I like Apple’s stuff, but I like Verizon in this fight. They have always been good to me and never had any problems.
I am glad they are getting the DROID and are not handicapping it like previous phones. It will be actually open.
I have heard great things about the DROID so far, and it can only make the iPhone better.
Look at the real 3G coverage map (not the crap map AT&T is using in its ads with that has-been actor that is ANY KIND OF COVERAGE WHATSOEVER), and Verizon kills AT&T, period.
I am not sure if this approach was a good one for Verizon. But, it’s past ads on this have been spot-on no matter what AT&T claims.
See post 7.
In addition, Verizon’s coverage map is... somewhat optimistic. I service a client that has several field reps and engineers, and right now they’re all using ATT’s wireless net for field communications. About once every year or so, I send out field reps with competitors’ cards/services to see about coverage in the field; and every time they report problems with them.
If you want usable coverage everywhere, ATT is pretty much the only choice. Verizon is slower than they promote it as being and it has many, many, many holes.
I’ve had the droid since the third day it came out. I really like it a lot. It’s extremely quick, the battery life is excellent, and Verizon’s network coverage, both voice and 3G is excellent.
I was already a veteran Android OS user. I had the G1, the first Android OS phone, on T-Mobile, from the first week, over a year ago. I really liked the G1, and T-Mobile is a good company with great customer service, but their 3G coverage is a bit thin. Once I tried the droid, and saw that it was much much faster than the G1, the OS is much more refined (and they keep making improvements and sending them out OTA) and on a better network, I busted my T-Mo contract to get it, and I am really glad I did.
The iphone is nice but here are just a few advantages of the droid over iphone:
user removable battery
user swappable and increasable memory card
can tether with Android, iphone cannot
higher resolution screen than iphone
5 mp camera with dual LED flash and camcorder
open source OS — more user customizable than iphone
better voice and 3G network
carrier with better customer service record than iphone
Competition is good for us all. Let the carrier wars continue.