sprint fall/winter lineup?

[delfin2003]

wait until early next year, we will have dual core android showing up...hopefully with retina displays...but I doubt it

[lpi408]

Originally Posted by Dr.8820

everyone is waiting for wp7 !

The truth is anybody waiting for WP7 is fooling themselves. Waiting for Microsoft to get WP7 mature enough with innovative features that people want and need are in for a very long wait. I remember waiting years for MS to address problems with their Bluetooth stack. History has shown that MS never seemed to care, they had a monopoly so there was never any need for them to do anything more than the bare minimum, for years MS has totally neglected the platform and their customers. The only thing that keeps people loyal to MS are peoples’ dependence on Outlook and exchange server.

The chances of MS developing an OS that has a user friendly interface with innovative features are slim to none. Actually I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see WP7’s user interface ultimately being a C prompt (C:>) and a stylus with the equipment manufactures having to apply a shell to make it usable.

The best people can hope for is that MS does a less than average job copying Apple and Google. It wasn’t until Apple’s success with the iphone, and later, the success Google had with Android, that MS even started putting any effort into their mobile OS. If MS wants my business in the future they have to earn it, I refuse to give MS the benefit of the doubt any longer. MS must do more than simply copy Apple and Google to win me over. For me, WP7 is dead on arrival, no copy & paste and no tethering equals NOWAY. As soon as I able to upgrade I am abandoning ship and going Android…..

Thanks for letting me vent, and have a great weekend everybody...

[ymarker]

Things I'm waiting for:

1) DUAL CORE CPU
the real wait is for dual core chips on the phone which they're currently working on and is most likely to show up soon. How soon is the kicker of course.

2) BETTER BATTERY LIFE
this really does make a difference in usability. But as we demand our phones do more than just voice calls, we're stretching how much give it has. In the very least I expect phones to last me through the day and into the night until I hit the hay when I can plug it in. Then next morning be ready for action (sort of sounds like a pr0n script doesn't it?)

3) amoled 1080p displays with true color. 2/3 of these are currently available in samsung epic. Only thing missing is 1080p

4) Please no more 800x600 rez. Give us more.

5) optical image stabilization

6) good low light camera

[gTen]

Originally Posted by delfin2003

wait until early next year, we will have dual core android showing up...hopefully with retina displays...but I doubt it

This is not going to happen...the iphone used a weird resolution and to increase compatibility they upped the resolution by exactly 2x..still leaving a weird resolution..either way there is really nothing that impressive about it and its expensive to manufacture...so OLED is the better way to go...

Originally Posted by ymarker

Things I'm waiting for:

1) DUAL CORE CPU
the real wait is for dual core chips on the phone which they're currently working on and is most likely to show up soon. How soon is the kicker of course.

There should be one soon but it will not take advantage of the dual cores till Gingerbread.and boils down to whether old apps will take advantage of the dual cores as well..

2) BETTER BATTERY LIFE
this really does make a difference in usability. But as we demand our phones do more than just voice calls, we're stretching how much give it has. In the very least I expect phones to last me through the day and into the night until I hit the hay when I can plug it in. Then next morning be ready for action (sort of sounds like a pr0n script doesn't it?)

Lol thats a good one...realistically unless we move beyond 1500mah...there is no way you will get better battery life as people demand more features...like say dual cores?

3) amoled 1080p displays with true color. 2/3 of these are currently available in samsung epic. Only thing missing is 1080p

Do you mean 1080p video or 1080p resolution of the screen? if you mean video then Hummingbird can do 1080p read and write...only thing is its not taking advantage of its true potential atm...if you mean resolution..1080p on a small screen like that is a bit much...

4) Please no more 800x600 rez. Give us more.

we never had 800x600...your thinking of computers...we have 800x480..I guess 720p resolution wouldn't hurt :/

5) optical image stabilization

Thats pushing it...most people want a thin phone...asking for that is bound to make it thicker...

6) good low light camera

A phone is not meant to be a complete camera replacement...at best you can hope for a good camera...a full camera replacement is pushing it...I mean it would drive camera manufacturers out of business >.>

[quick99si]

I was under the impression that dual cores were delayed significantly and were expected to be released sometime in Q3 2011. In the meantime, Samsung was expecting to push the current Epic CPU up to 1.5ghz. My first though was that oh great, now the battery won't even last past breakfast time.

Also, the Samsung Transform is "supposed" to be available for sale (not presale) 10/10/10 according to several sources. I haven't found anything from Sprint directly as far as specs or release date, but the FCC documentation shows that it will have a QWERTY keyboard and no 4G.

Is the phone going to be a mini-Epic in the midrange of Sprint devices? Or is it aimed at the massess who don't quite like the $10/mo 4G coolness tax?

[gTen]

@ymarker - Sharp's IS03 Android phone packs retina display, minus the branding pretense -- Engadget

[lpi408]

For those upgrading to the SERO premium plan and wanting an Android phone but not wanting to pay the $10 4G fee this might be a option. I myself would love a Epic or Evo, but until 4G is available in my area I refuse to pay for a service which I can not use. I am not sure how much longer I can take using the TP2.

Samsung Hands-on with Video.

Samsung Transform, first hands-on! -- Engadget

[badchad]

I'm itching for a new device as well.

Seems like I'll have to wait a few more months. I'm hoping that early 2011 brings in WP7 and perhaps a new webos device.

[mlin]

Originally Posted by delfin2003

wait until early next year, we will have dual core android showing up...hopefully with retina displays...but I doubt it

Retina displays, what a joke! Lol

Anyhow, CDMA iPhones coming your way for those interested.

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[neudof]

Here you go!
Sprint announed a few mid-grade android devices today:

Sprint shows off three new Android smart phones