Here I am on Day 2 with my D3. I previously had a D1 running SS5.4. Of course, right away there were things that I had with roms that I miss (galaxy power bar, blue lettering, change of lettering, change of carrier name), the list goes on. But now that that is out of the way, here's my feelings on this fresh peice of hardware.
I gave Blur a shot for about 5hrs. Tried different setups, different widgets but just continued to have the same issues with lag and redraw (specialy when coming back from browsing the web). This is a shame because I liked a lot of what Blur had to offer and the shine effect on widgets and the like, was quite pleasing. So I am back with good ole Go Launcher EX and am very happy with it. I adjusted the size to 4 columns x 5 rows to take advantage of the new realestate and it looks great, runs wonderfully (better than my D1) and gives me access to everything I want.
There is definitly a noticable speed increase from the D1 (overclocked to 900mhz) to the D3. Very smooth transitions, videos load and move well even when set to HQ. Games play wonderfully ( still wish Conkers Bad Fur Day worked on the N64oid, but that's on the app and not the phone
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I miss the 3D gallery!!! Mainly for one feature, the picture frame widget. I have a 6month old and like to show him off, so I always had one screen dedicated to pictures of him. Now there is just that social networking frame that I can't get to show my photos, just everybody elses. I even tried other picture frame widgets from the market, but all of them made the photos look horrible and distorted in a way.
The screen... the horrible, horrible pentile display
Is not bad at all. Yes, I notice the weird thatch pattern on somethings (mainly if I look really closely). Yes, some videos look a little more pixelated (They also look brighter and crisper). And oh no!!!! I can see my phone in the sunlight
So for me, the screen is a win. I haven't noticed anything that make me regret getting this phone and I think Motorola is figuring out how to best use these QHD displays. Perhaps the 4in vs 4.3in screen helps. I don't know.
Yes the bloatware sucks (but Go Launcher can hide all that so yes it is there, but I don't have to look at it).
There are thing I look forward to when and if root is obtained, but I'm a kid in a candy store right now, just like when I got my D1. I'm going to play with everything I can until I can't stand it anymore and hopefully by then there will be a root exploit and I will continue to play and tweak it everyday for the next 2 years like my D1
Oh, App suggestion. Widgetlocker. Works great and for those that miss the added access to things from the lockscreen that you may have had with previous roms it does the trick.
