Upgrading to a "Smart Phone"...[views:1600][posts:13]___________________________________ [Jun 30,2011 3:59pm - LPCustom ""] Got Verizon. Want to get the unlimited data before July 7th or whatever. I want something legit - had my last phone for 3+ years and have waited long enough. Looking at IPhone or Droid. I have an IPod Touch and figure it'll be pretty similar, so I was thinking of going with a Droid. What's the best/newest one? Thanks for any help! |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 30,2011 5:52pm - IEBradness ""] don't get a Windows phone. I wish I got a Droid, guy I work with has a Droid, Samsung something or other. Bad ass apps, kind of techy but very slick. Fuck Apple |
| ___________________________________________ [Jun 30,2011 5:54pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] i refuse to upgrade. dumb phone ftw. |
| ___________________________________________________ [Jul 1,2011 5:58am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I just picked up an HTC Thunderbolt and love it. I think it's the best option out of all the 4G Android phones on Verizon right now. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 1,2011 6:39am - the_reverend ""] I love my android phone, but I love my iPad so much I just bought an iPad 2. Personally, I need a physical keyboard on a phone. Droid has a huge leg up on a lot of things over the iPhone for phone since there are home screens instead of just a collection of apps. Out of the phones on Verizon, the Driod 2 global is the one that i would go with since it has a physical kb. Forgetting that, the Samsungs have the best looking screens, but the galaxy s 2 isn't out until after the 7th. Really I use my phone a hell of a lot and I use under 2gb per month. Usually around 1.1gb. |
| ______________________________ [Jul 1,2011 7:34am - Pires ""] I'm a data junkie. I used over 3gb last month. I watch a lot of Netflix and hbogo on my phone. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jul 1,2011 10:10am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I was comparing the Samsung Charge to the HTC Thunderbolt before buying. People were RAVING about how great the screen was compared to the Thunderbolt so much so that I assumed the TB's screen was garbage. I checked myself and it seems fine. I've had the phone for a few weeks now and the screen is flat out awesome. I don't know wtf everybody was talking about. At any rate, I liked HTC's UI software way more than Samsung's. Personal preference, really, but it's a huge part of any Android phone. I'd look at some YouTube reviews of phones you're interested in (and maybe even look for side-to-side comparison reviews of a couple phones you're curious about) and then play with them in the stores before buying. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jul 1,2011 10:15am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Also, fuck Motorola. I had a Droid X before. I almost didn't buy another android phone when shopping recently. I basically found out that every annoyance and gripe I had with my Android phone was all due to Motorola's motoblur GUI. HTC's Sense is waaaaaay fucking better. This phone is so much more useable than the Droid. |
| __________________________________________ [Jul 1,2011 10:28am - largefreakatzero ""] I like my Crackberry. It's shitty and boring and matches my misery. |
| ______________________________ [Jul 1,2011 10:32am - Yeti ""] i'll stick with my Fartphone. |
| _________________________________________________ [Jul 1,2011 10:38am - RustyPS is on the move ""] menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:Also, fuck Motorola. I had a Droid X before. I almost didn't buy another android phone when shopping recently. I basically found out that every annoyance and gripe I had with my Android phone was all due to Motorola's motoblur GUI. HTC's Sense is waaaaaay fucking better. This phone is so much more useable than the Droid.that's interesting because I have an original Droid and love it |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 1,2011 10:47am - the_reverend ""] the Samsung super amoled screen is just the best out there now. HTC Sene UI is so much better than sansung's touchwiz because it's a whole package. I hated sense UI cause on win6.x it was terrible. But I bought a $1.99 app called Beautiful Widget and it does all the weather stuff. Plus agenda app does the calendar. So basically, I added 2 widgets to my sammy phone and got sense ui. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jul 1,2011 11:22am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Things I can remember that pissed me off about Motorola: - on screen keyboard constantly not allowing me to type - calendar app = junk - handling of Exchange mail = junk - double audible notifications for messages / mail - slowness / temporary freezing of widgets after unlocking phone (unrelated to Android "5 second rule") Sense also just does a lot of things I didn't MIND about Motoblur better. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jul 1,2011 11:24am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Maybe these were just issues motoblur had on Droid x, but they were all existent even after wiping the phone. |