Posted on 06/19/2010 9:37:50 PM PDT by Feline_AIDS
Hey Freepers,
I've decided to enter the world of smart phones. There are two options at this point: iPhone 4 or the HTC Incredible.
I'd like your opinion if you've got some experience with either of these phones. I played with the Incredible today and was very impressed. I've known iPhone users who swear by their devices.
Right now I'm leaning toward the HTC Incredible. #1- Verizon does have good coverage. I'm looking for a phone, after all. #2- Incredible seems to move very fast. #3- Incredible has voice to text. #4-Can't think of anything that the new iPhone will do that the HTC won't, except a front facing camera, but I really don't care about that. I use a phone camera to snap pictures of funny/weird/cool things, and #5 the HTC has an 8 megapixel camera.
Thanks!
FA
I've heard AT&T sucks. If you get the iPhone, you're limited to AT&T.
I've heard good things about the HTC phones.
I'm a Verizon customer right now, but I'm contemplating switching to Sprint in the next few months since I can roam for free on the Verizon and Alltel networks through Sprint. Oh, and Sprint is noticeably cheaper than Verizon.
Swordmaker can ping some iPhone owners and they can tell you about their experiences ... :-)
Incredible.
Think Different.
The Phone it self is extraordinary
IIRC to change the battery in an iphone you have to have Apple do it for around $100.00.
You can’t do it yourself.
I don’t know about the others.
Just something to consider.
A removable battery and expandability will beat a lot of other features for me.
When I consider any phone (smart or dumb), the first thing I look at is the coverage and costs of the network.
Right now, I’m on what is left of the Alltel network. Even tho most of the Alltel network was bought out by Verizon, in this area of Wyoming, the DOJ ruled that Verizon cannot buy out Alltel here. AT&T isn’t up to speed here with data services yet, so an iPhone would be pretty much a dumb phone until such time as they finish their network upgrade in this area.
If you’re going to use the data service(s), you’ll want to compare the speeds and costs of data carefully. Smartphones can rack up quite the bit of data transfer without you really thinking about it. Then there’s the issue of using a smartphone as a tether for a laptop while you’re on the road - you’ll want to look into the costs and availability of that as well.
If Verizon doesn’t offer it, don’t bother.
AT&T, Sprint and TMobile suck!
I've had my iPhone going on two years, and have dropped it a couple of times, other stuff, nothing horrible, but have found it to be more sturdy than my old Motorola Razr. You'll pay more for the iPhone, probably, as the new versions start at $200. Droids and some others are two for $150.
My only complaint about my iPhone is that AT&T doesn't allow tethering to computers. Other than that, it's terrific.
Disclaimer! I'm one of those Macbot Phanbois, and also have a macbook pro and use Mobile Me. The biggest advantage of the iPhone is that when used with the Apple ecosystem, you can do stuff like "find my iPhone" where you can geolocate your phone from your computer if you leave it someplace. You can also remote wipe it to keep people from accessing personal information if it's stolen. It also synchs my mail accounts, calendars and address book so I can access it from my computer, the phone, or the web.
It also functions as an iPod and an iPod touch for gaming. I use it to listen to books over my truck radio when driving, and can use the remote function to operate iTunes on the computer. I don't know much about the other phone of which you spoke, but with the exception of the things I've mentioned, I've been happy with the iPhone for quite a while.
The only negative I've heard about Android is that there's starting to be a virus and malware problem. Again, all I know is what I've read, as I don't own any Android devices.
I didn’t get the iPhone because the rest of my family didn’t want to switch carriers. I ended up getting the Motorola Cliq (droid). It’s OK...I like the slide out keyboard but I think it pales in comparison to all the other things iPhone can do.
if I were you I’d go into a few stores and demo the phones. I like an extremely responsive UI and thats what the iphone has.
I haven’t had any problems with the battery on my iPhone. It’s going on two years old. As far as expandability, mine is 16 GB, and I seldom have more than 8 gig of stuff on it. The only thing that makes it seem a little cramped sometimes is if I load four or five movies for a trip.
Don't feel left out; there's plenty of malware for iPhones, too! You can spread the FUD around to Apple as well...
Had one for two years and haven’t had any problems. What have you heard?
iPhone 4 (A4)
HTC Incredible (Snapdragon)
Evo (Snapdragon)
ARMH designs and get royalties on both the A4 & Snapdragon processors. Keep your dumbphone for another year and put the cash in ARMH. Then sell ARMH and essentially get a smartphone for free.
You should check the coverage because my company has us on Sprint for a corporate blackberry and there are days at a time when I have NO coverage at all! My Verizon Droid which I use for personal calls does not have the same problem. I have been so frustrated with the Sprint coverage because it is for business and people leave messages that sometimes I can’t even know are there for 2 days or more!
Are you sure that's not just your Blackberry?
Personally, one of the biggest benefits of Android over the iPhone is the fact the phone appears as a USB drive, when you plug it in. With my phone (an HTC Touch Pro 2 with Windows Mobile) I can use it as a normal USB drive (and, with the 16 GB removable microSD cards, I have a big drive), and I can drag and drop files - movies, music, documents - from any computer I plug it into.
It's actually VERY handy - no need to install iTunes to access the files on the computer. For example, at this last CES I forgot a file I needed to print out. I had left it on the server at the office in Shanghai. So standing there in Kinkos I logged in to that computer via remote terminal server and downloaded the file. Then I handed the phone and USB cable to the KinkoDude, he plugged my phone in as a normal USB device, and ran off a hundred copies.
USB connectivity and removable micro SD cards are VERY nice to have (and since you can get 16 GB micro SD cards for $25, that's a huge price savings over the $100 that Apple wants to charge).
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