Can't decide between the Droid X and The Samsung Fascinate please help
I will be coming from a rooted Droid 1 with a Seidio extended battery. I want to be able to root the phone (using maybe z4 root) and have the best battery life. I wonder which is the better choice? I want a new phone because my droid 1 has signal problems at my house which renders it useless some times. Its weird that 3 signal bars will drop to 1 or none when I answer or make a call. I have thought about upgrading the rom to a rooted 22G or a cyanogen rom to solve the signal problem or I could try a new phone for 30 days to see if that solves the signal problem. But then I am back to the original question which phone!
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I have had my Fascinate for about 2 weeks now and overall I like it. Still doesn't do email like my BlackBerry and battery life is just "so-so". You really have to watch it. Signal strength is not very good although voice quality is excellent in my opinion. By comparison to my BlackBerry Tour my Fascinate fluctuates between -95 and -106 dBm whereas my Tour was rock steady at around -80 dBm. They still haven't fixed the gps issue. It is very slow to connect. Deleting groups of emails takes forever.
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I use a Fascinate and My wife has the X.
I wish I had two X's instead.
The Fascinate has better video playback clarity in low-light environments.
The X is better at EVERYTHING else.
Everything!
camera, battery, browser, apps, audio.....
...everything.
And with Droid X on a BOGO now, there's no reason to choose anything else unless the phone is just too large for you- but the Fascinate is almost the same size, anyway.
Get the X.
I wish I had two X's instead.
The Fascinate has better video playback clarity in low-light environments.
The X is better at EVERYTHING else.
Everything!
camera, battery, browser, apps, audio.....
...everything.
And with Droid X on a BOGO now, there's no reason to choose anything else unless the phone is just too large for you- but the Fascinate is almost the same size, anyway.
Get the X.
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the Droid X has a better contrast ratio? The Droid X's LCD is better than the Fascinate's Super AMOLED? No.
By owning both, you should be able to see the clear distinction between the picture quality of the two. I've compared the Fascinate to a variety of other high-end Android phones (with the exception of the Galaxy S phones, because they have the same screen, of course), and I can safely say that the Fascinate's screen blows away all other models.
I'd even say that the Fascinate's camera quality is higher than that of the Droid X because of not only the lens, but also the imaging software implemented by Samsung.
By owning both, you should be able to see the clear distinction between the picture quality of the two. I've compared the Fascinate to a variety of other high-end Android phones (with the exception of the Galaxy S phones, because they have the same screen, of course), and I can safely say that the Fascinate's screen blows away all other models.
I'd even say that the Fascinate's camera quality is higher than that of the Droid X because of not only the lens, but also the imaging software implemented by Samsung.
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the screen on the Fascinate will chew through the battery faster than the X.
On a smartphone what will you be doing more often:
1-Watching movies or viewing pictures
2-Browsing content on the web/using an app.
If you answered 1, the SAMOLED screen is clearly superior. if you answered 2, the LCD screen is better.
On a smartphone what will you be doing more often:
1-Watching movies or viewing pictures
2-Browsing content on the web/using an app.
If you answered 1, the SAMOLED screen is clearly superior. if you answered 2, the LCD screen is better.
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I thought Super AMOLED screens are suppose to be 30% more efficient? But you say they drain the battery faster? Perhaps the brightness should be adjusted?
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they're more efficient unless you're looking at white.. which is most of the web
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Joby Dick said:
the Droid X has a better contrast ratio? The Droid X's LCD is better than the Fascinate's Super AMOLED? No.
Umm.... I did say that video playback was better on the Fascinate, but only when I'm using it indoors and can actually see the screen! The luminous pixel intensity is god-awful compared to the traditional LED on the Droid X.
Did you skip over this line?
CellStudent said:The Fascinate has better video playback clarity in low-light environments.
The X is better at EVERYTHING else.
The clarity of the Super AMOLED screen is amazing, but it's a one-trick-pony of a smartphone.
I would gladly, gladly trade in that Super AMOLED for...
(continues)
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CellStudent said:
The luminous pixel intensity is god-awful compared to the traditional LED on the Droid X.
I slipped. Should have written traditional LCD there.
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that I skipped over that. Fair enough, my comment was unsupported, and thus should be ignored. My apologies.
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DroidX for sure. I've used both and went back to the x. I believe it has better battery life and performs way better in my opinion. The Fascinate was always lagging for me. The X never does. The auto brightness on the Fascinate is also annoying... very jumpy.
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