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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Some people use flagship to mean -- ostensibly -- the model with the most powerful and inclusive specs offered by a carrier at the present time. That certainly described the original Galaxy S (i.e., Epic) and Evo when they were first offered by Sprint. In terms of specs, the Epic was the more fully featured of the two and allowed the most options. It was also the last U.S. Galaxy S phone to use a Wolfson DAC and sounds better as a media player than any U.S iteration since.
Correct me if I'm dung, my good mien, but it looks as though you're choosing to use the worst connotations of the common word flagship to imply incompetence on the part of the person who chose a particular model with which she eventually became unhappy.
I would also argue that, along with comparing specs of the various models in which one's interested, it's also important to visit stores that carry said models and try them out. That way, one's empirical impressions can be factored into one's decision along with preferred specs.
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I asked:
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
The internet connection is one thing, but didn't you test the phone with slow response before buying, and didn't you read on the box how much internal memory it had?
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and the reply was:
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Originally Posted by sakura-panda
And as for the internal memory -- no, because at the time the Galaxy S Epic 4G was Sprint's flagship Android and there really wasn't any better choice.
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If someone tells me that they didn't read the specs because the device was the flagship, I take it to mean that they are looking at the status of the device and not the specs. I see that you interpreted the reply in a different way.
I don't think that "flagship" has bad connotations, it is the product that would be considered best by most people, but that doesn't mean that it would be best for me. Which is why I choose based on specs. I'm also not saying that my way of choosing is the best way of choosing, it is just my way of choosing.