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#440368 16-Feb-2011 18:24

freitasm:
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miamiheatfan:

Says here you have 288mb total, so 110mb for user ?

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_magic-2714.php

There were two different versions with different chipsets and amounts of RAM. The vodafone NZ one got the lesser amount of RAM unfortunately.

Or better... "What a surprise..."

Vodafone or 2Degrees?

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#440371 16-Feb-2011 18:25

He is talking about HTC Magic, so obviously Vodafone, the one operator who brought it into this country.

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#440373 16-Feb-2011 18:28

freitasm: He is talking about HTC Magic, so obviously Vodafone, the one operator who brought it into this country.

Sorry, I missed the reference to the HTC Magic in the previous post. My mistake.

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#440386 16-Feb-2011 18:45

sounds good, but $549 is so close to a parallel imported Galaxy S at $749-799, also I assume i9000 will drop in price given all the new phones that are coming out over the next 3 months, including the Galaxy S2. At $399 it was an easy phone to recommend.

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#440396 16-Feb-2011 18:56

kiwijunglist: sounds good, but $549 is so close to a parallel imported Galaxy S at $749-799, also I assume i9000 will drop in price given all the new phones that are coming out over the next 3 months, including the Galaxy S2. At $399 it was an easy phone to recommend.

But this has stock Android and a proper warranty.

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Master Geek

#440406 16-Feb-2011 19:21

freitasm:
siimo2005: Couple of questions (these can't be found on google or other sites i tried):

- Does it have an ambient light sensor ? (for auto screen brightness)
- How much RAM does it have? (can check using a app like System Info)

Yes for the auto screen brightness, and it comes with 354MB RAM, 2GB external storage.

What program did you get that figure from? Quick System Info Shows total 386MB on the nexus one. It is cause Android uses a ramdisk during bootup and some of the ram is reserved for that.

So X5 may indeed have 512MB.

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#440412 16-Feb-2011 19:28

siimo2005:
freitasm:
siimo2005: Couple of questions (these can't be found on google or other sites i tried):

- Does it have an ambient light sensor ? (for auto screen brightness)
- How much RAM does it have? (can check using a app like System Info)

Yes for the auto screen brightness, and it comes with 354MB RAM, 2GB external storage.

What program did you get that figure from? Quick System Info Shows total 386MB on the nexus one. It is cause Android uses a ramdisk during bootup and some of the ram is reserved for that.

So X5 may indeed have 512MB.

Android System Info:

Internal Memory: 590.56MB
SD Card: 2043.99MB
RAM: 354MB

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#440416 16-Feb-2011 19:35

Even the Galaxy S shows 300 odd RAM. So it does seem like hardware is 512MB.

Here is my Nexus one:

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#440478 16-Feb-2011 21:51

Looking forward to your review freitasm.

What is the build quality like. Solid, or does it creak and click a bit?

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#440485 16-Feb-2011 22:05

Solid, good feel, smooth finish...

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#440838 17-Feb-2011 18:41

ANOTHER FAIL on 2Degrees part. . . . . .

I've just been into the shop at Sylvia Park. They have:

* The plastic dummy phone on the wall.
* Sealed boxed product of the X5 for sale.

and

NO functional display unit for their customers to review before they buy. Apparently this is the same at all the stores, and the display units will not arrive until late next week.

This is getting farcical.

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#440841 17-Feb-2011 18:46

it's also for sale online for $549 on the 2degrees website

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#440844 17-Feb-2011 18:54

kiwijunglist: it's also for sale online for $549 on the 2degrees website

Like most people, before laying down some serious coin for a phone that I will have to use for a couple of year at least, I want to pick it up and experience it before laying down the cash.
It is a shame that 2Degrees didn't anticipate most people would have this need on day one and prepare for it.

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#440855 17-Feb-2011 19:22

InspectorGadget:
kiwijunglist: it's also for sale online for $549 on the 2degrees website

Like most people, before laying down some serious coin for a phone that I will have to use for a couple of year at least, I want to pick it up and experience it before laying down the cash.
It is a shame that 2Degrees didn't anticipate most people would have this need on day one and prepare for it.

Couple of years? With the speed the smartphone is going? Yeah...sure..

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#440862 17-Feb-2011 19:47

I think if you choose your phone wisely you can get 2-3+ years life from it. I had my W880i phone for ages before I upgraded

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