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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Any Desire HD owners still happy with their phones and...
not upgrading yet?
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: London & Essex
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not upgrading yet?
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what noticeable way was it better?
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Just upgraded from DHD to One X in the last few days. Definitely don't regret it. Everything about it is so much nicer. The screen is fantastic, and actually visible in sunlight without having to have the brightness ridiculously high.
It feels a lot nicer to hold. It's slightly larger, and lighter, but it feels so much less fragile and more natural. I always felt like I was going to drop the DHD (and did once - smashed straight away). It's faster too. Definitely noticeable improvements in things like the internet browser and camera etc. I was thinking about upgrading a couple of months ago, but nothing caught my eye, so I'm glad I waited a bit. |
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not upgrading yet?
I did think the One X was a great phone but for me, the Desire HD does everything I want it to do. Plus you can't get Sky Go on the One X and I can on my DHD so that would be a negative for me (I know it will come to the One X soon). |
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Still perfectly happy with the phone, just hate the battery life.
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Still perfectly happy with the phone, just hate the battery life.
Then you can charge it at work and you have spare batteries for if you go anywhere at the weekend etc. I've done this and no plans to upgrade. My next handset will be a 4G LTE one. |
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My tip is buy some extra USB to micro USB cables, they are £1.99 from ebay, and while you're there get some spare batteries at £2.50 each.
Then you can charge it at work and you have spare batteries for if you go anywhere at the weekend etc. I've done this and no plans to upgrade. My next handset will be a 4G LTE one. |
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Well, you might be in for a long wait then! I am not convinced Everything Everywhere will be starting 4G this year (especially not for mobile phones). The other networks will make sure it will be delayed. And otherwise with the auction still having to go ahead, you are probably looking at two years.
I think by late summer 2013 the operators will be pushing out 4G, so that's just over 1 year. I will probably buy a 4G capable phone way before 4G is actually here, I may very well pick one up from the states as I'm over in the summer, I just need to make sure the LTE frequencies it supports are the same ones as will be available in the UK. I think 4G will be the quickest rollout we've ever seen because LTE uses lower frequencies, so the signal will carry a lot further than 3G. The operators are already securing the backhaul ready to go, and in the LTE spec there is the ability to have relay nodes, which receive, error correct and re-broadcast the signal. A lot of the cells to start with could become basic nodes just to get the service up and running, without the full backhaul, then as later capacity is needed full 4G LTE backhaul can be implemented, so initially cells operating in a passthough mode, kind of like a repeater for quick coverage. In some cases the equipment being purchased by the operators is already 4G capable and just needs a software update to broadcast LTE I think, maybe somebody can confirm this. |
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