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Anybody having second thoughts about the iphone and want the THUNDERBOLT 4G instead?
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I gave android a chance...it took me 2 weeks before I started counting the days before I was back in an iphone. I'm at t minus 5 or less!
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I'm an Android user and have been for a few years. Currently using a Nexus One. I want to give you guys a word of advice about Android phones in general.
IMO, Android is amazing. I believe it easily holds it's own against iOS and that's why I use it. Google had done a phenomenal job with the OS.
That said I encourage anyone considering Android to do your research before jumping in. There are two problems that can pop up. First, is lack of updates. Manufacturers are extremely slow at providing phones with the latest Android OS. If you're interested in Android because of the OS and Google's rapid pace at improving it, you could find yourself disappointed when your not getting the latest OS update until many months after Google had released it. This type of behavior was rampant with manufacturers in 2010 and I don't see much changing this year. Also, Google's OS updates often provide significant performance improvements and features, but it doesn't do much good if you can't get them. Sure you can root the phone and use a developer ROM, but that depends on how supported the phone is by the dev community.
Second, not all manufacturers are created equal when it comes to the quality of their hardware. I've always found HTC devices to be very solid, but they don't pack the same displays and GPU acceleration of a Samsung Galaxy S. Then again Samsung had more problems with hardware last year than any other manufacturer!
Not trying to turn anyone away from Android! I love it. It's suits my purposes and I have no plans of leaving the platform. But it's worth it to do your research and don't get too caught up in dual cores and 4.x inch displays.
I'm an Android user and have been for a few years. Currently using a Nexus One. I want to give you guys a word of advice about Android phones in general.
IMO, Android is amazing. I believe it easily holds it's own against iOS and that's why I use it. Google had done a phenomenal job with the OS.
That said I encourage anyone considering Android to do your research before jumping in. There are two problems that can pop up. First, is lack of updates. Manufacturers are extremely slow at providing phones with the latest Android OS. If you're interested in Android because of the OS and Google's rapid pace at improving it, you could find yourself disappointed when your not getting the latest OS update until many months after Google had released it. This type of behavior was rampant with manufacturers in 2010 and I don't see much changing this year. Also, Google's OS updates often provide significant performance improvements and features, but it doesn't do much good if you can't get them. Sure you can root the phone and use a developer ROM, but that depends on how supported the phone is by the dev community.
Second, not all manufacturers are created equal when it comes to the quality of their hardware. I've always found HTC devices to be very solid, but they don't pack the same displays and GPU acceleration of a Samsung Galaxy S. Then again Samsung had more problems with hardware last year than any other manufacturer!
Not trying to turn anyone away from Android! I love it. It's suits my purposes and I have no plans of leaving the platform. But it's worth it to do your research and don't get too caught up in dual cores and 4.x inch displays.
I am going to look at the Thunderbolt. Reordered the iPhone and already have a second thought at the sight of the new HTC device.
i agree with the lack of urgency off pushing out Android OS Updates.. lets use verizon for an example. I have the Samsung Fascinate currently, and recently there was a leak froyo update after so many months its been out.. when froyo for the phone actually gets released by verizon, their will be antoher major upgrade to the OS from google. this isnt just happening on verizon, i see other carriers are taking awhile to release Android updates.
i've always been an apple fan. had 2 iphones before (3g and 3gs) i like how apple updates their iOS. through itunes..
+1
After I ditched my 3G because of service issues and went back to verizon, i have had the eris, incredible, and now the droid 2 and none of them ever hit the spot like the iPhone did. The thunderbolt isn't going to be any different except for the larger size (which will be hard to fit in a pocket) and 4G (not available in my area) so there is nothing drawing me to it. Can't wait til 10:30AM on monday!
While it looks cool, I couldn't do it. The Retina Display has ruined me! I won't even consider the iPad until it's up to Retina standards. 
I don't really understand the point you're trying to make. What exactly is amazing about Android? All I can see is that it's a big headache. The apps suck, you're at the mercy of manufacturers for updates (which are always delayed or never come), and the OS itself is unpolished and shoddy. And I've owned the Droid X since launch day so I know what Android is.
If Droid Life's reporting of unlimited LTE for $29.99/month is correct, I may have to make the switch. Grandfathering THAT would be absolutely wicked.
Android like BlackBerry works better with the latest software updates. Unfortunately carriers decide what and when should be available to customers. I'm happy I'm moving to iphone as I know I won't be faced with such restrictions. I can download the latest operating system when it is released by apple without any say from Verizon.
I have a Droid X as well, and my experience is vastly different than this. The iPhone is more polished but the apps sucking argument is pretty weak. The market place isn't as big as Apple's but it has had everything I have ever needed. And the iPhone is at the mercy of Apple to upgrade so it's not like you have other choices with either phone. The Thunderbolt will have substantially improved hardware over the iPhone 4 - who knows what the iPhone 5 will bring.
Nope.
While Android is a great OS, and the Thunderbolt seems pretty sick. My main switch to the iPhone is iOS itself and Apple's "yearly" updates.
While Android is solid it suffers from the fact you have to design the OS and Apps to work with multiple OS versions (since not all phones keep getting updates after release), and a freaking nearly infinite amount of hardware combinations (screen, CPU, GPU, etc). Due to that you, as a developer, can't really squeek out those little extra bits of power and so forth due to the fact you're designing for so many platforms.
I think it suffers in it's higher end apps (Games being a prime example) overall. There are some phenominal games, and apps, but I seem to find a large majority aren't nearly as good as iOS equivalents.
I'm not going to discount looking back at Android in a few years when the system has had time to REALLY get into it's groove from a OS and 3rd party standpoint but for now I'm a bigger fan of iOS.
While Android is a great OS, and the Thunderbolt seems pretty sick. My main switch to the iPhone is iOS itself and Apple's "yearly" updates.
While Android is solid it suffers from the fact you have to design the OS and Apps to work with multiple OS versions (since not all phones keep getting updates after release), and a freaking nearly infinite amount of hardware combinations (screen, CPU, GPU, etc). Due to that you, as a developer, can't really squeek out those little extra bits of power and so forth due to the fact you're designing for so many platforms.
I think it suffers in it's higher end apps (Games being a prime example) overall. There are some phenominal games, and apps, but I seem to find a large majority aren't nearly as good as iOS equivalents.
I'm not going to discount looking back at Android in a few years when the system has had time to REALLY get into it's groove from a OS and 3rd party standpoint but for now I'm a bigger fan of iOS.
Hell no. Thunderbolt does look cool, but i've waited too long for iPhone. I would rather have a 3G iPhone than a 4G Android phone anyday. My plan is to get the iPhone 6 for LTE, and my iPhone 4 that i'm getting in less than 9 hours will make me plenty happy!!
Besides, LTE won't be in my area for almost another year
Besides, LTE won't be in my area for almost another year
The iPhone 5 will have to be radically different to make me stay with the iPhone, so who knows, I may consider an HTC.
I'm so bored with what is essentially the same phone for 4 years now.
I'm so bored with what is essentially the same phone for 4 years now.
Preordered the iPhone and should be coming later today. I wouldn't be interested in an android phone or blackberry if someone gave me one for free.
Uh, no. I'm not on Verizon.
BUT I would be lying to you if I said I wasn't interested with the Motorola Atrix 4G! The Xoom tablet seems way too overpriced. But the Atrix 4G has got me very intrigued. Too bad the dock with phone is like $499. Those other docks all look useful to me. The Atrix 4G seems to be the better phone than the Droid Bionic or Thunderbolt.
Motorola is making a comeback. They seem to interact alot with people on the YouTube channel (Moto Europe).
I will just wait for the TEGRA 3 phones next year and just get a Sony NGP in 2011. I admit, iPhone does get very boring like anything else in life.
BUT I would be lying to you if I said I wasn't interested with the Motorola Atrix 4G! The Xoom tablet seems way too overpriced. But the Atrix 4G has got me very intrigued. Too bad the dock with phone is like $499. Those other docks all look useful to me. The Atrix 4G seems to be the better phone than the Droid Bionic or Thunderbolt.
Motorola is making a comeback. They seem to interact alot with people on the YouTube channel (Moto Europe).
I will just wait for the TEGRA 3 phones next year and just get a Sony NGP in 2011. I admit, iPhone does get very boring like anything else in life.