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[HTC Droid DNA] texascfdad:
I hate the rezound battery life. I can get it to basically sleep but any use, phone or screen on, its 2 hrs tops. Rediculous. The ONLY thing bad about the rezound. I'm sure the DNA will be the same. That's the main reason I wouldn't get one. That and I would have too pay full retail price to keep unlimited data. I've never been a fan of huge phablets though. I think 4.3 is a good size and I would never go smaller than the 4.0 on my inc2.
[HTC Droid DNA] platinumrims:
2 hours? That's it? Yea that's terrible. I'm at 40 with 16hrs off charger on 4G with WiFi occasionally. 2hrs screen on and 15 minutes.of phone calls. Also at 25% brightness which is kind of too bright for in here. Best part about it all is that on on the stock unrooted 3.14 ruu with stock kernel too. I very easily get more with snuzzos kernel and on just about any other modified rom. I wouldn't use a phone that got bettery life THAT bad. it'd just sit on my desk probably. I bet the DNA will have better battery life than this one. Might even be a lot better.
[HTC Droid DNA] Ndaoud360:
Same here wait till someone sells it on ebay for cheap.
[HTC Droid DNA] dyetheskin:
if it's got a crap battery I'm sticking with my rez a little longer. extended gives me at least 8 hours of on screen time
[HTC Droid DNA] bluetooth_decay:
No, because I tend to use my phones until they're obsolete, they die, or one of my parent's dies giving me an excuse to buy a replacement and give them my old one. If that last scenario hadn't happened recently, I'd still be using my DInc instead of a Rezound.

Aside from that, I want my next phone to be a Nexus phone. But if Google doesn't ever bring out hardware that supports Verizon CDMA and LTE, I may have to reconsider.
[HTC Droid DNA] Proz00:
u use mostly youtube or in web ?

cos i get mostly with extended 5 hours with Rage rom
[HTC Droid DNA] 1454:
The most I get with the extended battery is 3 and a half to four hours screen on with the rezound. Part of the reason I'm sick of it. That's in wifi all day. If I am on LTE I'm lucky to see 3 hours screen on. And I don't really watch videos. It's mostly Web browsing.
[HTC Droid DNA] Proz00:
watching video with youtube app should drain less the battery

try firefox beta to web and AOSP Rom

im sick of the this battery's life too and im gsm user dont use data at all

so my next phone most likely wont be HTC
[HTC Droid DNA] scy1192:
...I read that wrong
[HTC Droid DNA] AshtonTS:
So did I...
[HTC Droid DNA] DigiDave:
lmao! I'm not the only one :cyclops:
[HTC Droid DNA] squidder:
Lol I figured. Just makes me roflmao when people say they would rather have ****ty phones instead of a great phone that isn't built the way they like or some other ridiculous reason.
[HTC Droid DNA] Max725:
The first time I read thought wait... what did that say? The confusion arises because what he wrote means neither that one of his parents' phones dies nor that one of his parents dies.

The only way to interpret it as a correct phrase is that he has one parent who has multiple phones, in which case one of his parent's phones might die. [/Rant on the values of correct grammar]
[HTC Droid DNA] squidder:
Makes sense to me. If one of his parents phone dies.
[HTC Droid DNA] 1454:
I use FF or Chome. I haven't tried an AOSP rom, but I can't given the bluetooth issues. I don't watch videos hardly ever on my phone. I'll occasionally watch TV through my phone(via Vulkano, or Remote potato), but that is a rarity. Maybe once a month.

Here are my current battery stats. And this is with the 2750 OEM extended. With the standard battery I would be dead right now. Heck, even with the extended I'm almost dead usually at this time of night. It usually starts beeping at me about 9p that it is going to shut off.
[HTC Droid DNA] jayochs:
it's like the importance of commas..

"let's eat out grandma!"

or

"let's eat out, grandma!"
[HTC Droid DNA] stkiswr:
Honestly I get at least 4 hrs screen on time on 4g. 1:30 is abysmal I get more on a stock battery, not dogging but you have,something sucking power

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The DNA should be,able,to get 4 hrs screen on time at least. It's,based on the,new,processors that use less and make,more. Everything is more efficient.
[HTC Droid DNA] 1454:
I wish I could figure out what it is. I've done my best to figure it out. Short of just running plain stock with nothing running, I have exhausted all options.
[HTC Droid DNA] platinumrims:
Your phone may be leaking it... If its not the battery. That's a real thing seriously. It's a hardware problem
[HTC Droid DNA] MARKREIF:
Nope - I'm waiting on BB10
[HTC Droid DNA] AshtonTS:
^you're kidding right?
[HTC Droid DNA] MARKREIF:
no more than you planning on getting the I-4s ;) but seriously - nothing coming out the 4th quarter from Moto, HTC, or Sammy tweaks my interest ..... My Rezound and Bionic hum like bees .... Checked out the Nokia 920 and 820 and at an At&t store today and they don't seem to have all that much on my Trophy soooo.......definitely want to check out BB10.... (had a Storm 2 and liked it so I'm biased)
[HTC Droid DNA] platinumrims:
The 8X is nice... Verizon is supposed to get one
[HTC Droid DNA] Adulmec:
After my experience with Sony which stabbed us, the customers, in the back by not giving the 2012 update to all the phones which run 4.0, I am not taking into consideration but a Nexus phone. That way I am sure I will get all the updates in a timely manner...
[HTC Droid DNA] TommyGun$:
I will be selling my S3 and using my upgrade for a DNA. $200 with upgrade, sounds like a good price for quad core 1080p 440ppi phone.
[HTC Droid DNA] rajuabju:
Just ordered my DNA.

So happy to be moving on from the T-Bolt. And no, the battery doesnt worry me... I've been well trained for the last 2 years in how to deal with a crappy battery... chargers everywhere!
[HTC Droid DNA] Trooper Thorn:
You won't regret it. This device is amazing. Battery hasn't been too big a deal for me so far. With my usage I know it will get me through a day to a day and half easy--I'm at 41% with 1d1h22m of on time, 1h34m Screen On time, and 30m17s of Voice Calls. Not a far cry from what I was getting with the Galaxy S3, and definitely better than my Rezound after the ICS OTA.
[HTC Droid DNA] nitsuj17:
ill get it as soon as unlock is confirmed...whenever that is :o
[HTC Droid DNA] Ndaoud360:
Damn saw review def getting it but off contract for 2 reasons.

1. contract is not up

2. I still want my unlimited.
[HTC Droid DNA] rfarrah:
Pre-ordered mine. .....and hoping they ship it early!
[HTC Droid DNA] fernando sor:
Im on the fence. My next Verizon phone im buying outright so I'm going to for once not be impulsive. My rezound and evo lte are still awesome to me.

Really disappointed in the storage size and battery. That is a lot of pixels to push
[HTC Droid DNA] ocman40:
Wifes upgrade is due the 22nd. Perfect timing. Please get with the rooting and unlocking.
[HTC Droid DNA] k2trill:
lmao too funny Charles

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This is the funniest EVER! ROTFL
[HTC Droid DNA] Ndaoud360:
Or the importance of Caps like: Lets help your Uncle Jack off a horse. OR Lets help your Uncle jack off a horse.
[HTC Droid DNA] dontex:
I love the hardware...it's a beautiful phone...but no SD card expansion and a non removable battery is a deal breaker for me....so i'm probably getting the note 2 instead...plus its exclusive to Verizon which sucks since i'm on sprint and can't see myself going back to VZW
[HTC Droid DNA] jmichaels1982:
I really want to know

The status of simultaneous voice and data on 3g only . I heard they have changed the lte chip on this bad boy , something that makes me really nervous . I hope they followed the tradition from the rezound and tbolt and kept that feature.
[HTC Droid DNA] johnminator:
Yess i will be getting it and once it is rooted with custom rom or cm10 omg speechless
[HTC Droid DNA] Despyse:
Yup, pre-ordered soon after launch. Got to keep unlimited through that loophole w/ a dumbphone. :good:
[HTC Droid DNA] animez:
Meh, kind of done with HTC after seeing this hardware configuration. Sure the screen, cpu, ram and camera are pretty nice and I'm sure the thing will be a powerhouse, but HTC just kinda doesn't get it anymore.

To me it's a problem of either/or. Either give me a user replaceable battery or 2500mah minimum. Either give me a SD slot or 20GB of usable space (this will have 11-12GB available). This thing doesn't miss the mark by much, but it just doesn't work for me.
[HTC Droid DNA] MARKREIF:
i second that....
[HTC Droid DNA] Ndaoud360:
Well the thing I'm worried about is storage but I think I got it covered. With Dropbox which you get the max of 18 gigs if you invite people to join Dropbox and Astro file manager can link to Dropbox. So copy and past from Dropbox tab on Astro to Astro itself. With 4g files will transfer fast.
[HTC Droid DNA] flipclean:
I preordered HTC DNA & note 2 today couldn't decide so BOTH..same size sim card so flip flop I go. I have 3 lines grandfather in main line has unlimited data & 2 dumb phones on other lines paid full price on DNA & got the note 2 for 299 then when it shows up on the 29th I switch back to dumb phone. So in short I will enjoy unlimited data on Verizon for both super phones. (until April 2013) rumor. CAINT WAIT!
[HTC Droid DNA] animez:
Only problem there is the more you store in the cloud the more you are moving things back and forth (or pulling down then deleting to regain space), eating into that mid-sized battery. My issues with the phone are not deal breakers if you go one by one, but put them all together and the DNA is just not quite there for me.
[HTC Droid DNA] MARKREIF:
and another issue for me is the whole phablet theme - i think 5" is overkill and this device, the note and no doubt what will become the dominant size in 2013 to me is loony. I guess if one uses the phablet as their main source for entertainment - all to them - but for one that still hangs on to these smartphones for their usefulness as communication tools - last years 4.0 - 4.5 size factors are much better (for me that is).
[HTC Droid DNA] Ndaoud360:
True that but battery CAN be replaced assuming the battery is placed in the same position as the one x. Here is a vid that shows someone prying open the one x to replace battery and screen which is easy to replace. Well battery is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceHw6mezG60
[HTC Droid DNA] jonesin:
I just preordered and I'm honestly prety happy about it. I have spent months waiting and biding my time. My upgrade was available in july... I have unlimited data and will be able to keep it. I was praying hysterically to the silicone gods to bring the N4 to vzw but was shunned and thus the decision was obvious. I have been sporting samsung phone since the GS1 and I'm about over it. I have had problems with every single one of them. Would kill for a Moto nexus but eh... This will be my first HTC device and I'm fairly excited to be honest. Cant wait for next wednesday(hopefully sooner with any luck)
[HTC Droid DNA] johnminator:
how much did it cost all together if you dont mind me askin
[HTC Droid DNA] Wot-75:
Mine was $599 + sales tax and I also bought the HTC portable power re-charger and a silicon case. Total out the door (with 17% accessory discount) was $715.03

I still have unlimited data though. I'm guessing this will be my last cloud-based storage phone as I'm sure VZW will kill the unlimited data plans eventually and I refuse to pay extra to use cloud storage services.

My biggest fear is that a month from now HTC/VZW will cave to consumer demand and re-release this phone with removable MSD and a bigger battery ala RZRMAXX / Motorola.

If that happens it will be one more reason to leave VZW.
[HTC Droid DNA] treadwayj:
once you see the device it's really not phablet sized, i personally like the size since it isnt a whole lot bigger then the rezound which i came from. its definitely not the size of that lg mini-tv
[HTC Droid DNA] trickster2369:
I really want to get this phone, but my upgrade isn't up until next summer. However, I have a good friend of mine who's upgrade is now. He has offered to upgrade to the DNA, then trade me for my Rezound. I pay half of the upgrade cost. Sounds like an excellent deal to me. Would you do it?
[HTC Droid DNA] macanovic88:
I'm 99% sure that I will buy LG Nexus. My Desire HD is almost two years old now. Because of ICS (no) update never again htc!

But this is the best phone on the market, that's fact!
[HTC Droid DNA] drumz0rz:
Communication, like you mean, make phone calls? People still do that sort of thing?

I'd say I spend maybe 5% of my time on my phone in calls. Maybe like 20% texting, and the remaining 75% browsing the web / facebook.
[HTC Droid DNA] jonesin:
247 and change after the upgrade fee
[HTC Droid DNA] chakra:
not worth $700. I would get it if it had an SD card slot or 32 gigs or more. or it was retale priced at 350. then I would as it is, no sale here.
[HTC Droid DNA] geoff5093:
It's $599, not $700.
[HTC Droid DNA] chakra:
Ok still seems steep for 11 gigs of memory.
[HTC Droid DNA] zepfloyd:
Keep in mind it's basically a slightly taller GS3. It's exactly as wide, and a hair thicker. It's really not a phablet or comparable to the Notes. A few reviews have already pointed out using one handed wasn't really an issue. For me the Galaxy Nexus was the sweet spot of as big as I'd have preferred to go, but I got used to the GS3 and I certainly don't want anything wider at all, so I should be ok here with the DNA. I saw someone with a Note II on the phone yesterday and actually chuckled out loud, it really looked that ridiculous. It felt like I was watching an inverted version of Wil Ferrell's SNL D&G skit.
[HTC Droid DNA] boodies:
ill consider this phone once the dna mutates to include sd cards and an spen ^_^

@zepfloyed you chuckle at one of the best looking phones ever? hehe this thing feels so solid and nice. Waiting to get the Dock from Samsung with 3 usbs, 1 audio out, and HDMI all in a package smaller than your fist.

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[HTC Droid DNA] bbeelzebub:
It seems half the time I pull my SG3 out of my pocket lately, it's back on 3G. I live in a perfectly fine 4G area but it happens a lot. Could be the radios I'm using with the ROM or could be same ol' samsung stuff...... That being said. The more I read about the Droid DNA, the more I want one. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. I only got the GS3 because HTC didn't have anything out when they got rid of unlimited data on contract renewals. I miss HTC. :crying:

If I get on the return merry go round and they offer to replace my SG3 with a DNA, well, I think I'd take that offer in a heartbeat. I can live without an SD card if the battery is up to snuff.
[HTC Droid DNA] zepfloyd:
What's so special about the spen anyway, there's a million capacitive styluses. Best looking phone? It's nothing but a jumbo GS3 aesthetically, period. And yea I did chuckle. That one was white and with no cover and looked incredibly awkward held to the ear. Buy a headset. I didn't say it was ugly, and it does have nice features (like multiwindow) but man does it make people look like their trying too hard. To each his own.
[HTC Droid DNA] stkiswr:
I really like the gs3 but know,if I owned one I would miss sense. Too bad HTC doesn't throw a 32gb s offed DNA to the masses.....mmm nice nice nice battery is tolerable only because I have a portable charger haha
[HTC Droid DNA] 1454:
Ummm, Spen is an active pen, not a capacitive stylus. Just like the note 10.1.
[HTC Droid DNA] itch808:
Missing Wacom digitizer with thousands of variable pressure sensable...S-pen does NOT equal stylus
[HTC Droid DNA] drmooooy82:
i think the differance b/w htc and samsung is the lack of advertisment from htc to promote their devices although htc has better hardwares as well as built but i think with the financial problems that they face it's better to consider a good marketing advisors to overcome that,,,my personal opinion
[HTC Droid DNA] boodies:
HTC doesn't have better hardware Samsung does. Sammy also has better software and that is why they make more money with their mobile division than all of google combined. Surprise~
[HTC Droid DNA] nrfitchett4:
from what I've read, that double antenna config that gave us data and voice simultaneously is part of the reason for bad battery life. Having to power 2 antennas.

really? every review I've read of samsung devices lists the cheap plastic feel as a negative. Not to mention samsung apparently still can't figure out cdma radios. Oh, and the HTC screens blow away amoled. So how are samsung phones the best constructed on the market?
[HTC Droid DNA] boodies:
lol, im not trying to start a war. yeah the screen is nice.. but if htc has that what do you think samsung has up their sleeves? by hardware i don't mean just the external casing brother. which by the way is super durable this material. apple has better quality than htc, why do you think apple gets so many **** from samsung? htc can't compete with the R&D of samsung.
[HTC Droid DNA] platinumrims:
What are you talking about? Are you mad or something?
[HTC Droid DNA] treadwayj:
if someone already answered this then i apoligize for answering again, but voice and data on 3g is a no go. from what i remember it would have required an extra antenna
[HTC Droid DNA] nrfitchett4:
I would guess Samsung has another over saturated amoled up their sleeves... Same as their last 6 phones.
[HTC Droid DNA] Ridou:
We shall see according to the price :rolleyes:
[HTC Droid DNA] stkiswr:
It's called svdo technology. Gs3 can do it also. I'd like to think the new DNA will offer it but I haven't seen specs on it yet
[HTC Droid DNA] drumz0rz:
Over Saturated with blotchy dead spots....
[HTC Droid DNA] treadwayj:
svdo is a not supported, svlte is supported. it is a hardware limitation due to the lack of the extra antenna
[HTC Droid DNA] stkiswr:
So DNA won't do data while on a call? I noticed that. I was using a friend's iPhone 5 and it was on lte but couldn't surf data while in a call. Then read and found out it was the radios that apple used. Kinda lame
[HTC Droid DNA] drumz0rz:
the DNA will do data on a call, but only when you have LTE. It uses the 3G CDMA antenna for voice and the LTE antenna for data. When you only have CDMA, the call will block data access. It's a limitation to how CDMA works compared to GSM (but remember that CDMA is much much better at not dropping calls).

No idea why the iPhone 5 can't do voice + data. That makes no sense. But now we're really getting off topic.
[HTC Droid DNA] busixb:
I'm concerned with the Amoled screens burn in issues I have experienced. I have never seen an SLCD do that.
[HTC Droid DNA] Flan77:
Simple Anwser ...YES

Besides that fact I need a new phone ( still rockin' a infectedROM T-Bolt) The screen sizes is awesome. The Samsung Note2 is too big and uncomfortable to use. Processing speed are going to be out of this world, after Rooted/ROM'ed of course.
[HTC Droid DNA] tehknics:
Just met with the phone guy at my company and preordered a DNA! Our business account still offers unlimited even with upgrades so it was a win win! I also got one of them HTC portable power packs. I believe it was 6000mAh.

I'm pretty excited :D
[HTC Droid DNA] boodies:
jeez relax guys lol... anyway congrats on your purchases. Heres another nice portable power source. It will charge the DNA about 6 times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKg0smUz0L4
[HTC Droid DNA] tehknics:
Dang that thing is a monster
[HTC Droid DNA] johnnyboy540:
I was wandering I have an unlimited plan and I want to buy this phone off contract. Can I just walk into a verizon store and just say I want it off contract and pay the man the full amount in cash or whatever and keep my unlimited plan?
[HTC Droid DNA] bsSkunkApe:
Should be, if you pay full price for the phone you don't sign any new contracts. They just activate your new phone on your current plan.
[HTC Droid DNA] awaitforitb:
This is exactly what I am going to do :)
[HTC Droid DNA] lazarus2297:
I have mentioned this earlier but you should look into buying at Best Buy.. they will match Verizon's price plus you get the benefit of a MUCH better return policy... just in case
[HTC Droid DNA] hotmonkas:
i'm most likely going to get this phone. the performance looks great, the display is top-notch, camera seems awesome, and there already seems to be a good amount of dev support. i can live with 16GB since i barely use much data right now. i've probably used 6GB max on my current phone. and the battery seems to be average to slightly above average, which is good enough for me as well. i personally think $199 for this phone is a steal. i just can't wait to get this phone in my hands and test it out for myself!
[HTC Droid DNA] x3demond3x:
What I want to know is why there are so many people talking trash that the Galaxy Note is better on the HTC Droid DNA section? If you're not going to get the phone why are you even here?

Anyways I think this phone is great, it has great specs and is sexy as hell. I experimented with the IPhone 5 for a while after I got rid of my rezound and I definitely miss android. Can't wait to mess around with this phone.
[HTC Droid DNA] platinumrims:
Well they aren't even the same market. DNA is a phone with a delicious 5" screen with the cpu and gpu to match. The note (assuming u mean note 2) is a phablet that has way more features than any other phone or phablet, I think. But as far as better over all, depends on if you want a phablet or not.
[HTC Droid DNA] Ndaoud360:
Time to clean out my sd and internal sd of crap that I don't need so I wont waste mem if I get the DNA.
[HTC Droid DNA] nrfitchett4:
Yep. Same here. Time to upload the 800 pics on my sd card.
[HTC Droid DNA] impala454:
Just noticed my account was charged, and order status has updated with an actual order number and says "Will ship by 11/19". Woo hoo!
[HTC Droid DNA] boodies:
This,

After the initial do you need an sd card question, I think the next biggest differentiating factor to be Do you want a phablet or not. Do you want a big or an avg sized screen? Most cpu / gpu stats are not as important at this point as they both are freakin fast. These two phones are in a similar but different market.

Now that the floodgates are opening with 1080p, why don't you guys just wait a little longer for the perfect phone with 1080p + SD + Remv Batt thats over 3000mah...
[HTC Droid DNA] Despyse:
Yea, I got a tracking number and it started shipment through Fedex.
[HTC Droid DNA] bakanpo:
I've been really torn about the DNA. I've had a Galaxy Nexus and been really happy (although I do hate the mediocre reception and cheap plastic). I've really enjoyed stock android too, which can be fixed with ROMs. I loved my Dinc but I also absolutely hated the Thunderbolt and would venture to say its been one of the worst Verizon smart phones ever made, so that made me bitter towards HTC. Storage doesn't bother me and either does battery life.

I guess it comes down to two questions:

What's next? Do I settle for a cutting edge phone that I feel isnt quite up to par (but not too shabby either)... or do I wait for the next one? Anyone know rumors of whats on the road map for future releases? If a better one doesn't come out for 6 months, I'm better off getting the DNA.

And lastly, is there any way to keep unlimited data without paying full retail price? We just have two smart phones on our family plan. Thanks!
[HTC Droid DNA] bsSkunkApe:
On this count probably not. I was just at the Verizon store and the rep told me they are switching EVERYONE to tiered plans around the first of the year.
[HTC Droid DNA] suzook:
So you dont care about battery or storage? those are the only knocks against the phone...so how is it not up to par? It kicks a$$ in every other way.

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Another misinformed employee. They can't switch you until your contract is up. If they do, you have an opt out of the contract. It won't happen that way.