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Originally Posted by atoy74
Very good point and technically correct. That's one way to look at it.
I feel there's another side to this.
Consumers would/should expect a company's new product would outclass the previous models. These devices are sold that way (new 400MHz processor!, double the previous model's RAM!, smaller form factor! etc) and by that it's implied that they're faster. As the videos have shown, this is not the case.
I am a technical person but it never occurred to me that I should check that this particular feature was enabled. That's a small and very technical detail that most people are not aware of. If folks were aware, I'm sure it would have influenced many sales. Seems like HTC was running on the expectation that folks would not notice.
Look, it's part of the chipset, why shouldn't it be enabled? Consider an engine manufacturer made their engine with a supercharger and most people knew that to be "part of the system." Shouldn't the car manufacturer that is using that engine be clear that they've disabled the supercharger?
(Car manufacturers are a difficult analogy in this case because of the gravity of the purchase. Yes, most of us do a lot of research when purchasing a $25k+ car compared to a $250 phone...still, the arguments are relative)
By HTC promoting that they're using that chipset they were also implying that those features would be available if not explicitly stated where they weren't (available.)
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I agree completely that it should be enabled. I would probably even pay for the driver if it was because of cost that it was not enabled. I am just stating that when you all went to the sprint store if you are anything like me you knew exactly what you were buying. I knew it didnt have GPS, I knew rev A was not out yet. I played with it for 30 days and knew that the video performance was not great. I also agree that a newer phone should out perform its predecessors but all the carriers let you test drive these phones. If you dont like it get a different phone. Its not real hard.
I dont think HTC selecting a chipset is promising us anything. If you look at the chip diagram there is a spot on there for TV out. Are we bitching an moaning that our phones do not have a svideo out or a rca out? Qualcomm is designing a chip to do as much as possible and appeal to as many companys as possible. HTC has a business model to follow. If it was going to take too long or cost too much to add feature x then fiscally they have to make a decision to add or not add said feature. I am guessing that HTC would not cripple a device on purpose just to piss you guys off. HTC would probably love for all of the phones they offer to have Wifi, 3D hell WiMax but its not always possiblel. I'm not a HTC shill or anything I think they could do alot of good just saying that they are working on it.
I personally love my mogul. I love what it can do and what i cannot do obviously was not a deal breaker for me. I honestly really do not want to game or watch movies on my phone. Maybe a short clip, Youtube or a game of Zuma or Bejeweled but If I want an enjoyable multimedia experience I am 10 out of 10 times either using my PSP or my Ipod Touch.
Generally speaking the more a device tries to do the worse it is at doing all of it. I want my phone to excel a being a PDA and a phone first and formost. If these new drivers reduced my battery life I may have to skip them anyway.