AT&T Smartphones

**DJ Ms. White** · 07-03-11, 02:45 AM

Upcoming AT&T phones - Phone Arenahos are some of the new smartphones coming out. Which one should I get? I am kind of leaning towards the Samsung Attain.

**dex71** · 07-03-11, 02:48 AM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Upcoming AT&T phones - Phone Arenahos are some of the new smartphones coming out. Which one should I get? I am kind of leaning towards the Samsung Attain.

That's the Galaxy S2. Sprint is calling it the Within. Supposed to be one of the best yet.

**DancingCorpse** · 07-03-11, 03:40 AM

Originally Posted by dex71

That's the Galaxy S2. Sprint is calling it the Within. Supposed to be one of the best yet.

T-Mobiles is gonna be called the Hercules, can't wait for that to come out. Rumor is that it is going to have the largest screen on the market, coming in at around 4.5 inches. Otherwise, all the specs are the same.

**Alundil** · 07-05-11, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Upcoming AT&T phones - Phone Arenahos are some of the new smartphones coming out. Which one should I get? I am kind of leaning towards the Samsung Attain.

Laggy has the 1st Galaxy on Samsung and loves it. Though he'll tell you horror stories about AT&T.

Originally Posted by DancingCorpse

T-Mobiles is gonna be called the Hercules, can't wait for that to come out. Rumor is that it is going to have the largest screen on the market, coming in at around 4.5 inches. Otherwise, all the specs are the same.

Just a word of caution. The larger the screen size, the more pixels that have to be turned on/off = heavier drain on battery.

And a word of advice to all smart phone users on battery life.

1. Switch over to wi-fi when it's available if you're going to be surfing (uses less battery than the 4G radios currently, usually same speed as 4G in terms of data rate, and helps protect against data caps that all carriers other than sprint have, or are, implemented/ing)
2. Lower the brightness of the screen. Just like TVs in the big box stores, the carriers like to crank the brightness up to "flame" levels (i.e. maxed brightness). This looks the best, I'll be honest. But it also drains the battery faster than what you might be comfortable with. Especially if playing media that utilize the screen heavily (e.g. movies, games).

**WileECyte** · 07-05-11, 11:44 AM

With AMOLED screens though, brightness and screen size don't have near the impact on battery that traditional LCD screens have. Each individual pixel can be turned on/off and black screens mean most pixels are off. There is no backlighting necessary, which is the huge draw on traditional LCD screens.