Thinking about the Omnia

battlemac · #1 (**permalink**) 11-26-2009, 03:21 AM

I currently have the Samsung i760 and enjoy the phone a good bit But, I am thinking about getting a new phone. The Omnia is going for about $15 new, which is a very enticing price and the fact that you can get a custom WM6.5 rom make its a bit more attractive(specially since I don't have that option on my i760).
Does WM6.5 make it faster and more efficient? I ask since this is a bit of an older phone. Additionally, how does the speed and device(w/6.1 or 6.5) compare to i760? How is the accuracy of the screen(the i760 wasn't that good)? Finally at this point is it really worth getting the Omnia or should I save and put my money towards a device like the HTC Eris at $100 or the Omnia II(when the prices lowers to $150)? Thank you.

cg83 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-26-2009, 10:53 AM

well i just got the Eris. It beats the Omnia in all ways. Its very fast, hadn't experienced any type of lag, there are TONS of apps. It's OS is pretty good.(just waitin for the 2.0 upgrade). I thought the Omnia was pretty good. Espescially if you make your own roms or choose some of the good 1's out there. Thats pretty much the only advantage the Omnia has over the Eris right now, and thats the roms. Thats ok tho because the Eris is pretty good and NOT branded with Verizon apps and any of that type of BS. The sense UI is great. Better then Touchwiz. The full screen weather is pretty cool as well. The eris has a pretty great response multi-touch screen as well. Very responsive and accurate. I'd say go with the Eris. IF your due for an upgrade, you can get it for 49.99 at Mobiledia(thats what I did). Thats will hold me over for a few months and then i'll reevaluate in gettin the O2 if Leo(if it comes to Verizon)

battlemac · #3 (**permalink**) 11-26-2009, 03:07 PM

I can get it for 50 at best buy as i have a gift card if i wanted to. But, I want to move to Eris but the sound quality that isn't up to Samsung's sq, and never using Android OS makes me want to say with WM. But, then at the same time Android has a lot of potential coming to is.

rfarrah · #4 (**permalink**) 11-28-2009, 09:56 AM

I agree with Elmore. Remember, you are more less setting things in stone for 2 years. You would need to decide if the low price was worth being about a year behind in technology. Having said that, the O1 is an excellent phone with many features that still beat phones coming out today.

battlemac · #5 (**permalink**) 11-29-2009, 04:36 AM

I guess I was being swayed by the fact it has 8gb of space + a microsd card slot, and the usually well rated Samsung SQ. However, I was able to get the Eris for under $99 at Best Buy(about how much VZW was selling the Omnia for).

rfarrah · #6 (**permalink**) 11-29-2009, 09:58 AM

Enjoy!

bam0112 · #7 (**permalink**) 11-29-2009, 08:11 PM

My sister in law was in town this weekend & is jonesing for a new phone. She was sold on the enV 3 (she has an enV 2 right now). I gave her my unactivated Omnia hooked up to Wifi to play with for a while and now she is torn.

Took her to the local Verizon store & played with all the new phones. After messing with all the new stuff, I realized there isn't anything out right now that makes me "have to" upgrade to the latest & greatest. Almost everything offered in these new phones is already available on this site & XDA. My touch pro was running sense 2.5 this weekend (until I flashed back to my stable ROM), & my Omnia is rocking SPB mobile shell 3.5 right now. Even though the Omnia isn't bleeding edge anymore, this is still a powerful smart phone.

Verizon is selling the Omnia on their web site for $15 today. That is an amzing deal for a phone that powerful. If you don't need to have the newest gadget then go for it. I paid damn near $200 for this phone the day verizon released it....and even though I prefer my Touch Pro right now, I could easily switch back to my Omnia for the rest of my contract & have no regrets (and just might if I keep going through TPs...keyboards keep dying).

Just my 2 cents....This thing is a steal

bleone · #8 (**permalink**) 11-30-2009, 09:15 PM

I was looking at the Omnia for my daughter, but when I went to Verizon they said I had to also buy the $30/month data plan. Since at this point she'd only use the functionality of the phone and the texting, I was wondering if there are any unlocked images would allow the phone to work on Verizon without having to purchase the data plan. Are other carriers doing this too (requiring a data plan for a phone even if you're not going to use it)?

rfarrah · #9 (**permalink**) 11-30-2009, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by bleone

I was looking at the Omnia for my daughter, but when I went to Verizon they said I had to also buy the $30/month data plan. Since at this point she'd only use the functionality of the phone and the texting, I was wondering if there are any unlocked images would allow the phone to work on Verizon without having to purchase the data plan. Are other carriers doing this too (requiring a data plan for a phone even if you're not going to use it)?

Yeah, I think AT&T was the last holdout on the forced data plan issue and they adopted it a month or so ago, I told. My wife would like something similar to the Omnia and I think she'll end up with a "feature phone". One that doesn't run WM, but just has a keyboard (virtual or real) for texting.

bleone · #10 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 08:44 AM

Forced Data plans? Guess I've been oblivious since I have had a data plan for my phone for several years - didn't realize they were forcing people to buy a data plan for a phone. Since the phone part of the device doesn't need a data plan to work, how can they get away with this? Seems like their extorting money for non-required functionality.