Very new. Very hi-res… Like the iPhone Retina.
It has a 1280x800 resolution on a phone-size screen. Comes with Ice Cream Sandwich too. Has lots of cool camera effects... like vignette. On Monday, July 30, 2012 2:43:51 PM UTC-5, EPPack wrote: > > Hi bob! I'm answering your msg dated 03:06 PM 7/30/2012: > > How about the Samsung Galaxy S 3? > That's what the cool kids are getting. > > > Yeah, have seen that mentioned a lot. Is it still pretty new or been > around for a while? Too bad most phones seem to have the half life of a may > fly these days :( I think we were lucky to get nearly 2 years out of the > Evos. > > What makes it so kewl?? :) Lots of phones out there... > > elaine > > > > On Monday, July 30, 2012 12:45:56 PM UTC-5, EPPack wrote: > Hubby and I both currently have rapidly aging HTC Evo 4G phones from > Sprint. They have served us both splendidly as our intro to > smartphones, but we now find ourselves at a point where we can now > upgrade to something new, as we got them on the upswing nearly 2 > years ago. As we have a long time business account, we cannot change > from Sprint. > > I am the resident techie of the family, and this model was originally > selected as not just a cell phone replacement but as a replacement > for my dying Palm TX, which was (like the Evo now) the repository of > my entire life :) I rarely use the phone functionality in favor of > the other apps, but do need it. Hubby is the opposite. He lives and > dies with his cell, and rarely uses his apps beyond email, news, > sports and weather. Mine typically runs out of phone space quickly > (even after moving stuff to SD), his has abundant space available all > the time. Mine is generally on the charger while I use it, his is > not, so it usually dies much faster than mine 'cause he forgets to > recharge it :) You get the idea I'm sure. > > We got the same model to keep it simple keep them updated and > otherwise maintained (I do it for both), and I want to keep it that > way by again having the same phones, so it has to give me a good > experience as the 4g does now (Hubs will ignore most of that :) We do > not live in or near any flavor of a 4G area (although of course we > pay for the "privilege" of having a 4G phone), and rarely travel to > one, and to the best of our knowledge, it's probably never coming > here (too small an area). We still need cell phones and it has to fit > into his pocket, so we do not want any kind of tablet. > > What's out there in the next 60 days or so that would be a good > replacement for the Evo 4G? Hopefully for under $250 apiece :) Does > not have to be an HTC, any comparable model would be fine. > > TIA > > elaine > charlottesville, va > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/vFwudSWdgP4J. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/-ao0YHCZumMJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
