Time to bring up an old topic: iPhone v. Android
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Huh? There are apps for these things across the board. And anyway flash is dying. Its not going to matter before too long.
That's interesting considering Verizon has had some serious data downtime lately. I go with ATT because I get better phones faster. I had the Galaxy Nexus on ATT 1 month before Verizon got it.
Verizon has had some 4G issues recently, let's not pretend that's the same as the complaint AT&T users have.
You either paid full retail for the Nexus elsewhere and SIM'd it to AT&T or you're suggesting the SGSII is the same as the Nexus. Great phone, not the same.
I don't know how much faster you get phones on ATT since I dumped them years ago, but to suggest AT&T has better phones than Verizon (former iPhone exclusivity conceded) is ridiculous.
Every line of your post could be seen as misleading the OP.
I don't think you can go wrong with either one. Be careful on some of the android phones. I've noticed some companies try to pack the android OS into a phone that really isn't capable of running it. Most of the phones you mentioned will work flawlessly.
I have an Android, a MacBook Pro, and an iPad. I have contemplated going and getting an iPhone but I would go crazy without the Google integration that my android gives me. Yeh, I can do some of that stuff on the iPad but it's not as easy.
I'm a big fan of both and think they both offer a lot of good things for consumers. Dive in and you will be happy with either.
I have an Android, a MacBook Pro, and an iPad. I have contemplated going and getting an iPhone but I would go crazy without the Google integration that my android gives me. Yeh, I can do some of that stuff on the iPad but it's not as easy.
I'm a big fan of both and think they both offer a lot of good things for consumers. Dive in and you will be happy with either.
Funny how this is changing a bit. Google seems to be making more and more apps available to IOS, which is smart.
If you want a good camera I would look at HTC rezound over Razr or Galaxy Nexus. Just got the rezound and really like it. Rezound had the best specs of the 3 Android phones and by far the best camera. Plus a really good set of ear phones. I wasn't blown away with the nexus and the others are getting ice cream sandwich in a month or so anyway. The iPhone 4s us nice but didn't like the tiny screen and didn't like a screen full of apps to always look at. The screen on the rezound actually seemed the best of the three Android phones and is on par if not better than the iPhone.
Fyi there is rumors the razr 2 is already in the works. Rumored to have a 13 mp camera. Also quad core processors are coming...
Somehow China wound up with better RAZR's than we did. They have one with the 13MP sensor, one with a 720p screen, and one with both. The RAZR 2/HD exists, it's a matter of when it shows up here. Motorola is it's own worst enemy: Droid X2, Droid 3, Droid Bionic, Droid RAZR all on Verizon between June(?) and November. And that's just the flagships. Total logjam.
I'm hoping at CES they announce some quad core phones (HTC Zeta?) with SoC that improve battery life. I can hold out until 2nd quarter if they are on their way.
Didn't want to start a new thread but I had a few questions hoefully people can answer for me. Probably stupid questions but I'm an idiot when it comes to phones. I got a droid bionic yesterday.
When I have a missed call, it doesn't pop up, how do I retrieve it?
If I switched to the iphone, can I still get the CF app?
Is the battery life better in an iphone? This seems like its sucking my battery and it takes forever to charge.
When I have a missed call, it doesn't pop up, how do I retrieve it?
If I switched to the iphone, can I still get the CF app?
Is the battery life better in an iphone? This seems like its sucking my battery and it takes forever to charge.
Android phones will have the worst battery life.
You want my honest advice? Take your Bionic back and get something different. I have not heard many good things about that phone. I have a Thunderbolt and it has been problem free. As for your missed calls, I don't think that's a setting option so my guess is it's something wrong with the phone.
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Okay, I need some advice as well. Have held off needing a data plan as long as I can, but finally have to bite the bullet because of work ect. Am staying with Verizon and my two biggest needs are email and needing to access a google calendar. For the email I can do IMAP, SMTP, POP3, or ActiveSync so that isn't really a problem now. In the next two years it is very likely I'll be working for some unknown company or government agency so that could change things.
First question is this, I want to keep my monthly bill as low as possible so I would like to keep my data usage under 2GB. Push email would be nice but not a necessity. What is a typical monthly usage for an ActiveSync email? How about other types of usage (browsing, video, streaming audio, ect.). Rough estimates or your typical usage and how much data you use would be greatly appreciated.
Second, should I go with a 4G phone or not. Live in Des Moines so I have access if I want. My usage probably doesn't need that kind of speed most of the time, but it would be nice from time to time. My worry is that in the fine print they make it very clear that 4G rates apply. Which currently doesn't appear to be any different than other data rates. But I'm running under the assumption that this will probably change at some point in the next two years. Does anyone have any insight on this?
Third, the OS question that everyone loves to argue about. Would go with Android without any questions but don't really like the physical design of the style of phone that goes with Android. I know, I know what am I crazy, but a carrying around a large touch screen doesn't really appeal to me. For one I don't really like using touch screens as my primary form of data entry (like it for browsing when I have a QWERTY as well) and devices with a ~4.5" screen just feel unwieldy to me. From a purely physical standpoint a BB Bold 9930 appeals to me the most, but obviously I know and understand the opinions on their OS. The iPhone appeals to me a bit more from a physical standpoint than most of the Android phones but not by much. The question is in 18 months is the BB OS going to be so obsolete it is just a pain? Same question for the current iPhone OS. Don't have those concerns about Android because I'll be able to upgrade the OS, but as I said the phones just don't appeal to me. And I dislike the slider phones as much or more than the other Android phones so that's not really the answer.
First question is this, I want to keep my monthly bill as low as possible so I would like to keep my data usage under 2GB. Push email would be nice but not a necessity. What is a typical monthly usage for an ActiveSync email? How about other types of usage (browsing, video, streaming audio, ect.). Rough estimates or your typical usage and how much data you use would be greatly appreciated.
Second, should I go with a 4G phone or not. Live in Des Moines so I have access if I want. My usage probably doesn't need that kind of speed most of the time, but it would be nice from time to time. My worry is that in the fine print they make it very clear that 4G rates apply. Which currently doesn't appear to be any different than other data rates. But I'm running under the assumption that this will probably change at some point in the next two years. Does anyone have any insight on this?
Third, the OS question that everyone loves to argue about. Would go with Android without any questions but don't really like the physical design of the style of phone that goes with Android. I know, I know what am I crazy, but a carrying around a large touch screen doesn't really appeal to me. For one I don't really like using touch screens as my primary form of data entry (like it for browsing when I have a QWERTY as well) and devices with a ~4.5" screen just feel unwieldy to me. From a purely physical standpoint a BB Bold 9930 appeals to me the most, but obviously I know and understand the opinions on their OS. The iPhone appeals to me a bit more from a physical standpoint than most of the Android phones but not by much. The question is in 18 months is the BB OS going to be so obsolete it is just a pain? Same question for the current iPhone OS. Don't have those concerns about Android because I'll be able to upgrade the OS, but as I said the phones just don't appeal to me. And I dislike the slider phones as much or more than the other Android phones so that's not really the answer.
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This is the kind of incendiary comment in these type of threads I just don't understand.
It seems you biggest dilemma is the physical design of the phone. I would just tell you to go to a store and look at a bunch of phones. My girlfriend has a Droid that is smaller than an iphone. I have the thunderbolt. If you are worried about the touchscreen, I will say my Thunderbolt is awesome from an entry standpoint and I use it upright. If you flip to landscape, it's even better. It's a phone I would recommend for the cost and I am sure the Rezound is just as good. I guess what I'm saying is the best thing about Android are the handset options. In all honestly, a Blackberry may currently be the best for your application. The thing I found, though, is that once I went to Andoid and had access to more things, I used them and wanted more. I see no downfalls to the iPhone currently either though.
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Yeah, this is a pretty accurate summary. Battery life is my other concern, as I think its the biggest limiting factor in most devices. Not that there is a big winner between the OSs in terms of battery life, but it appears that there are some Android phones that have some battery life problems (not all of them). Have a loyalty credit with Verizon which helps on price so I might just say screw it and go with the Droid Razr Maxx in a couple weeks if I decide to go with Android.
Love my android. Work with lots of clients with gmail accounts, and the google accounts aync way better w my outlook than iphone. . 4G is way faster than 3G. Also tested Motorola vs iPhone for signal strength. Big difference. Also my biz peeps w iPhones will tell you they drop a lot of calls.
