The Cell Phone Thread

[MavHockey14]

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My contract is up, I have a Blackberry; is it worth the cash for the iPhone?

[St. Clown]

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My contract is up, I have a Blackberry; is it worth the cash for the iPhone?

If you want an iPhone 4S, there are multiple options. If you want iPhone 4, some of the wireless companies are offering the 8GB model for $99.

I just got the 4 about ten days ago, and I'm really impressed. I had a Motorola i1 Android before that, and I got tired of the OS crashing. That may have simply been my phone, but I've yet to hear anyone I know speak ill of the iPhone, so I made the change.

[goldy_331]

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My contract is up, I have a Blackberry; is it worth the cash for the iPhone?

You want to be cool, don't you?

[St. Clown]

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You want to be cool, don't you?

That doesn't hold true. I have an iPhone.

[JF_Gophers]

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iPhones have problems just like any other phone. Simply do a Google search and you will get pages of them. It's all about what your tolerance level is and if you ever experience any of them.

[St. Clown]

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iPhones have problems just like any other phone. Simply do a Google search and you will get pages of them. It's all about what your tolerance level is and if you ever experience any of them.

I'm sure that's true, and when buying it, I did recall something about the batteries from back in the day. It just seems to me like the fail rates are lower than other phones, and the consumer satisfaction rates are higher. Then again, most of the people who buy the phones are rabid fans that'll wait hours in line the day a new version is released, so they might be a bit more than reticent to air their grievances.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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Getting a new phone soon.

Narrowed it down to the iPhone 4S or the Droid Incredible 2. Still having trouble deciding.

[JF_Gophers]

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Getting a new phone soon.

Narrowed it down to the iPhone 4S or the Droid Incredible 2. Still having trouble deciding.

Might consider Droid Bionic, its slightly better in the tech specs then the I2. Dual processors and more RAM, using the same version of the OS, and supports 4G if you ever decide to use it. Also only a$50 difference in price (going by base prices).

[Tater]

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Did some homework, and I am skipping the Droid Razr for Verizon. The phone itself is great, but it comes with Android 2.3.5 OS. My phone now already has 2.3.3, so its a non-upgrade.

I will wait until a 4G phone comes out that has Android 4.0 on it. Although probably not the Samsung, as they feel cheap.

Droid Razr is due to get the upgrade to the new OS early next year.

[JF_Gophers]

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Droid Razr is due to get the upgrade to the new OS early next year.

I read that as well. If it actually gets the update in March I will either a) buy the phone for cheap or b) there will be a new phone I want that comes with the OS already.

Verizon doesn't handle upgrades very well. So I am pretty skeptical to start with.

My contract isn't up till Dec 2012, so I am not forced to make any quick decisions.

[goldy_331]

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That doesn't hold true. I have an iPhone.

Well, yeah, it doesn't automatically make you cool, but you can't be cool without it! Well, maybe if you have the ipad you could still be cool.

[bigblue_dl]

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Well, yeah, it doesn't automatically make you cool, but you can't be cool without it! Well, maybe if you have the ipad you could still be cool.

I think you're confusing cool with being a hipster.

[bigblue_dl]

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Verizon doesn't handle upgrades very well. So I am pretty skeptical to start with.

Can you elaborate on this? What kind of upgrades are you talking about? I've upgraded my droid via the network, to a newer version, and it went down flawlessly. This wasn't upgrading to something completely new, though, it was just an update of the current software I already had.

[JF_Gophers]

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Can you elaborate on this? What kind of upgrades are you talking about? I've upgraded my droid via the network, to a newer version, and it went down flawlessly. This wasn't upgrading to something completely new, though, it was just an update of the current software I already had.

The upgrade itself isn't the issue. It's that they have always been slow in pushing out promised updates. So my skepticism is that the update from 2.3 to 4.0 will not happen in Q1 2012 as announced. Then by the time it actually does come out, Android may be to an even newer version (4.1?).

Why are they even releasing new phones on 2.3 when 4.0 is available?

Another cause for concern is the way the Bionic release was handled. Delayed forever and then when it did come out, no one knew about it. Doesn't inspire confidence in what the company says.

[bigblue_dl]

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The upgrade itself isn't the issue. It's that they have always been slow in pushing out promised updates. So my skepticism is that the update from 2.3 to 4.0 will not happen in Q1 2012 as announced. Then by the time it actually does come out, Android may be to an even newer version (4.1?).

Why are they even releasing new phones on 2.3 when 4.0 is available?

Another cause for concern is the way the Bionic release was handled. Delayed forever and then when it did come out, no one knew about it. Doesn't inspire confidence in what the company says.

Ah, ok. That makes sense.