Comments on: HTC Droid Eris Specs Found!

By: tehpeng

tehpeng — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:42:24 +0000

heh davis, I take it you don’t get 3g anywhere you go? the mt3g isn’t bad with a custom rom running, if you’re a true android fan you wouldnt dream of using the phone any other way. Im well satisfied with the mytouch, Im not sure why so many hate it. I guess id rather have the droid or even the eros except I know verizon will gimp the life out of it with vcast and all their other proprietary garbage.

By: Davis

Davis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:04:41 +0000

Christ Almighty! So Verizon gets the passion as well, while TMobile sticks its suckers, I mean “customers” with the MyTouch as its F*****G “FLAGSHIP PHONE”? What did I do to deserve this? Ive never hurt anybody why in the world did I get duped into being a TMobile customer? Why should I be punished for being an original Android lover, hooking up with T’Horrible’ for their G1? And to think I used to go to church…

By: Goathog02

Goathog02 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:20:13 +0000

I see that the battery is smaller than the Sprint version. What is that going to do to the usable battery life? If Sprint users are having issues, this will be even worse.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:29:18 +0000

Doh! The Eris has a smaller battery than the Hero on Sprint. :-)

By: maddmatt02

maddmatt02 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00:27 +0000

I wish the hero on sprint came w/ a 8gb card instead of only 2.

By: grimdeath

grimdeath — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:23:16 +0000

The phone will update to 2.0. HTC said (according to gizmodo) they will update when they have some bugs worked out with the Sense UI and 2.0. Which means all “hero”-esque phones will probably get the update around the same time.

This is one of the downsides I see to the UI forks, slower update rates.

By: Rehnhart

Rehnhart — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:21:49 +0000

If they release 2.0 for the Eris when I am able to upgrade, I’m getting the Eris. If not, I’ll get the Moto Droid. I gotta have the Google Navigation app.

By: T

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:08:30 +0000

The European Hero chin is the single worst design element in any consumer electronics product ever. Yeah… I said it. It looks like a flip phone, always flipped open. If it were a car, it’d be uglier than the Honda Cube. Best thing to ever happen to it was coming to the US for a redesign.

By: Brak

Brak — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:45:38 +0000

@cnstntn

Hero doesnt lag, that was the OLD ROM. Many sites have reported that the Eris feels snappier than the Sprint Hero. So i wouldnt worry about it. it should be plenty capable, until you load up the memory

By: Pieter

Pieter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:39:56 +0000

the eris is gonna sell very well. it’s a good looking, snappy, inexpensive phone. thats what most consumers want. sales will be very up to par with the motorola droid.

By: cnstntn

cnstntn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:15:26 +0000

Does anyone know whether the Eris will get the same ROM update as the Hero?

Because, if Eris and Hero are as good as equal, I fear the Eris will have the same laggy feel to it as the Hero.

And what about updating to Android 2.0, like it was announced for Hero owners?

By: Walt

Walt — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:04:12 +0000

The Eris and Hero are good phones for the non geek crowd. Sense UI is very intuitive, and great for those who are in search of their first smartphone. That being said, when the Passion comes out, I will finally get to upgrade. The Eris for the wife and something with the snapdragon for me.

By: janus

janus — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:01:20 +0000

Android phones without a chin suck!
At least the Droids got one of his own!

By: Zaggs

Zaggs — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:53:52 +0000

We want Passion info!!

By: janus

janus — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:48:46 +0000

@john
they are not just releasing crap, they also do not support their crap: no android 1.6 for the Galaxy!
Thats why I never care for Samsung phones they just release them and if there are Softwareissues, they just put out another crappy phone.
Htc on the other Hand don’t need to upgrade to android 1.6 because with having the Sense UI you can give a shit on 1.6. There I said it.
And please do not blame HTC for the Droid Eris thats Verzons fault they WANT that phone.