I couldn't of said it any better myself. The iPhone is what works best for me. Although the Atrix YouTube video may look impressive, it certainly isn't going to sway me to ditch my iPhone for it.
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My iPhone 4 has officially been put to shame
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I couldn't of said it any better myself. The iPhone is what works best for me. Although the Atrix YouTube video may look impressive, it certainly isn't going to sway me to ditch my iPhone for it.
Very true. The Atrix doesn't even have a release date yet.
And seriously people, another Atrix thread? I know this is the iPhone forum but do we have to see a thread about Motorola's newest plastic crap every day?
I don't care what phone people have, all I know is my iPhone is the best for everything I use it for and I've never seen another phone I'd rather have instead. I'm happy to have a phone that works like it's supposed to. It may not have every single feature I'd like but you'll NEVER EVER have anything that has every feature you want, and even if it did by next week there'd be some feature that you can't believe isn't on the phone you just bought.
It is being released at the end of February and probably no later than March.
Motorola is not using plastic crap. The screen will have Corning Gorilla Glass, not the fragile crap Apple used on the iPhone 4 that they marketed as durable as ones found on helicopter windshields.
In six months, there will be a newer better phone out. To stay on top will require upgrading every 30 days at least....
Well said! A few here criticize Motorola as "cheap plastic" but how fast they forget what a fiasco Apple's "30x harder than plastic" glass turned out.
You want to talk cheap? Begin with Apples poor choice iPhone 4's glass.
A drop from less than a foot and it's shattered......thats cheap.
and the fanboys come out^^^
i really enjoy my iPhone 4, but the Atrix looks absolutely amazing. Nice job motorola
Glass breaks, drop your atrix when you get one. If you want a durable phone put an otterbox on it....
I'm confused. People watched this cartoon and are drooling over it? Yes, it was a cartoon. Meaning it wasn't real, it was drawn on a computer.
And I fail to see how a phone that is great for you, will be great for me. This logic fails.
If a tin can and string work for you, then that is the greatest phone for you. Who cares what others think about your phone?
I'm also failing to understand the logic that people come to a Apple iPhone message forum to promote other products.
Do these same people go to a baseball game to watch football? That logic has the same intelligence as putting mud flaps on a turtle.
You like this upcoming phone. Great. Now go away.
And I fail to see how a phone that is great for you, will be great for me. This logic fails.
If a tin can and string work for you, then that is the greatest phone for you. Who cares what others think about your phone?
I'm also failing to understand the logic that people come to a Apple iPhone message forum to promote other products.
Do these same people go to a baseball game to watch football? That logic has the same intelligence as putting mud flaps on a turtle.
You like this upcoming phone. Great. Now go away.
Better yet, let me drop his Atrix
iOS is still much smoother than any of the Android releases..
Just typing in the iPhone (any of them) is much smoother than any Android phone. Same goes for screen scrolling.
Go ahead and get the Atrix. It will be a great phone, but I just don't like the feel of Android.
They make new android phones like everyday,and I bet that all that was powering itself and sending the info only to the mobile app on the computer. The computer was powering itself. Even if I'm wrong the iPhone can do that if apple let it. But the Idea is cool
I got a chance to play with this phone at CES and I was not too impressed with it. The phone is cheaply made with plastic parts and the screen was not very sharp. The interface was very sluggish and plugging it into a dock really defeated the point of being mobile. There were much better phones at CES. This was not one of them for me..
In the end, it comes down to the difference between what they say the phone can do, and what it can actually pull off.
All the stuff I read about the Droid X was great, it made my iPhone 3G look like absolute garbage, but it was with 5 months of use that I learned that Motorola does not know how to write for Android. My Droid was the buggiest phone I've ever owned. Sometimes the simple act of play music became too much and the whole thing would lock up. Compared with my iPhone, sure, my Droid X could do more, but it did none of those things really well.
iPhone may do less, but the things iPhone does, it does really really well.
All the stuff I read about the Droid X was great, it made my iPhone 3G look like absolute garbage, but it was with 5 months of use that I learned that Motorola does not know how to write for Android. My Droid was the buggiest phone I've ever owned. Sometimes the simple act of play music became too much and the whole thing would lock up. Compared with my iPhone, sure, my Droid X could do more, but it did none of those things really well.
iPhone may do less, but the things iPhone does, it does really really well.
As another poster said, this is a matter of personal preference... for me, I've been through BBs, Android-based phones and iPhones. I still prefer the iPhone, but that doesn't make me any better than the other people who like RIM or Android. I do find it strange that this was posted in an iPhone forum??? lol
1) Vapor ... let's see what it's like once it's out
2) Android 2.2 ... one release behind the current generation
3) Encrypted boot loader ... sorry hackers
4) Crappy iTunes integration (Doubletwist, bah)
5) Let's see what it's like compared to the iPhone 5
2) Android 2.2 ... one release behind the current generation
3) Encrypted boot loader ... sorry hackers
4) Crappy iTunes integration (Doubletwist, bah)
5) Let's see what it's like compared to the iPhone 5
I hope you are right. My 3GS was awesome, my iPhone 4 not so much.
Apple is capable of far better if they try. But they are so fat and happy now, they have no incentive.
First of all, the dock has the nice factor of charging it (usually).
Second, the "computer dock" wasn't a computer, it was a Monitor and keyboard - the way it was present at CES was all the brains/etc was in the phone.
On pretty much anything, the harder you make it, the more brittle it becomes.
They were not advertising impact resistant glass (although one may argue it was implied) but scratch resistant.
For an example, see Trees vs. Trees at sub zero temperatures. They do shatter (because while harder, the frozen wood is more brittle, and can't take pressure from the moisture inside freezing.).
Oh Atrix glass is better than the iPhone 4's? That's right they use the same glass. Let me know how that arguement of the motorola glass being better. Go fish.
http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-4-gorilla-glass-not-quite-so-scratch-resilient-after-all-2391212/
http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-4-gorilla-glass-not-quite-so-scratch-resilient-after-all-2391212/
The iPhone 4 doesn't use Gorilla Glass. It's most likely Apple's own forumla similar to Gorilla Glass.
I like Android, but I don't see anything all that amazing in the video. The real-world applications of these ideas are pretty impractical. You can make a call from your notebook? Great, but when would you ever need to do that?
I think some people get caught up in the amazing, flashy stuff, but don't think of practical applications of some of these ideas. The TV doc is pretty cool, but why not just setup an AirPlay type service? I thought 2011 meant moving beyond wires and docks?
The SMS/chat integration is a good idea, but that's entirely on the software side of things and certainly doesn't require a rear-mounted notebook dock to accomplish. Bluetooth would suffice.
The dual core processor is pretty awesome, I must admit. The Flash support... not really worth mentioning except to imply that this phone isn't "handicapped" like the iPhone. In reality it's just politics and marketing, as we know.
Also, why does it have a better gaming experience? I'm pretty sure that Need for Speed game is available in the App Store right now...
I think some people get caught up in the amazing, flashy stuff, but don't think of practical applications of some of these ideas. The TV doc is pretty cool, but why not just setup an AirPlay type service? I thought 2011 meant moving beyond wires and docks?
The SMS/chat integration is a good idea, but that's entirely on the software side of things and certainly doesn't require a rear-mounted notebook dock to accomplish. Bluetooth would suffice.
The dual core processor is pretty awesome, I must admit. The Flash support... not really worth mentioning except to imply that this phone isn't "handicapped" like the iPhone. In reality it's just politics and marketing, as we know.
Also, why does it have a better gaming experience? I'm pretty sure that Need for Speed game is available in the App Store right now...
Check iFixIt. Gorilla Glass after their teardown. Gorilla Glass doesn't mean it won't break or that it's indestructible. Scratch resistant doesn't mean scratch proof either. Guess people like to read into things a little too much. Tempered glass same idea. Really strong, but hit it just right and bingo shatters into a million pieces.
I'll take front and back glass design over some cheap plastic housing any day.
I'll take front and back glass design over some cheap plastic housing any day.
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Link? I'm not seeing it in their tear down. From what I remember everyone thought it was Gorilla glass (including iFixIt) because they're both made from aluminosilicate.