My take on the fascinate
Ok, I typically have not liked the droid platformed phones, sometimes because of the phone itself (moto droid, incredible), sometimes because of the OS (or applied front UI) (ally, any moto blur phone ) and others because of OS limitations at the time I was looking at it (eris). Well, I had a NE2 to use, and went in to play with this phone. I love this phone !! It has nuance and swype, two things rare on the droid platform, a decent speaker, good call quality, an awesome screen, a decent front UI, some decent stock apps/ widgets, and a sexy sleek profile.
Now, it is not perfect, I have yet to try gps for any real period of time yet, and bing is default (not that I am anti bing, it just does not give accurate directions in my area), and it comes with a lot of boat ware.
Coming from an omnia 2, I was used to swype, touch wiz, and an amoled screen, but the fascinate has much more refined versions of all of these. The swype is much more accurate and quick, the touch wiz is better looking and smoother, and the screen is just amazing.
This phone does have mobile hotspot, wireless b, g, and n, but you can only tether wirelessly, and are restricted to 2gb. It has pinch to zoom, but to do that, it has a capacitive digitizer, meaning you cannot use a stylus. There are times where I like the precision of a stylus, even though this is the most precise capacitive device I have used.
This phone has samsung's second generation amoled screen, this gives the phone a slim profile, along with good battery life and displays pictures and videos in a way that will amaze you. all without the annoying color show (each brightness had its own hue on the omnia 2). A second speaker would have been nice, as it gives music more depth and quality, but the one is better than ones on comparable phones.
Oh, I also need to add how fast and responsive this phone is, it is amazing, even compared to other droid phones I have used.
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The Fascinate is not as bad as people say/Actually a good phone
Greetings.
First of all...if the Bing search and GPS are really important to you..then this phone is probably not for you. If its not a deal breaker..go ahead and read on.
I realize these days all phones will have their glitches but IMO the Fascinate is a pretty good phone. Im a new Android OS user. For a long while I had a Blackberry Storm. I recently owned a Droid X and let me tell you I will never go back. The Droid X, IMO, is a horrible phone.
I used a Droid X for approximately 2 months and I was quick to use a buddy upgrade to use something else. If you take a look at the Droid X's support board I had many of the problems reported. The major problems I had were
1. Bad picture quality
2. Speaker/Music Volume
3. Unexpected freezing
4. Phone is too big
1. Pictures taken with the Droid X came out blurry 90% of the time. It doesnt matter what MP I had it on or what kind of effect/setting. It would always come out blurry. Some people had good quality on pictures but I was one of the many that didnt.
2. I cant tell you how many missed calls/text's I had because of the horrid volume on the X. It was truely ridiculous.
3. From time to time using swype texting..the phone would freeze and have to reboot.
4. I guess this problem is on me cause I had the phone in my hand at the store but you truely dont know what a inconvenience it is to have this phone in your pocket. You almost cant sit comfortably and in my case the phone would often fall out of my pocket at times.
I have used the Fascinate for about 3 days now and I'd have to say I like it. First off you cant fade the Amoled screen. Pictures and colors are amazing. Once you have a phone with this type of screen its hard to go back to something else. I turned on my X to get a few numbers from there and its truely no comparison. Pictures are in great quality and so is the video. The flash is pretty good as well. And how about this..I can actually hear when I have a phone call.
Funny isnt being able to hear a call and picture quality supposed to be given these days for smartphones? lol Not on the Droid X.
The problems that come up with this phone is the bing search/no google navigate. Well bing doesnt doesnt bother me one bit. I made a google search short cut so that takes care of that. you can download google maps and still get to navigation by going through a few prompts. no big deal on my part. Only thing that is a little bother is that there is no side button to press to take a picture. you have to hit the camera icon on the screen.
of course the final decision will depend on you but if you are in flux about a phone I'd recommend the fascinate. I personally havent used this phone but I only hear good things about the incredible also. My cousin has the Droid 2 which looks alright. All 3 are a huge step up from the Droid X.(I was trying to figure out why I wandered into this particular forum as I have no interest in this phone whatsoever, but maybe it will prove beneficial...)
csalmjs wrote:
It's WORLDS better. No joke. I have my Droid X collecting dust in my cabinet. The speaker volume was my BIGGEST probem too and let me tell you you will not have that problem with this phone. Once you use this phone you then realize how overrated the droid x really is
If you would like to sell your Droid X, I'll make an offer via Private Message.
The biggest reason is that I want to compare it side-by-side to the Droid X I own. Because the Droid X I own has absolutely no bearing to the phone you are describing. Plus I've had good luck returning ill Moto phones to Motorola for repair. So what the hell...
I'm dead serious. Send me a private message if interested. Really, why let an unused phone sit in your closet gathering dust when you could profit from it.....
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Another thing about the fascinate
I work for third party retailor with Verizon and several other carriers, and when I went into the corp store that is right down the road from where I live I was talked down to and my problems were kinda brushed under the carpet as if it didnt matter. I tried to explain to the rep that I was having said issues that we have all had and was basically told to suck it up buttercup the update will be out in a few days. This kinda irritated me because I have heard of nothing but complaints of this store so when I went there I wasnt expecting stellar service but at least a attempt to try to help me out since I had purchased my fasicnate from this store last september. This is seriously making me consider other options in my cell service because not only did this make feel like a unimportant customer, but like I was causing a issue of inconvience to the reps there. I understand that you dont really wanna deal with all the customers coming in to talk to you about problems with your phones, but come on I deal with similar things everyday and I try to do my best with it. I just dont know but there needs to be a change of staff in this store in order for me to go back into it, that means I am willing to drive 30 miles to another verizon store to do anything.
Even the update hasn't fixed my issues with the phone. It still overheats, Texts dont come through, calls dont always make it to me, Apps dont always install, and I take screenshots when I hit the power button, and this is after updating and a factory reset. Hopefully I will be able to get some of these issues fixed because overall i like the fascinate but the issues it has makes me seriously reconsider my contract next april.Arlynos1,
I am so sorry you had that type of experience in the store! And you are right, every customer should leave our stores feeling they were heard, understood and valued as a Verizon Wireless customer!
I would be more than happy to assist you! If you would like, please reply to the message I will send you with the requested information. -
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HT5429 How long after you report a problem does it take for the fix to be picked up in maps?
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the guy behind you wrote:
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alexafrompassaic wrote:
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Sorrry dude, didn't happen.
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