Before this excellent review I wanted the Omnia. If the Omnia cost too much (rumored at $800 - $1200) then i would get the 3G iPhone for $300.
After reading this review I am even more convinced. --Diamond drawbacks-- 1.How anyone would want a phone with a "pretty" screen that dies so fast is beyond me.
2.Explain how video playback is a plus for this phone when it holds less han 4GBs worth of video and AGAIN dies in about 1 movies time.
3. HTC dropped the ball on sceen size. Cutting the screen size for the unneeded hard controls at the bottom is horrid. If you need hard buttons to control your device then don't get a touch screen phone
a divx encoded movie with vga resolution needs 500-800mb of space depending on the length of the movie and the quality you want, so 4gb are enough vor at the very least 4 movies
i dont get why you need to carry around more than 4 movies, thats more than you could watch on a normal day except you are unemployed. when you come back home you can replace them and the next day you have other movies with you
You act as if you will have the full 4GBs available for movie storage when in fact it will be divided amongst everything on the phone. It wont even be a full 4GBs because they always cheat you out of 300 - 700 MBs.
But anyway that wasn't my main gripe. My problems with this phone are battery and screen size issues
Its never wise to compare the price of the Omnia to the 3g Iphone's prices in that fashion. You are comparing a heavily subsidized product to the price of an unlocked Omnia. Why not wait to see what ATT will charge for the device before you make decisions. I can guarrantee the price of an unlocked 3g Iphone would be about 9 bills too. Your 300 dollars gets you the 3G Iphone and a 2 year contract with a fat monthly service charge to go along with it.
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Before this excellent review I wanted the Omnia.
If the Omnia cost too much (rumored at $800 - $1200) then i would get the 3G iPhone for $300.
After reading this review I am even more convinced.
--Diamond drawbacks--
1.How anyone would want a phone with a "pretty" screen that dies so fast is beyond me.
2.Explain how video playback is a plus for this phone when it holds less han 4GBs worth of video and AGAIN dies in about 1 movies time.
3. HTC dropped the ball on sceen size. Cutting the screen size for the unneeded hard controls at the bottom is horrid. If you need hard buttons to control your device then don't get a touch screen phone
a divx encoded movie with vga resolution needs 500-800mb of space depending on the length of the movie and the quality you want, so 4gb are enough vor at the very least 4 movies
i dont get why you need to carry around more than 4 movies, thats more than you could watch on a normal day except you are unemployed. when you come back home you can replace them and the next day you have other movies with you
@xstream
You act as if you will have the full 4GBs available for movie storage when in fact it will be divided amongst everything on the phone. It wont even be a full 4GBs because they always cheat you out of 300 - 700 MBs.
But anyway that wasn't my main gripe. My problems with this phone are battery and screen size issues
Thats incorrect. The 4GB is a seperate drive from the 256MB or 512MB of ROM that the OS and installed programs sit on.
Its never wise to compare the price of the Omnia to the 3g Iphone's prices in that fashion. You are comparing a heavily subsidized product to the price of an unlocked Omnia. Why not wait to see what ATT will charge for the device before you make decisions. I can guarrantee the price of an unlocked 3g Iphone would be about 9 bills too. Your 300 dollars gets you the 3G Iphone and a 2 year contract with a fat monthly service charge to go along with it.