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    	    <title>Reply by selinagome</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-20982/page-4/?recent=382158#post=382158</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Nokia Asha 300 is the best phone i think, you should buy this,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 12:36:49 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by You will die</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-20982/page-4/?recent=382158#post=382066</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from flisko</i>
		<blockquote>i have a mobile phone</blockquote>

no kidding, me too :D]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 17:41:55 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by emp</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-20982/page-4/?recent=382158#post=382063</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[i have a mobile phone]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 17:23:43 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by skeej</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-20982/page-4/?recent=382158#post=382047</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Btw I don't get all the focus on brands. Yes, LG releases terribly unoptimized branded versions of Android (the optimus speed 2x is supposed to be lighting fast but lagged at every action), but every other large manufacturer has gotten it quite right, HTC, Samsung and Sony being the best at it. Don't look at the brand. Look at the visual phone design, what it's made of (btw I don't see anything wrong with plastic casings, plastic is actually really good shock-absorbant wise), and find out what you like.

For the rest, look at the actual specs. What resolution do you want from your screen (1280x720 vs anything lower)? Do you value real black tones over real white tones and color accuracy over vibrancy (OLED vs LCD). Do you want a smaller and easier to handle/carry phone or a bigger phone with a bigger display which makes the use of touchscreen also easier (3.5-3.7" vs anything bigger). What kind of connectivity do you need? HDMI? MicroSD slot? For actual phone performance, just look at reviews and benchmarks. For instance, we see the HTC One S' dual core beating the X's quadcore in most applications. 

There's not really a point in people telling you to get a certain phone. This means you don't really know what you want. In that case, if the need is not there, why even bother to get such an expensive phone? 

Also, I don't really understand WP. It trades limited capabilities for user friendliness, like iOS, but contrary to iOS the marketplace is empty. Yes, it will grow, but will always lag behind Android and iOS marketplaces. WP7 doesn't really fill any gap between iOS and Android imo. I don't know anything about WP8 though.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:08:59 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Jorman</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-20982/page-3/?recent=382158#post=382044</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[I don't like Samsungs, so I would suggest to wait for the new Sony (ex-Ericsson) phones to release and then choose the one you like the most, based off reviews or whatnot. Android is great!]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:00:03 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by skeej</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-20982/page-3/?recent=382158#post=382041</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Kvux is right, Android scheduling/prioritizing is never perfect, and if you have a look at for instance xda-developers, many people have released their kernels with custom ram management settings. There is no "definite" perfect setting, therefore a task killer COULD always come in handy. The big "at least Android can do real multitasking" argument is not compatible with "using a taskkiller will gain you 0% advantage on any field (performance, battery usage)". These 2 statements are mutually exclusive. If there's nothing going on in the background (and therefore, nothing taking up memory or cpu cycles) then there is no real multitasking going on.

The question that remains is, how much performance/battery life does one gain from putting one's time and effort into managing their apps manually from time to time using such a task killer? Thát might not be worth it, indeed.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:51:05 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Pasta</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Chad</i>
		<blockquote>
One more thing,Android doesn't need a task killer program because it ALREADY has one built-in which AUTOMATICALLY closes your on-going applications based on their function and priority.Task killers do not save up battery life,at least not on android.</blockquote>
Well, it's quite useless then. Before I started closing shit with Task killer, shit just kept on running. And I'm pretty sure Angry birds aren't a priority for the phone.. Or maybe it's just me, either way. My phone feels faster with me using TK to close all the bullshit which runs in the background (facebook, wimp, games you've recently had open and what not)]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:04:20 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Koeitje</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[WP8 in October, waiting for that.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:12:09 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Chadster</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[I'd suggest waiting til November-ish  til you decide what phone to buy because that's when most phone manufacturers have released all their goods and are preparing for next year's stuff.HTC One X is great but keep in mind there's a software related issue where the 5th core of tegra 3's processor draws too much battery that causes it to drain around 20% faster.HTC still haven't released an official fix(they prolly will soon) but if you've got the time you could always root and fix the problem yourself.Also bear in mind HTC One X doesn't have a removable battery.

Samsung are gonna announce S3 in a couple of days and according to rumors the phone sounds like a fucking monster with its EXYNOS 1.5 Ghz quad core processor but still,it hasn't been benchmarked against Tegra 3.

One more thing,Android doesn't need a task killer program because it ALREADY has one built-in which AUTOMATICALLY closes your on-going applications based on their function and priority.Task killers do not save up battery life,at least not on android.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:31:55 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by wrock</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Pynklùùùnningen</i>
		<blockquote>Nokia 3210 is still the best phone in existence.
It. 
Never.
Breaks. 
Still my festival phone after, what, 500 years.</blockquote>]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:23:51 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Avr</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-20982/page-3/?recent=382158#post=382002</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Got a HTC One X, it's an utter beast with a screen to match. It's pretty cheap right now too, i got myself and my girlfriend one on release day.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:02:51 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Makaka</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[One of HTC phones.
Seriously, they are great.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:53:14 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Pinky</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[Nokia 3210 is still the best phone in existence.
It. 
Never.
Breaks. 
Still my festival phone after, what, 500 years.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:36:26 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Rychius</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Andee</i>
		<blockquote>Or just get a iphone 4s and everything works fine ;)</blockquote>
I love how you put an apple product and the word works in one sentence]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:33:36 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Dukermons</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[S3 out on Thursday...nice.

Still got a tiny screen, my screen-peen is soooo much bigger.

Note FTW!]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:29:20 +0200</pubDate>
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