Goodbye Pulse :(

[Guest Thomas55]

Well its time to say goodbye to my pulse, it was a great little starter phone for android but it is simply too slow especially with 2.1.

Its up on ebay if anyone wants to take a look:

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Thanks to all the community in this part of the forum, i have read lots of useful information that allowed me to get the most out out the phone, a big thanks to bobo as well, the 2.1 leak was awesome.

[Guest BigBearMDC]

Well its time to say goodbye to my pulse, it was a great little starter phone for android but it is simply too slow especially with 2.1.

Its up on ebay if anyone wants to take a look:

- link removed -

Thanks to all the community in this part of the forum, i have read lots of useful information that allowed me to get the most out out the phone, a big thanks to bobo as well, the 2.1 leak was awesome.

Please do not directly link to ebay. You can open up a thread in the ebay section of the forum and link to this thread in your post.

Nya I hope you are more satisfied with your new phone : )

Best regards,

BB

[Guest Speckles]

Although I agree that the Pulse is an excellent "Introduction to Android" (processor is probably fine, I think its the memory that holds it back), I'm going to be keeping mine for a bit longer as I simply can't bring myself to spend £400+ on a different phone.

Which phone are you buying? And why not keep the Pulse as a backup? You can throw it on a PAYG quite easily. If I could bring myself to spend £400 on a phone, I know quite a few places where I think a phone is essential, but I wouldn't dream of taking such a phone, such as rock climbing and canyoning (already ruined two previous phones doing that :))

[Guest Thomas55]

Im getting a HTC Desire on contract, managed to sell it to the folks that it will be "essential" for when i go to uni in september :).

Edited August 1, 2010 by Thomas55

[Guest Speckles]

Nice, might want to make sure you take out the optional insurance too :)

[Guest Daz555]

Well its time to say goodbye to my pulse, it was a great little starter phone for android but it is simply too slow especially with 2.1.

It's faster on 2.1 - significantly so in my experience.

[Guest Azurren]

Nice, might want to make sure you take out the optional insurance too :D

Yeah and add another £10+ per month.. :)

They don't want to pay out either

Imo the pulse is a terrible phone. If you use any other android phone (Minus the G1 maybe) you will see just how much the pulse sucks.. You'll never want to go back :D

Thus why I have been searching for a cheap Spica ever since I got my hands on one

[Guest JimJam707]

Yeah and add another £10+ per month.. :)

They don't want to pay out either

Imo the pulse is a terrible phone. If you use any other android phone (Minus the G1 maybe) you will see just how much the pulse sucks.. You'll never want to go back :D

Thus why I have been searching for a cheap Spica ever since I got my hands on one

As I never got the pulse (maybe a good thing, maybe bad) I got a spica. They're really good phones :D T-Mobile calls it the Portal though.

[Guest DanWilson]

Yeah and add another £10+ per month.. :)

They don't want to pay out either

Imo the pulse is a terrible phone. If you use any other android phone (Minus the G1 maybe) you will see just how much the pulse sucks.. You'll never want to go back :P

Thus why I have been searching for a cheap Spica ever since I got my hands on one

:D :D

[Guest Azurren]

:D :D

Well.. It is..

Honestly.. This is not what android is supposed to be like :P

The home launcher is never meant to close down, menus should be instant, apps should take no longer than 1-2 seconds, good apps open instantly. Your Browser should be saved, able to be re-opened instantly at any given time.. The camera shouldn't leave messy lines in all your photos. You shouldn't need to flash a custom rom every other week to make the phone usable (No offense. It's the FLB mod that actually makes the phone usable). You shouldn't have to resort to buggy hacks such as appstosd to be able to use android

You shouldn't have to close your browser to skip a song track. You should be able to answer a text / talk message while multitasking anything. The music player shouldn't close when you answer a text message.. YOU SHOULD RECEIVE ALL CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES!

I think you can guess I have stopped kidding myself, trying to convince myself that this is a good phone. Hell I've even considered "Upgrading" to the pulse mini! (The screen is unable for anyone with man-sized figures but hell! It is what android should be!)

:)

/Rant

Oh and on a side note.. Spica owners complain about the fact that when a picture is taken in landscape it isn't auto rotated. Hero owners complain that the HTC sense ui isn't 100% fluid. Nexus owners complain that the screen isn't 100% clear, that the camera doesn't take 720p video. WTF? Those are some of the only faults their owners experience!

Edited August 2, 2010 by Azurren

[Guest bindi]

Well.. It is..

Honestly.. This is not what android is supposed to be like :D

The home launcher is never meant to close down, menus should be instant, apps should take no longer than 1-2 seconds, good apps open instantly. Your Browser should be saved, able to be re-opened instantly at any given time.. The camera shouldn't leave messy lines in all your photos. You shouldn't need to flash a custom rom every other week to make the phone usable (No offense. It's the FLB mod that actually makes the phone usable). You shouldn't have to resort to buggy hacks such as appstosd to be able to use android

You shouldn't have to close your browser to skip a song track. You should be able to answer a text / talk message while multitasking anything. The music player shouldn't close when you answer a text message.. YOU SHOULD RECEIVE ALL CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES!

I think you can guess I have stopped kidding myself, trying to convince myself that this is a good phone. Hell I've even considered "Upgrading" to the pulse mini! (The screen is unable for anyone with man-sized figures but hell! It is what android should be!)

:)

/Rant

Oh and on a side note.. Spica owners complain about the fact that when a picture is taken in landscape it isn't auto rotated. Hero owners complain that the HTC sense ui isn't 100% fluid. Nexus owners complain that the screen isn't 100% clear, that the camera doesn't take 720p video. WTF? Those are some of the only faults their owners experience!

:D I never thought of all these when bought Pulse for considerable less than other android phones. All I wanted is a cheap Android experience and first MCR and now FLB only made it better. In my opinion it was well worth because to get all of the above, I will possibly need to spend betwee 2 to 3 times of the money. I am hoping if or when we get Froyo, it will only extend life out of this phone.

[Guest DanWilson]

RANT SKIPPED

Well, I quite like the phone.

Don''t get me wrong, it's very slow and a bit buggy, but it's better than my old W810i innit? For the price, I think it's a brilliant little phone, comparing it to a Nexus One, a G1, a Hero, it's impossible, the price difference is a bit much!

[Guest Azurren]

Well, I quite like the phone.

Don''t get me wrong, it's very slow and a bit buggy, but it's better than my old W810i innit? For the price, I think it's a brilliant little phone, comparing it to a Nexus One, a G1, a Hero, it's impossible, the price difference is a bit much!

I was actually comparing it to a Spica

[Guest Simon O]

Well.. It is..

Honestly.. This is not what android is supposed to be like :)

The home launcher is never meant to close down, menus should be instant, apps should take no longer than 1-2 seconds, good apps open instantly. Your Browser should be saved, able to be re-opened instantly at any given time.. The camera shouldn't leave messy lines in all your photos. You shouldn't need to flash a custom rom every other week to make the phone usable (No offense. It's the FLB mod that actually makes the phone usable). You shouldn't have to resort to buggy hacks such as appstosd to be able to use android

You shouldn't have to close your browser to skip a song track. You should be able to answer a text / talk message while multitasking anything. The music player shouldn't close when you answer a text message.. YOU SHOULD RECEIVE ALL CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES!

I think you can guess I have stopped kidding myself, trying to convince myself that this is a good phone. Hell I've even considered "Upgrading" to the pulse mini! (The screen is unable for anyone with man-sized figures but hell! It is what android should be!)

If you want a quicker Android experience then buy a quicker phone with a faster processor and more ram. The G1 has the same 'issues' you report and even my friends Hero can take several seconds to load an app it many are already open.

I think personally you are expecting way too much from a budget Android phone.

[Guest Azurren]

If you want a quicker Android experience then buy a quicker phone with a faster processor and more ram. The G1 has the same 'issues' you report and even my friends Hero can take several seconds to load an app it many are already open.

I think personally you are expecting way too much from a budget Android phone.

Fibblesan I got my mum a Spica..

I'm really sore at the moment seeing as how I got it on a cheaper contract than my Pulse :)

[Guest Simon O]

Fibblesan I got my mum a Spica..

I'm really sore at the moment seeing as how I got it on a cheaper contract than my Pulse :)

It's always the way. So many good phones now on cheap contracts.

I'm tempted by the Samsung Galaxy S myself.

[Guest BigBearMDC]

Fibblesan I got my mum a Spica..

I'm really sore at the moment seeing as how I got it on a cheaper contract than my Pulse :)

You think you paid too much??

I could have got a DESIRE for 20 more bucks ... :D

That REALLY p****d me off ... :D

[Guest Daz555]

It's always the way. So many good phones now on cheap contracts.

I'm tempted by the Samsung Galaxy S myself.

Not until we have FLB-Froyo-v1.0 though eh? :)

[Guest phildrip]

It's always the way. So many good phones now on cheap contracts.

I'm tempted by the Samsung Galaxy S myself.

The SGS is a fantastic phone. not regretted the upgrade at all. Great screen and it's absurdly quick in comparison.

[Guest Azurren]

It's always the way. So many good phones now on cheap contracts.

I'm tempted by the Samsung Galaxy S myself.

If you have never used a fast android phone before believe me you don't know what your missing until you actually use one :)

But then it really hurts if you have to go back to using the Pulse :D

@Bigbear I could have got a desire for £17pm.. Maybe not as good as yours but at the time I knew the desire was 1000 times greater than the pulse but I didn't truly know how much the pulse sucked

Edited August 2, 2010 by Azurren

[Guest Simon O]

Not until we have FLB-Froyo-v1.0 though eh? :)

I won't abandon the Pulse if I got a new phone. I just want something quicker to use.

[Guest Simon O]

If you have never used a fast android phone before believe me you don't know what your missing until you actually use one :)

But then it really hurts if you have to go back to using the Pulse :D

Oh I have. Used the Nexus One and my Pulse feels slow in comparison. That was the catalyst which made me start work on my own rom.

[Guest Azurren]

Oh I have. Used the Nexus One and my Pulse feels slow in comparison. That was the catalyst which made me start work on my own rom.

Yeah.. :)

I was under the impression that "The Pulse is a good phone for the money".. HELL NO!

If someone were to do a price to performance on all android phones you will find just how bad it is.. For a little extra you could get a Hero.. For the same Price you could get a Spica.

I used to kid myself that the Pulse is a good phone for the money! It may have been the cheapest android phone but compare that to laptops! The cheapest laptop (Single core, 1gb ram, sis gfx) £250 vs a mid range laptop (Dual core, 3gb ram ati dedicated gfx) £400. You could say "Oh that laptop is great for the price". But price vs performance and you've just wasted a load of your hard earned cash.

Examples, not real laptops

There you are struggling to watch youtube videos, unable to play games / watch HD while the other guy steamrolls you

Sorry to really bang-on about this but I just want to get the point across that this isn't a good phone of the price. Hell if we can even call it a phone with the Call and SMS issues (Yes the sms issue isn't present with 1.5 but the call issue is)

Edited August 2, 2010 by Azurren

[Guest JimJam707]

Yeah.. :)

I was under the impression that "The Pulse is a good phone for the money".. HELL NO!

If someone were to do a price to performance on all android phones you will find just how bad it is.. For a little extra you could get a Hero.. For the same Price you could get a Spica.

I used to kid myself that the Pulse is a good phone for the money! It may have been the cheapest android phone but compare that to laptops! The cheapest laptop (Single core, 1gb ram, sis gfx) £250 vs a mid range laptop (Dual core, 3gb ram ati dedicated gfx) £400. You could say "Oh that laptop is great for the price". But price vs performance and you've just wasted a load of your hard earned cash.

Examples, not real laptops

There you are struggling to watch youtube videos, unable to play games / watch HD while the other guy steamrolls you

Sorry to really bang-on about this but I just want to get the point across that this isn't a good phone of the price. Hell if we can even call it a phone with the Call and SMS issues (Yes the sms issue isn't present with 1.5 but the call issue is)

If you do get a Spica, make sure it's got an unbranded rom. Otherwise it's really a pain in ass to install custom roms.

[Guest Azurren]

If you do get a Spica, make sure it's got an unbranded rom. Otherwise it's really a pain in ass to install custom roms.

The one I got for my mum is t-mobile.. I just flashed it with odin, after I sorted the drivers ofc :)