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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BInspirinG:
Honestly, we don't know anything about the AT&T version. We can only speculate based on what we gather from IFA2012. So it'll actually be quite some months until we hear anything that might be truthful.

I hope people don't start with the: "I know a rep from AT&T and they said...."
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SKyRocKeting727:
The only Quadcore processor that can run with LTE is the Snapdragon S4 Pro currently. I'm thinking the US variants will have the Dual core snapdragon s4 like the GS3 and HOX but clocked at 1.6mhz. But if it does get the SD S4 Pro quad...it will fly!

-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke

[Lady]: "How do you carry that huge phone in your pocket?"

[Note User]: "I'm used to having huge stuff in my pants" ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
(My Guess)

Mid 1st quarter, 2013.....

AT$T will ride the GS3 bandwagon as long as possible..including the Chiristmas holiday season, as sales for the GS3 are far from over....IMHO

they dont want two flagship devices running at the same time. the back to back approach is common for them....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Snaproo:
Even though the GNex is already a year old almost I think it's a great phone with JellyBean and ONLY with JellyBean because I saw a lot of lag when using my friends phone (which has the original software on it).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Snaproo:
Didn't the guy in the video post specs and it said the quad core exynos will support LTE (in selected markets that have the connectivity?).. i'm hoping it will have LTE connectivity. But battery ahhh it will destroy any battery even if it's 3,100 mAh...... *sigh*
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] welchertc:
I've played with the Verizon version on ICS and it's still buttery. Your friend probably had something else causing the lag. And you think I would really stay stock? Haha. I'm excited to get it. It will still get the next version of Android no doubt, and by them I'll be ready to buy another phone anyways. The nexus is for me too get into developing as well...just figured it would be best to go nexus for that. My note and nexus will last me plenty good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Snaproo:
His GNEX had virtually no apps except maybe 2-3 i saw on his one home page (yeah weird right? LOL)... the transition going from main street to the app tray was a bit laggy and scrolling through menus was a bit choppy too. maybe he had the original firmware on it therefore it wasnt updated to the latest ICS builds.

I'm still thinking about a Nexus with JellyBean. Seems to be pretty futureproof with project butter in place.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] welchertc:
You wouldn't be disappointed. Just received mine yesterday, and I have no desire really to flash anything custom. JB on the nexus is simply amazing.
[Nexus 7 General] thedauntlessone:
People are generally much more prone to complain when their purchase has some issues, while those who have perfect devices are unlikely to post their experiences. To balance that out, I decided to make this post.

My N7 had a very slight screen lift, and I thought I'll just keep it just in case my replacement unit is worse than my current one. After about 3 weeks, I decided to exchange my device, hoping there will be less production issues. Boy am I happy with that decision. Aside from the screen lift, the buttons on the right side always bothered me because it felt too recessed (hard to press). I thought it was just how the device was designed so I never thought much about it. The buttons on my new unit feels just perfect. Very snappy, easy to press, but not too sensitive. Oh, and no screen lift on the new device.

I really feel bad for those who have exchanged their device more than once or twice.
[Nexus 7 General] jamesst20:
Expecting my first replacement tomorrow :p death pixels.
[Nexus 7 General] whoamanwtf:
I also got one of these, my roommate did to, both the 16gb models and have had no issues at all...
[Nexus 7 General] n7slc:
I just got mine about 3 hours ago and so far it's perfect. It's the 16 gigabyte version and the serial number starts with C 70
[Nexus 7 General] shook187:
I hate saying this but I bought 2 Nexus 7 to swap out parts and make one perfect one. They both had different issues like screen lift, hard to press buttons and missing screws.
[Nexus 7 General] Blasty007:
The right side of my screen is a lot warmer looking than the left, and it drives me crazy when there's a white background such as a webpage or book.

I missed the Staples return window so I suppose I need to call Asus, just kind of dreading talking to them.

I've considered keeping it but I know I'd be a lot happier if the screen was consistent. (Whites look a lot whiter on the left half of the screen)
[Nexus 7 General] shook187:
You should hold off calling Asus. I think that problem should fixs itself in time.
[Xperia Arc General] Okluzhion:
(Not sure whether this should be posted in Q&A as this topic is not quite related to questions about the arc.)

I've had my arc for, what... 13 months now. The warranty expired about a moth ago. I'm not really the type to change my phones often as I'm not your typical rich arse. My arc, as my tapatalk signature may propose, is quite cracked (I posted pics in another thread) and I doubt I could get a good price for it. But that aside. I'm here to ask you about which phone I should buy next.

My needs have become quite... needy (lol). I have quite a few apps running constantly in the background plus add the widgets on homescreen to that and sometimes a needy foreground app (which basically kills all my other apps). I can't even run the Walkman app for longer time because it just gets killed in the memory for some reason (if I turn off my screen). And sometimes all my apps start closing/restarting, including my launcher, for I don't know what reason. Sometimes my phone is so unresponsive that it's ridiculous. I couldn't answer a call today because the phone app was killed in memory (lol). You might say there's something wrong with the ROM I'm running or something else. Maybe ICS is not the best choice and more of a downgrade on arc if there's some heavier multitasking. But for me, downgrading to GB is just a no-go. Maybe I should give the JB a shot. But doubt that do much of a difference to me.

Don't get me wrong. I like my arc. It's got a very good design (awesomely crappy housing quality aside) It's probably pretty good with a moderate multitasking on GB. But I just feel like I need some more power. And I'm not talking about quads here. A phone with 1GB of RAM and a dual core would probably be more than enough for me. (though today such phones are quite outdated, haha)

So what would you recommend? I'll just help you out a bit and say that there's no way I'd go with a Samsung phone. Also, it has to be Android (no WP, iOS, Bada, and whatever else there is). And expandable memory is a must, as well. Might add something more if I remember.

Sent from my cracksperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] DdcCabuslay:
Do you want to stick with Sony or will you consider other brands as well? There's a lot of good high end phones from LG, HTC and whatnot (I'll exclude Samsung in this case). Sony did announce three new phones today at IFA (Xperia T, V and J) which retain the arc-like design if you're willing to wait. And there's the Xperia S, P & U, but I'd personally pass on those with what's coming out and what is out right now.

It's really hard to recommend one phone tbh; play around with whatever you can and buy the one that you like best.
[Xperia Arc General] Okluzhion:
I'm considering other brands as well. Though I have to admit that Sony retains the look and uniqueness, while for instance HTC phones all look quite the same. But I'm willing to bare with the not so unique HTC style if the housing quality is good. But there is one thing with Sony phones that kind of makes me step away and ask myself if I really want to get one again. And that's the screen glass. The arc's screen glass is literally scratch un-resistant. Sometimes the fact just annoys the heck out of me. In comparison to HTC Desire HD, the screen glass of my arc is really horrible. I'm starting to like HTC, whether I liked that fact or not.

Sent from my cracksperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] issak42:
Then get Xperia go :D

Its supposed to be ultra resistant, and its dual core 1GHz.

I can't really advise you which phone to get, because I don't know you screen size preference and budget.
[Xperia Arc General] khayamxs:
If its in your budget i would recommend a Galaxy Nexus.

1 - Latest android updates

2 - Good Design

3 - High Durability

Just a recommendation :D
[Xperia Arc General] jejeh:
Wait a little........maybe for the google sony nexus.

If it's not coming i'm jumping ship to nexus anyway.
[Xperia Arc General] Okluzhion:
Ah, should've added some more info to the OP. But really it was 3 am or something like that and I was already half asleep (lol). I don't need it to be ultra resistant. I won't be throwing it around. I just need it to be of "normal" resistance. Dropped my boyfriend's phone (Desire HD) a couple of times, it also went flying and fell on the floor and all the things that might happen when your hands are not really that steady. It got no scratches and it took no damage to the housing. While if I did the same to my arc... well, uhm... it would probably shatter all around the place, lol.

About the screen size and resolution. Well, anything between 4.2 and 4.5 inches with resolution of the arc or higher. The budget is not very limited as I've saved some money (just don't suggest a golden phone with a couple of diamonds :P ). I can also get a tax-free product (which would then be the normal price back there in the States... yeah, my country loves to add to the normal price, lol). For an example, the Galaxy S III in free sale (without a contract, not locked to any carrier) is around $840.
[Xperia Arc General] heinrichkaiser:
Get Note 2.. Best I can see out now.. Or wait to jump on the next Nexus cruise..

Sent from my Nexus S
[Xperia Arc General] hygge:
Have you removed the fabric pre-applied anti shatter screen protecter? This scrathes easily and I removed mine after 1 year and now I have a perfect glass screen which is super responsive, allmost like a new phone. Never used any screen protecter as I dislike the poor touch sensitivity.

Please try to install the latest SE stock ICS ROM 4.0.4, this has improved significantly. I cannot say anything about the multitasking, never really been an issue, but for stability stock SE ROMS are perfect. Allways used stock ROMS and never missed a call, this is priority number one with high reliability as it is also my work phone. I am confident that Sony engineers very well know how to optimize the software but some here from xda would probably disagree ;)
[Xperia Arc General] lokenok:
go for xperia v , keeps the iconic arc design , has .1 inch bump from 4.2 to 4.3 inch screen... hd display dual core 1gb ram 13mpx stacked cmos sensor , hdr , WATER RESISTANT!

Good LUCK
[Xperia Arc General] Okluzhion:
Like I said, Samsung is out of question.

Yeah, I removed it as I was annoyed by it. But still, the screen just shouldn't get scratches out of the blue (I never put it anywhere where it could get them, and the scratches were already there even before I first dropped my phone). And the housing quality is so poor that I'm literally shocked how they could even sell it for such a price (was around $650 a year ago). And I'm not talking about that tiny little crack everyone complained/complains about (see http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28003272&postcount=606 - I didn't throw it around for fun to get this "sexy" look, dropped it a couple of times from a very low height).

Well, I don't know about how heavy your multitasking is. I'll tell you what runs on my phone all the time (when the phone is idle, otherwise some or all of these will get killed to make space for a memory hungry app):

AquaMail, IMO messenger beta, Clipper, Color Note, Avast, Nova launcher, BetterBatteryStats, Battery Drain, Volume Control+, Smart Keyboard; widgets: ADW Widget, Aix Weather, UCCW, Elixir 2, Meta widget, stock Browser bookmarks, TuneIn, Minimalistic Text.

Some of them will get killed in memory to make space for something else so not all of them run at the same time (they're mostly in "restarting" state). And now imagine opening an internet browser or a game. What will you get? Instant background app genocide. Even the keyboard dies or freezes.

I think I really need something more.

Might look around some carrier stores to try it out. But I'm not sure whether it has on-screen buttons or capacitive touch buttons. The first one is a minus for me.

EDIT: checked it out. On-screen buttons. :(
[Xperia Arc General] darth5zaft:
Hmmm, currently. Have the S, and has dropped it so many time,and it still ok. My old arc housing cracks the first time it falls

But my recommendations is get the V or the Arco S.
[Xperia Arc General] mr_torture:
Stay with SONY, as you won't find better design anywhere. Yes, there are some let-downs from time to time, and yes, the hardware specs are not top-notch, but overall, Xperias are the sexiest smartphones out there, so it's not that painful to sacrifice some performance for the sake of good design and appealing UI...

Also, even we (Xperia phones users) complain a lot about some software and hardware unperfections, the other manufacturers are struggling with these or other things too. There is no perfect phone, believe me. I know that because when I collect all my friends in one place, there is wide range of smartphones on the table, from Iphones, to HTCs, to Samsungs, to SONYs (this would be me), and all of them are having some issues.

From terrible lags, to battery drains, to housing mailfunctions, to this, to that...

And let me be more concrete here... My friends Iphone 3GS is lagging so much that it's ridiculous, and my friend is not advanced or heavy user at all. Few applications here and there. My Arc S feels like warp 9 speed when I use it after his phone. And other friends HTC Evo 3D on ICS is also lagging so much (an dual-core phone, remember), that I don't feel my Arc S on ICS is overperfomed at all by that phone... And battery drain is ridiculous on Evo 3D for example, and picture quality is uncomparable with Arc S, cause we have tested it so many times. And so on, and so on...

The point is, you won't find perfect phone out there, and you won't find so dominant phone, that you'll say, ok SONY is ****, I won't be using it anymore.

I'm tech freak, and I play with alot of smartphones on daily basis, and I would hardly change SONY as my favourite smartphone manufacturer.

And yes, like in your case, Samsung is totally out of question. I would never use such crappy and uninspiring design and UI. Market share means nothing to me, and current two market share dominant smartphone manufacturers are both astronomically overrated, and I would never use them before my Xperias.

If you decide to stay with SONY, there is really wide range of new NXT line Xperias to choose from. From S to P to new Arc successors presented few days ago, T, J and V. I don't know, I just can't resist sexiness of Xperia phones. :cool:

Sorry for huge post. Pozdrav iz Sarajeva.
[Xperia Arc General] tinyXperia:
Reading your posts, I'd recommend the LG Optimus 4x HD. It's very fast and reasonable priced compared to the One X and SGS3. The design also shouldn't be too bad. Please look for some reviews and keeps us updated!

Via Mobile
[Xperia Arc General] Overdose1986:
what about a full housing replacement??? $24 only
[Xperia Arc General] Okluzhion:
Yes, I do know that there is no perfect phone out there and, probably, nor will there ever be one. I have to admit I even thought about buying the One X, but I've read a lot of posts about its horrible battery life. So I moved on and put this one aside on the "maybe" shelf.

I checked out some of the new Sony phones, and was sad to notice the on-screen buttons on most of them (I really dislike such buttons). There are maybe two with the capacitive touch buttons, but one has only 512MB of RAM. The other one, however, is Xperia SL - what's the Arc S to Arc, that's the SL to S - a bit of an upgrade. I pretty much like all the specs, so this one might be one of the candidates.

I don't mind long-ish posts as long as they have something good written in there. :) Pozdrav i tebi iz Zagreba. :)

I looked it up on GSM Arena and quite liked what was put on the paper. However, when I wanted to check out the price in my country, I couldn't find any store that sells it. I don't know whether it will be available here or not. Maybe I overlooked something, might try searching it again.

Am I supposed to give $24 every time my phone drops on the floor? That's not such a low price. And I doubt I could get it for such a price here where I live, if I could even get it for any price.

Sent from my cracksperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] Overdose1986:
Ebay ships free to worldwide

(full white housing with keypad)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Full-Ho...s=63&clkid=1704432372545259337#ht_2949wt_1049

black and silver covers are cheapers (15-24$)
[Xperia Arc General] cryogenix:
i myself am considering on buying a new phone only because of the arc's cracking flaw. my arc has been with me for a year now and i have utilized it so much to my complete satisfaction. and with a variety of options out there, in my humble opinion, nothing matches sony's design / form factor on their phones specially on the arc. such a thing of beauty. so with that said, i am very much considering on waiting for the international version of the xperia gx which still boasts the arc shape but with beefed up specs. if you're willing to wait for it as well, then consider adding it to your top choices for arc upgrade ;)
[Xperia Arc General] n3n00:
But not everyone is good with hardware and part replacing...

However my white Arc S has broken plastic upper-right and lower-right, if I break it somewhere else again and become annoyed I'll probably buy the cover, 24$ is ok price. Lol I wish there is a metal housing for Arc :D.

My ex-phone was Motorola Milestone (metal+rubber+hard plastic), on its subforum known as "Chuck Norris's phone", it is literally a tank and now I have to watch out on Arc S cause its plastic is so vulnerable... I have it 1 month and soon it'll look older than 3yo MM :/..

Sunbriel, why not on-screen buttons? Never had problems with them on MM, but they were not literally "on screen" (Galaxy Nexus style), just touch buttons under the screen. I hate physical buttons on Arc S...

@Sunbriel i Mr_Torture, pozdrav iz Splita :P.
[Xperia Arc General] mr_torture:
If you have some patience left, wait for new "curvy" Arc-like Xperias to come to our market, as they will probably lower down current NXT Xperias prices. Xperia S or SL or P for example... I know you said you don't like on-screen buttons, but we will all have to deal with it in one moment, when we decide to change our Arcs.

If your bugget allows you, wait for this sexy beast to appear on our market, and go for it:

Or the one you already mentioned, (but the first one is killer design-wise to me):

@ n3n00

Jazz ba, jazz ba... :D
[Xperia Arc General] ^eLipS#:
Since you don't like SAMSUNG devices, and I suggest you not to buy HTC, you're only left with Sony.

Xperia S, P and U don't have SD card slot, so you'll need to wait for some of those devices:

- Sony Xperia V

- Sony Xperia T

- Sony Xperia Arco S

One of those phones is for you, trust me ;)
[Xperia Arc General] Okluzhion:
The thing is I don't have a credit card to pay with, and long-term-wise it would be just throwing money into the wind.

Don't you think it's unfair the japanese got all the best technology and the rest of the world ends up being a big arse sucker? :< I always drooled over Sharp's phones, but they were Japan exclusive and now Sony is doing the same to us. Kutabare ><

By on-screen buttons I mean the virtual buttons on the screen itself. I tried them on Arc. It was fun for about couple of hours and then I removed them. I wouldn't be comfortable using them for longer time. But I'm more than fine with the separated capacitive touch buttons like on Desire HD, One X or Xperia SL/S. I can't say I hate the hardware buttons on our Arc (S). It gives it that unique and distinguished look.

Vidim ima nas :P

You know what. I LOVE the look of it. Somehow the housing reminds me of good old feature phones era. But why couldn't they just go with the separated touch buttons. :( (that was for the first phone, I'm already considering the SL)

I'm considering SL. Even though it doesn't have the SD slot, it's got 32GB of internal storage (around 26GB of that is user space). And since I'm keeping my Arc with 32GB SD card on which I have all my music, I think 26GB is more than enough for me.

Anyone else thinks Sony should start being a bit more creative with the phone names? Maybe we have to wait for them to list all the letters from the alphabet first. :D

(I sometimes hate using T9 :< keyboard, editing my post again cause of typos ~_~)

Sent from my cracksperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] ^eLipS#:
Then buy Xperia S. It's the same thing, SL only has slightly faster processor...
[Xperia Arc General] aniket.sananse:
+1
[Xperia Arc General] Okluzhion:
Yeah, just checked it out. Kinda makes me wonder what's the meaning of making phones such as Arc S and SL. The only thing that's bugging me with SL/S is the unremovable battery.

Sent from my cracksperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] mr_torture:
I guess they will shoot out most of the letters with this NXT series, as they call it, and then they will continue their "classic" naming.

And yes, I totally agree with you when it comes to hardware vs on-screen keys. But unfortunately, it seems everyone is abandoning hardware keys, so the same is with SONY. Even I consider hardware keys much more practical, I guess they needed to be sacrificed for the sake of trend and fashion... :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc General] Okluzhion:
F**k trend and fashion, I'm a rebel. xD I don't have a feeling on-screen buttons are one step forward. Methinks separated touch buttons were just fine as they were. And I'll always choose hardware buttons over the both of the touch versions, if it's possible.

Sent from my cracksperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] ^eLipS#:
I think you should skip Xperia S/SL, because lots of people are complaining about buttons being very hard to press on those devices.
[Xperia Arc General] azaberl:
After all the announced 2012 Xperia phones I still like the S/SL design the most. And with AOSP support this could be the way to go.