[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
NOTE: Off Topic! Phone talk at bottom...

What say [MENTION=5057697]welder73[/MENTION]!

5000€? What the heck is that? Oh, Euros, that is near $5,500.00, U.S.. Lot of money. I hear ya man. I cannot spend five grand on games either. So, there are ways to play my friend. There are ways... ;)

The Star Trek Online sounds pretty good. The only issue I have with good, online games is the time to put into it. When I get into games like this, I spend a LOT of time on them. And usually, I do not have such a large block of time to spend. My nephew had bought me Battlefield 1949 for Christmas and he got the Desert Storm mod for the game and got me to join him online, with headsets on. Now this was *really* good. Once you found a good server and got into a game, we could actually *talk* to each other and the game demands a certain level of teamwork. If you play solo, finding a good teammate is near impossible. Your own guys shoot you and run off, willy-nilly, on their own and lose. But with the headset communication, we could spot for artillery and deliver devastating blows to the enemy team. Or fly a troop carrier and coordinate attacks on the enemy. But finding the right server or even harder, a willing teammate took a LOT of time.

The Star Trek game seems to be more of the "level up" kind of game where the more you play, the higher your experience points get, unlocking better weapons and armor. That is not bad, I could put in time when I have it. Dungeon Siege, a Microsoft game was like that and I will admit, although I do not like strategy games as much, this one had such beautiful graphics that I played, got others to join, had an archer, a mage, some swordsmen, and a lot of fun. And the more you played, the more experience points you would get for better weapons. This one allows you to go online and join others to play. One day I was doing this online, I had so far to go to get better weapons and another dude came to meet up and play together, just leveling up and gaining more weapons and shields. The game allowed you to share your inventory and the other guy opened his chest and dropped the best sword in the game and the matching armor. He said "take this" and I did. Holy cow it would have taken forever to get these weapons. He did it because he had the ultimate weapon in the game, the chicken gun. You would have to travel so far into dark territory it would take forever to get that weapon but he had it. We spend the remaining time killing trolls and skeletons and finally, we quit. And I took the weapons with me. Great game, Dungeon Siege. And that is NOT the kind of game I like. Beautiful graphics too. No, I did not pay for the game. I got it, ...somewhere and the good thing was, you *could* go online without a proper CD Key. ;)

Hey I am a gamer and judging by the kind of games you like, I am sure your advice is good. You would not recommend a bad game like, ..."Farmville" or some other nonsense. So I will check the Star Trek game. Is this the Star Trek Online you are talking about? Thanks for the tip, welder! :good:

By the way these new phones with that BIG, JUICY screen are rather impressive! The Note 4, HTC, it seems like everyone is going over to a big screen phone or at least will offer a model with it. I am jealous and want one pretty bad. But those things are seriously expensive. No way to get around that $700 stuff. So sad. :(

Hmmm, check out this HTC One M7 Factory Unlocked Cellphone. Even on Amazon, it is cheap and double the specs of our Razrs, plus it has a huge screen. I wonder if this is rootable and if it is that cheap on Amazon, it must be practically "free" on Swappa. OMG, they are between $100-300, most below $200. Hmmmm, twice as good phone, dirt cheap, but can you root it? What gives? Okay so I cannot afford the new "hot off the press" phones, but doubling the phone specs seems pretty doable. :confused:

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Hey, this is a phone forum and we should talk more about our phones. One thing I think many of us can relate to is that the Razr is very much an aging, outdated piece of hardware. A good one, but still outdated. If we want more performance from our phones, we are going to have to upgrade. A lot of members have plans and can update to the newest, hottest phones. Many of us cannot, I am locked into an unlimited data for life plan and I dare not change it. So for someone like that, I have to supply my own upgrade.

So far I am impressed with the Galaxy S4, but I have seen it, side by side with the Note 4 as Verizon store. The Galaxy S4 is a smaller screen phone. I have not seen an HTC One in my hand, but it also doubles the specs of a Razr and appears to have a big screen. The HTC One has a 4.7" screen, the Note 4 has a 5.7" screen, the Galaxy S4 has a 5" screen, and the Razr comes in with a 4.3" screen. Ah, that Note 4 screen is nearly 6" and still fits in a pocket. So what "big screen" (5" and up) phones are available, rootable, and double Razr specs phones are out there? Really looking for something you can get on Swappa for less than $300. Suggestions are welcome by all. Thank you very much. :)