HTC bringing VGA displays to sprint: Raphael and Diamond

[gobmonster]

Originally Posted by qwho

One thing that's good for them though, is that the general populace will not be aware of the new htc phones.


Anyhow, what does everyone think? will we (those with total equipment coverage) be able to break our phones and pay the $50 replacement cost, plus the difference in the price of the new phones, thus replacing the mogul with the new one with the keyboard?

Thoughts?

This is my hope and my dream. My contract is up in june of this year and if this phone comes out i'll extend my contract..... but the thing is, i want to either wait till i can get the contract with a new phone or trade in my damaged mogul...

I'll give them my old mogul if its to get the new qwerty device

And i knew this was in the works, all these sprint reps telling me that they had no moguls, all the lies about shortages and backorders....... Just hold onto your moguls until Q3 kiddies, theyll have to get you a phone that works and since we're at the top of the sprint phone totem pole, this new phone will be one of the substitutions

[SprintTouch08]

First, i would STRONGLY STRONGLY suggest not committing fraud as above to "break" a Mogul once the Raphnel comes out.

Second, they have no obligation to give you a Raphnel as a swap. the treo 800w is actually the direct correlation in specs to the Mogul that would be given as a swap. The Raphnel would be a higher tier and cost phone than the Mogul with 3mp, VGA, more memory etc.

I seriously doubt youd have much luck with that one when theres a 6.1, 128/256, wifi, gps phone with similar specs out in the Treo. Realize their policy says they only have to give you a phone with SIMILAR features, not an upgrade.

[gobmonster]

Originally Posted by SprintTouch08

First, i would STRONGLY STRONGLY suggest not committing fraud as above to "break" a Mogul once the Raphnel comes out.

Second, they have no obligation to give you a Raphnel as a swap. the treo 800w is actually the direct correlation in specs to the Mogul that would be given as a swap. The Raphnel would be a higher tier and cost phone than the Mogul with 3mp, VGA, more memory etc.

I seriously doubt youd have much luck with that one when theres a 6.1, 128/256, wifi, gps phone with similar specs out in the Treo. Realize their policy says they only have to give you a phone with SIMILAR features, not an upgrade.

Id like to take your word for it, but the apache was upgraded to the mogul. But i can understand what your saying, mogul to raphnel is >>>>> than mogul to treo

Still, i have a broken mogul that they keep telling to take a touch for, and im just going to hold out. Im thinking that this phone will probably cost about 600 USD new, so i have to wish that i can get something in return for my mogul. And if not, i'll just swap to the treo and hit ebay for the extra doe

[erick10]

Originally Posted by SprintTouch08

First, i would STRONGLY STRONGLY suggest not committing fraud as above to "break" a Mogul once the Raphnel comes out.

Second, they have no obligation to give you a Raphnel as a swap. the treo 800w is actually the direct correlation in specs to the Mogul that would be given as a swap. The Raphnel would be a higher tier and cost phone than the Mogul with 3mp, VGA, more memory etc.

I seriously doubt youd have much luck with that one when theres a 6.1, 128/256, wifi, gps phone with similar specs out in the Treo. Realize their policy says they only have to give you a phone with SIMILAR features, not an upgrade.

This is not right. If you get Sprint to allowing to trade in your Mogul for another phone you can get what ever phone you want. All you do is pay money if its higher that the msrp price of the mogul which is $550. Im telling you this because when the Mogul came out, my cousin got sprint in trading his 6700 plus $50 for new Mogul,.

[neodorian]

Looks like I might upgrade in November after just 1 year with the Mogul. Hope the specs end up looking good and I would like to find out if this will eventually be capable of running Android. I would be much more likely to buy a device that I know can run it in case WinMo stays stagnant.

[stealth-twinturbo]

I hope this phone runs much smoother, i hate to say it but the iphone when i have used it scrolls smooth and operates smoothly i feel like the touch needs more ram at least 256mb a better processor and a better graphics acceleration/driver!!! Sprint knows where the competetion is headed and they better make sure these phones are right when they come out. LOOK WERE ALL STILL WAITING FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ROM UPGRADE FOR THE TOUCH!! STILL NOT HERE

[eXplicit]

Originally Posted by stealth-twinturbo

I hope this phone runs much smoother, i hate to say it but the iphone when i have used it scrolls smooth and operates smoothly i feel like the touch needs more ram at least 256mb a better processor and a better graphics acceleration/driver!!! Sprint knows where the competetion is headed and they better make sure these phones are right when they come out. LOOK WERE ALL STILL WAITING FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ROM UPGRADE FOR THE TOUCH!! STILL NOT HERE

Highly unlikely to have a smooth phone with Windows Mobile. It's just the way it is. Maybe when 7 comes out, we'll see better transitions.

[cruiserandmax]

Originally Posted by stealth-twinturbo

I hope this phone runs much smoother, i hate to say it but the iphone when i have used it scrolls smooth and operates smoothly i feel like the touch needs more ram at least 256mb a better processor and a better graphics acceleration/driver!!!

Windows Mobile will always be a fat slow bastard compared to OSs designed and optimized for mobile devices like iPhone and likely Android.

[blue4shizzle]

Originally Posted by cruiserandmax

Windows Mobile will always be a fat slow bastard compared to OSs designed and optimized for mobile devices like iPhone and likely Android.

you know.. i wouldnt say anything like that again, because a lot of win mobile experts here would give you how win mobile is like a million times better than the iphone and android.. well at least iphone anyway

[TurboFool]

Originally Posted by blue4shizzle

you know.. i wouldnt say anything like that again, because a lot of win mobile experts here would give you how win mobile is like a million times better than the iphone and android.. well at least iphone anyway

That's not necessarily accurate. Yes, we can all go on and on about how much better WM is than the iPhone (Android may give it a run for its money... maybe), but I don't think any of us would disagree that it IS slow and bloated in comparison to the iPhone. There are reasons for this, and they're partially the trade-off to our OS being open to unverified third-party applications and multi-tasking, but that doesn't make it untrue that WM sucks from a performance standpoint. If slick design and performance were my ONLY needs, I'd probably get an iPhone. They're not, and they never will be now that I'm used to what I can get from one of these. But do I wish it performed as smoothly as an iPhone (minus all the crashes people don't talk about)? I'd be a fool not to.