Guest mark2410 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 hi, i have a ZTE Blade (orange San Francisco) which while a nice device isnt tho quickest and i have always wanted to get the huge Streak screen so i ordered one off ebay. i have it but there is a problem with the screen so its ging back but the question is do i get another or take a refund? while i really love the size of the screen i cant say im loving that much else. yes it feels fast but the screen seems so problematic, the pressing on it and getting lcd flex, wtf! this forum seems full of people with screen troubles too oh and frankly im very disappointed in the black levels on the screen. i really dont like that it has no micro usb either. however using that big screen makes the net useable and even plesent which the Blades tiny 3.5 inch never has. oh what to do?
Guest maskaler Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 hi, i have a ZTE Blade (orange San Francisco) which while a nice device isnt tho quickest and i have always wanted to get the huge Streak screen so i ordered one off ebay. i have it but there is a problem with the screen so its ging back but the question is do i get another or take a refund? while i really love the size of the screen i cant say im loving that much else. yes it feels fast but the screen seems so problematic, the pressing on it and getting lcd flex, wtf! this forum seems full of people with screen troubles too oh and frankly im very disappointed in the black levels on the screen. i really dont like that it has no micro usb either. however using that big screen makes the net useable and even plesent which the Blades tiny 3.5 inch never has. oh what to do? I think it's your decision and no one here can make it for you! There are plenty of good phones out there, it just depends what you want. The Streak seems the only one that works brilliantly landscape, and if you're stuck on a train/plane/anywhere then having a miniature TV to watch is a godsend. It is great for browsing and is so customisable it's pretty much whatever you want it to be. I'm on Steve's 1.5.1 at the moment and the phone flies, and I intend on going to 1.6 soon enough when I have an hour or so to invest in collating everything needed to upgrade. I don't quite know what you mean about the screen though. Mine is, and has been flawless on both my Streaks (until I dropped the last one). If you push/bend anything hard enough it's going to flex, maybe try not pressing so hard? ;)
Guest foxhoundep3 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 ^agree the streak is by far the best device i have ever owned and i've had several... not sure what firmware you are running right now but i guarantee you that if you upgrade to dj steve's 1.6 you will have a total monster in the palm of your hands. Streak in my opinion is perfect, if it wasnt because we have ONE developer working on upgrades and firmwares 24/7 the streak would be a different story. you got to treat it different than a phone though, its way more delicate, the screen is bigger.. therefore more glass, more fragile. treat it like that girl you just met and want to hook up with. Fox
Guest jnaldaco Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Mark The Dell Dell Streak has so much potential. Im runing dj Steve's 1.6 and looking forward to his updates. People posting proplems because they didn't flash the updates correctly. Other people are reporting some bugs to improve this OS. I carry my Streak with the Otter case with belt buckle. I wouldn't have any other phone & my kids love to watch movies on it. So if you do choose the Dell Streak Welcome to the dark side. ;)
Guest Fone_Fanatic Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Although i have yet to have a problem with the LCD but from reading many posts, and seeing the corners act as if they're being pressed down when the device vibrates, i understand your concern. I've dropped mine many times and (knock on wood) haven't damaged the lcd. Now your other concern when you say "i cant say im loving that much else." what do you mean by that? An android device is an android device. I can do everything on the streak that any other device with a 1Ghz processor can do, and on top of that i have a 5" screen! If by saying that your talking about the Stock Dell OS, then i understand, but by posting here on modaco, you are reaching out and have the support of the community and can easily get it to StreakDroid (a custom 2.2 OS) so that it can run amazingly!! What exactly is the "issue" you had with the LCD?
Guest mark2410 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Although i have yet to have a problem with the LCD but from reading many posts, and seeing the corners act as if they're being pressed down when the device vibrates, i understand your concern. I've dropped mine many times and (knock on wood) haven't damaged the lcd. Now your other concern when you say "i cant say im loving that much else." what do you mean by that? An android device is an android device. I can do everything on the streak that any other device with a 1Ghz processor can do, and on top of that i have a 5" screen! If by saying that your talking about the Stock Dell OS, then i understand, but by posting here on modaco, you are reaching out and have the support of the community and can easily get it to StreakDroid (a custom 2.2 OS) so that it can run amazingly!! What exactly is the "issue" you had with the LCD? when i asy im not loving that much else i mean it doesnt stand out and something are just a pain. the processor is fine but hardly uncommon. what i dont like is the lack of oled, the blacks are just far too gray for my likeing. the other thing really is that is has no micro usb and just that huge pdmi connector. so yey i got to carry another cable just to charge, really Dell you couldnt find space to add a micro usb even if just to charge? everything else just doesnt have any great point different from 30 other android phones out there. the size of the screen is the one reason i want the streak but its not a great screen and im worried about its breakability. as a poor student its a not insignificant expenditure for me to make and wont be able to afford to replace it if it decides to break in a month. but i really do love the 5 inch screen size. im really very torn on what to do
Guest superutp Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 when i asy im not loving that much else i mean it doesnt stand out and something are just a pain. the processor is fine but hardly uncommon. what i dont like is the lack of oled, the blacks are just far too gray for my likeing. the other thing really is that is has no micro usb and just that huge pdmi connector. so yey i got to carry another cable just to charge, really Dell you couldnt find space to add a micro usb even if just to charge? everything else just doesnt have any great point different from 30 other android phones out there. the size of the screen is the one reason i want the streak but its not a great screen and im worried about its breakability. as a poor student its a not insignificant expenditure for me to make and wont be able to afford to replace it if it decides to break in a month. but i really do love the 5 inch screen size. im really very torn on what to do just go for it.....and everything will fall in place....ha ha..;)
Guest Cue_32 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 just go for it.....and everything will fall in place....ha ha..;) just my two cents.... You know you want the Streak, hence the reason why you're here asking Streak-lovers to help you decide. You'll hear what you want to hear from us here because WE are Streak lovers. IMO, All you need to hear is from people who's gone through alot of phones and is saying that THIS is their best device by far. I know someone posted that comment, and I'm here to do the same. I went through the iPhone 3G, 3GS, BB Curve, Bold 9000, Storm 2, Xperia X10, Milestone\Droid, Motorola XT710, iPhone 4, even my beloved Nexus One which I considered the God of all my phones got replaced by my Dell Streak.
Guest mark2410 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 hmm it actually feels more like i want to love the streak but im not really feeling it. the screen size i want but the rest of it is just meh, im just not feeling that "ooooh i want it! but i really want to. maybe ill just return the broken one and not specify if i want a refund or replacement and let them and fate decide
Guest fards Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) hmm it actually feels more like i want to love the streak but im not really feeling it. the screen size i want but the rest of it is just meh, im just not feeling that "ooooh i want it! but i really want to. maybe ill just return the broken one and not specify if i want a refund or replacement and let them and fate decide Tbh I really like the screen, maybe the one you had was dodgy, because the blacks definitely look deep to me. The fact you say it flexes suggests something really wrong, so I wouldn't be put off by a dodgy one you got off ebay.. Barely have to touch mine to get perfect response out of it. It appears, Most of the reported issues with The screen are (at least the honest ones) from dropping it, or doing something silly like sitting down with it in the back pocket of an inflexible pair of jeans.. It's not perfect, nothing ever is, but I'd agree with the others it's the best device I've owned so far, and I've had a lot now, theres nothing around that has made me think it'd rather have that instead.. It also has some other niceties such as a decent separate dsp.. And compared to some devices with supposedly similar specs a decent turn of speed(after some hacking) Edited January 19, 2011 by fards
Guest foxhoundep3 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 hmm it actually feels more like i want to love the streak but im not really feeling it. the screen size i want but the rest of it is just meh, im just not feeling that "ooooh i want it! but i really want to. maybe ill just return the broken one and not specify if i want a refund or replacement and let them and fate decide Sounds like you just want to whine and complain and dont know where or to who.... Just get your refund and wait until the samsung infuse comes out, it should have everything YOU want
Guest mark2410 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 i think im decided, i went into an O2 shop to have a look at properly working streak and their display one was broken, the screen wasnt registering touch almost anywhere on it. that i thik has tipped me over into returning it. fingers crossed dell make a version 2 though
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