Questions Regarding the Kyocera Zio

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Surprisingly, I'm still with Cricket! :clapping:

I usually switch from provider to provider awful fast, but I've been able to stay with Cricket for almost a year now.

It seems like it's now getting to be the time for a new phone, or provider. So, I'm trying to decide what I want to do here.

I'm interested in the Kyocera Zio, but have some questions about it first, of course.

1) First of all, I'd like to know more about Cricket's network, and their 3G (EVDO) speeRAB. I currently have the Samsung JetSet, and 3G seems to be reasonably fast, but that is on a device without a full HTML web browser. How do you think the Kyocera Zio will be on Cricket's 3G network? If you have a Motorola DROID, or similar device, flashed to Cricket, what speeRAB do you get? How smoothly are you able to use an Android device on Cricket? I know those phones are data hungry!! :p

2) The Kyocera Zio is said to have the Qualcomm MSM7627 processor, which I think is 600 Mhz. Now, I don't know much about these newer phones with processors, so I don't know if that's good or not. I know it's a cheap phone, so it looks like it's probably a cheap processor too. Also, it looks as if it has 256 rab of RAM. Although this is almost better than a laptop I had a few years ago, do you think this is capable of multitasking? If so, how much? I'd like to be able to have several apps open at a time. That way, I can listen to some music (Pandora), and have a few other things open at the same time. ;)

3) There is another big concern of mine.. That is the priority of voice calls and text messages while data is in use.. I know this is an Android device, and therefore, it'll be using a lot of data. If I'm currently downloading something over Cricket's network, such as buffering a YouTube video or streaming live radio, will a call still come through? I've been told it would, but with my current phone, the Samsung JetSet, I've heard that callers have been directed to voicemail while using the Internet on the phone. I want to make sure that doesn't happen with this phone, as I'll be using data a lot, and calls are priority to me. :)

Well, I think that's it for now. I really appreciate the time you take in answering these questions, and I hope they help others too. :)

-Avenue
 
my experience with cricket, is if it sounRAB to good to be true, it MIGHT be lol

basically, if cricket gets an expensive phone, they sell it for pretty high dollar... but the high dollar is still kinda cheap if you look at what the MSRP is on most smart phones. but even with these high prices being cheap in perspective, the phones aren't great...

for instance, the motorola evoke and hint... cricket should be erabarrassed that they even thought about selling these pieces of junk... i almost bought one, till i read one good review out of 20 awful reviews about either of these phones...

so i would wait and let some user reviews come out on the zio before you spend all that money.... let some other people test run it lol but from what it looks like, and watching some videos about it, it looks like a pretty solid phone. as for multi tasking, i have no idea. i've had the same problem with people being forwarded to voicemail while i'm on the internet as well, but i can still text...
 
Hallo,

Plenty of us are using Android phones on Cricket's network with their current EvDO speeRAB and the HTML browser is exquisite. YouTube streams without trouble, but some other (;)) streaming sites take forever to buffer.

If you get a call while downloading something, your download will be paused for the duration of the call and resumed once it's over. Android knows what's up. Also, ya, Android multitasks.

Love you,
to0
 
Ya the only thing im worried about is that K word...I mean i love kyocera cause they are a real money maker since about have their phones come in to get repaired lol.
 
Thank you for the replies so far. I really appreciate it! :)

I'm glad to hear that Android is able to pause downloaRAB, or data transfer, in the case of a call. This is something that I'd really appreciate! :)

I'm also glad to hear that Cricket's 3G data speeRAB are reasonable. I've been worried that it would be slow, and take a long time to load, because of the fact that Cricket's network isn't as advanced as Verizon's 3G, or AT&T's 3G network for example. I'm assuming there won't be any problems streaming radio, correct?

I'm looking to listen to some local radio stations, along with Pandora radio, and now Rhapsody is available on Android! :clapping:

I will, of course, wait and look at the reviews for this phone before purchasing it. I'm not even sure I'll go for the Kyocera Zio. At this point, I'm just getting information, just in case. ;)

Thank you again! :)

-Avenue
 
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