smartphone but it's been the best, still looks brand new after two years too. Thanks for the ride guys!

d.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjmac720:
got gsg3 at the zero hour over the phone. lets post some reviews when 2 1/2 weeks comes. really hoping it works well with my wd live book 3tb i got :-)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XRaptor29:
I jumped on the HTC Rezound. love the 4g and the range it gets out does the nexus. yes it doesn't have AOSP or AOKP yet but its still a really nice phone. not complaining here. Cant wait for JB or CM 9.1 to show up on the rezound
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pkd600:
Bought my Incredible on launch day April 29, 2010. It's been a great phone for the past 26 months, in fact it's by far the best phone I've ever owned.

Jumping ship to the Galaxy S3. Pre-ordered and just waiting for arrival. Last few weeks left on the old Incredible, almost feels like the end of an era.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liuzerus87:
When my contract is up in another month or two, I'm grabbing a HSPA Galaxy Nexus from Google and jumping to TMobile.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OnceAMatrixMan:
I know exactly what you mean. I love this phone. No way my GS3 will ever feel the love
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrJESUSatWork:
Though I've suffered some lag (especially since I'm running cm9) of late, this phone has still been a blessing. Screen, size, Swype, dedicated search button...been a great first smartphone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Tiny, how do you like the Nexus? Because my contract ends around December I saw it for a .01$ on amazon.

I'm looking for a phone around 50$ to .01$ because money is tight. They were only listing about 24-25 phones.

Anyone have any ideas what I should try to get, depending on the coming months since prices may vary?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Justy:
I'd probably go with the GS3 if I wasn't on prepaid, since it's newest and probably good based on its predecessor. Too bad the next Incredible isn't out to compare with. So is 4G still pretty fast even after Verizon throttles?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrJESUSatWork:
I tested a friend's razr in my room today, only had like 2/5 bars of lte but still managed 10mbps down and 5 mbps up.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
Unless you're a high data user (like tens of GB) or you're in a high traffic area (think like times square or something), I don't think Verizon throttles.