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Any Desire HD owners still happy with their phones and...
londonite
11-04-2012
not upgrading yet?
ajh94
11-04-2012
Originally Posted by londonite:
“not upgrading yet?”

I had one and upgraded to a Galaxy S2, quite a bit better. Although I was in an Everything Everywhere shop on monday (Sortford has one) and was looking at the One X and really temped to get one but i'm gonna wait for the Galaxy S3
londonite
11-04-2012
what noticeable way was it better?
rawr
11-04-2012
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.
MjW5
11-04-2012
Originally Posted by londonite:
“not upgrading yet?”

Yes I am in the same position. I'm now on a £15 sim-free deal with Three and went in the store today to check out the latest phones and decided that the extra £25 a month wasn't justifiable at the moment.

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).
fastest finger
11-04-2012
Still perfectly happy with the phone, just hate the battery life.
Thine Wonk
11-04-2012
Originally Posted by fastest finger:
“Still perfectly happy with the phone, just hate the battery life.”

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.
denyo1977
11-04-2012
Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“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.”

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.
Thine Wonk
11-04-2012
Originally Posted by denyo1977:
“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.”

So the auction is currently planned for Q4 2012, but is likely to be pushed into Q1 or Q2 2013.

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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