Eternity Vs. Mythic

Alright- So firstly, I'd like to say that I absolutely LOVED my eternity. Recently- it was water damaged and the company had to send me a new phone, the Mythic.
I just thought I'd share a few points to any looking maybe to upgrade or such.

1. The Camera. If you use your camera on your eternity a lot (like I did), you'll be extremely dissapointed with the Mythic. The focus is nice, but my pictures still aren't coming out crisp or quite as vibrant as the ones on my Eternity.

2. The Speaker. I really liked the way the Eternity had the speaker for speakerphone and playing music as the same speaker for talking, that way if I needed to set down my phone while it was on speakerphone, I didn't have to set it screen down. However, on the Mythic, it's on the back, and it's really presented a problem because I don't want my screen extremely scratched. I'd also like to note that this back speaker is not crisp and I find it a bit fuzzy, and actually crackly if I put the volume up completely.

3. The Overall Look. I feel as if the Mythic is a lot bulkier than the Eternity, which I really don't like. The plastic on the back is nice, but it gets smudged and my phone now always looks dirty. I preferred the non-gloss back of the Eternity much more. The buttons are sleek- but not flush with the screen like on the Eternity. Although this doesn't make a difference function wise- I do prefer the Eternity's.

4. The Main Screen. Ok, so I do like the three screens on the phone, being able to switch from one to another. It's nifty. However, I liked the way my notifications popped up on the Eternity much more, because it was bigger and disappeared after you checked it- unlike the Mythic's notification box, which stays up.

5. The Lock Button. I absolutely hate that I have to press and hold a button on the screen to unlock my phone. I liked the Eternity much more as I could press the top button to unlock my phone, which you can't do for this phone (or maybe I just haven't found a setting?)

6. The Web Browser. The web browser is nice, but I can't get it to go into landscape like the Eternity did, Which I loved. I also found it to be a little slow on picking up the things I was clicking on.

7. The Apps & Extras. I don't like having extra things on my phone that I don't use. So the fact that the game /demos/, unnecessary apps, and extras that I don't use, are locked onto the phone, quite irks me. I don't use facebook or twitter or such, so I feel I should be able to delete those apps from my phone to make room for the other apps I do need/want.

8. Finally, The Notes. The same as the Eternity, the notes only have a limited set of characters. Going from a blackberry to these touchscreens, it's really frustrating. I like to be able to write my assignments and reminders into a note, but they rarely all fit into the same note.


So there's my opinion. I hope someone gets use out of this- as I would have thrown a fit about them sending me this phone if I had known all this before.

i've said numerous times, its silly for anyone to upgrade to any of the line yet unless there is a defect or loss.  

Hmm that's strange.

I've never bumped my hold button.
But there is a physical lock button on the Mythic... its at the top right corner on the side.

Plus it's on the top of the phone... there's nothing that's gonna really be above t he phone to bump it.

I still think it is hard to "bump" the lock button. You really have to put pressure on it.

Something else the mythic can do that the eternity can't....You can install apps from the memory card using a small html file. No need for TKFE.

Well, i never had nothing like that happen. Maybe for you or something...

Speaking of the lock button.....
I liked the one on the eternity. My previous phone was a blackberry, it locked easily enough, but the push this button then this button to unlock it kinda irked me.

I've always wondered...Why dont they do a slider lock? My Zune player has a slider lock on the top. Easy enough to switch it back and forth to lock/unlock. NEVER had it unlock and stop playback in my pocket, no matter what I was doing at the time.

Just a thought....