I happen to love android and own the droid x however having said that 4g is in limited availability right now by ur next upgrade as someone else said will probably available to everything from windows 7 to android to iPhone. I read a lot about new tech items and have not heard very good things about the thunderbolt a lot of bugs once they correct should be an awesome phone. I own both the x and my son has an iPhone I can tell u I enjoy mine more the bigger screen for starters and mine is rooted so that opens it to tons of possibilities but its not always the easiest to use compared to iPhone it's all in what ur used to and what ur looking for I personally love my x but also enjoy os thru my iPad and touch best of both worlds really
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Excellent! You have conquered your ignorance and stopped acting like a tw@t!
Very commendable. It is unusual for anyone on the internet to admit that they were wrong, ever.
I provision phones on our email system and have 3 people that bought Thunderbolts over the past few weeks and a week later came down with iPhones to replace them all because they were having to charge the Thunderbolt 2-3 times a day. Everyone of them said the phone was great but battery life was horrible and couldn't get them thru the day on a charge.
You come to Iphone forum and ask people to help you to decide which phone to buy. Of course 9 out of 10 will tell you to buy Iphone.
Not necessarily, more like 7 out of 10 but you still get some good factual discussion
Right now I am in the decision making process although I just realized I have a year to go on my Sprint contract (I have a lowly "Incognito"
).These are the issues that are keeping me from immediately jumping (if I could) on something like the Droid X.
1. Opening myself to dangerous apps that need vetting.
2. Battery life.
What I really like about it is how voice is integrated into the Droid X (all Android??) phones.
However I really really dislike the thought of paying $500 frick'n dollars for a phone unless maybe it offered 'personal sexual' favors (which it does not).
When the first iPhone came out, I was like "no way, I'm not paying that much for any phone"! I'm still kind of like that.
Its your money. You'll be the one stuck using the phone you purchase.
Who cares what anyone else has to think about what you should buy? They're not the one that has to live with it.
Lay down the facts, the details. Man up, make a decision, dive in, rejoice.
Who cares what anyone else has to think about what you should buy? They're not the one that has to live with it.
Lay down the facts, the details. Man up, make a decision, dive in, rejoice.
Right, but any smartphone - iPhone, Android, whatever - is more than just a phone. No-one, AFIAK, is selling a device for $500 which is limited to only making phone calls. Considering what modern smartphones can do, and how portable & convenient they are, I would say they are excellent value for money.However I really really dislike the thought of paying $500 frick'n dollars for a phone unless maybe it offered 'personal sexual' favors (which it does not).
+1
a lot of android users have to buy extended batteries just to get a full day.
The thunderbolt has a video issue when recording where the audio is very distorted. My htc incredible drops frames and audio was bad on video quality also.
For me i choose the iphone because i wanted a phone that lasted all day and took good photos/video. The iphone might be set in its ways and seem dated with it UI but overall it just works better and is a more dependable device. T
Do you understand the concept of asking for advice and acquiring knowledge even if there is a lot of opinion tossed in?
I do agree with you except that with incentives, you can purchase a very competitive Android phone for all most half the price of an iPhone. That is countered by the Android App problem (as I see it). I see the argument that the extra $200 you spent on the iPhone is worth avoiding the potential problems with apps. However, I travel a lot and carry a MacBookPro. If all I had was a phone, I'd be head over heals in love with a smart phone. But having a damned nice computer at my beckon call, it is really hard for me to justify that kind of money (initial purchase/monthly fees) for a GPS and some convenience when making phone calls (voice). For any serious browsing, I'm going to the big screen. Now when phones gain the ability to project a 15" screen, well then look out...
Chances are I am going to end up with a smart phone at some point in the near future.
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This pretty much sums it up right there.
It's going to be different for everyone, I know that I personally wouldn't mind iOS and an iPhone. But I can't stand any screen that's smaller than 4" since the EVO has spoiled me rotten. Retina and all that jazz is meaningless with a 3.5" display.
I also can't stand the stale iOS interface. It's circa 2001. Palm's Palm OS 3 had more to like about it.
But I would jump over to those problems in a heartbeat to run some of the apps that are in the app store. Their Mac desktop counterparts are fantastic, and they sync/pair with the iOS ones..... I doubt that will ever come to Android. So that's my reason for sticking with Android phones, but I know the next poster could care less about apps, and only want a phone that "looks good" or something else entirely.
I can get two full work days out of my iPhone 4 without a charge (as long as I go easy on the streaming video on the train). That's reason enough right there. 4.5 hours of battery is inexcusable and I can't believe people even give a crap about the Thunderbolt just based on that.
Why don't you try waiting for an iPhone 5 and iOS 5 and then comparing? It's just way too close to switch now.
If the iPhone 4 will get the notification system from iOS 5, then i think i'll be staying.
But.. at this point in time, an Android looks much better than an iPhone, smartphone wise.
If the iPhone 4 will get the notification system from iOS 5, then i think i'll be staying.
But.. at this point in time, an Android looks much better than an iPhone, smartphone wise.
op, wait two months for possible news on the iphone 5. If no news, wait 4 more months until september. rinse/repeat until you never get another phone.
A note on "4G or not 4G, that is the question": how often are you within range of a Wi-Fi network that you can use? If the answer is "almost all of the time", then you may rarely get a speed boost from 4G. My 3GS is only using EDGE, and yet I don't feel like it's too slow for most network stuff because when I'm at home or work (IOW most of the time), I have a Wi-Fi connection that's faster than 3G anyway.
Why? Spend your money on what you want, random strangers on the internet aren't going to be able to help you.
Get the iPhone.
HTCs have terrible camera quality and Android is not worth it until they add Hardware UI Acceleration, before that a first gen iPod touch is smoother than a dual core monster running Android, also Android does not have a multicore CPU support, and the interface is much less consistent and pretty.
If Android had Hardware UI Acceleration and multicore support than there could be a discussion but before that, iPhone, no questions.
HTCs have terrible camera quality and Android is not worth it until they add Hardware UI Acceleration, before that a first gen iPod touch is smoother than a dual core monster running Android, also Android does not have a multicore CPU support, and the interface is much less consistent and pretty.
If Android had Hardware UI Acceleration and multicore support than there could be a discussion but before that, iPhone, no questions.