Bought a Nexus One
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I've had 2 different google android os phones (g1 and motocliq) and they both can't hold a candle to the iPhone 3gs (my new phone).
What those specs don't tell you is how easy the phone is to use, how the web browsing is, the overall quality of the device (I believe it's made by the Taiwan company htc), etc. The iPhone is hands down the best phone I have ever used by a long shot. It really has a web browser, not some wannabe mobile browser. Almost everything you would do on a computer like pay bills, order something online, I even check my payroll stubs on my iPhone (none of those things I could do on the android phones). I also like how everything just works with everything. If I'm surfing the web and see a pic I can just tap it and save it and put it in a mms or a email or whatever. Copy and paste is really good too compared to android. The phone to me behaves more like portable computer to me than a phone.
I have nothing against android and was really exited when it came out and it would be fine if I had never tried a iPhone, but the fact of the matter is it's not even a comparison. Not to mention the crappy htc phones that he android os comes paired with. My g1 stopped reading my sim card so I decided to get a moto cliq with hopes that a motorola phone would have a better build quality, well the keyboard stopped working after a month or so. So I'm done with android.
What those specs don't tell you is how easy the phone is to use, how the web browsing is, the overall quality of the device (I believe it's made by the Taiwan company htc), etc. The iPhone is hands down the best phone I have ever used by a long shot. It really has a web browser, not some wannabe mobile browser. Almost everything you would do on a computer like pay bills, order something online, I even check my payroll stubs on my iPhone (none of those things I could do on the android phones). I also like how everything just works with everything. If I'm surfing the web and see a pic I can just tap it and save it and put it in a mms or a email or whatever. Copy and paste is really good too compared to android. The phone to me behaves more like portable computer to me than a phone.
I have nothing against android and was really exited when it came out and it would be fine if I had never tried a iPhone, but the fact of the matter is it's not even a comparison. Not to mention the crappy htc phones that he android os comes paired with. My g1 stopped reading my sim card so I decided to get a moto cliq with hopes that a motorola phone would have a better build quality, well the keyboard stopped working after a month or so. So I'm done with android.
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I'm in the same boat. I've been using an HTC tilt for a while but I'm looking for an upgrade. My only qualms with the tilt were it's massive size and it's a little on the slow side.
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My phone is just retarded. It's been replaced several times, but now is not under warranty anymore. I'm just done. I'm a huge PC guy, and huge Google guy. I wasn't impressed with the G1, but this Nexus One is really the real deal.
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I'm not a Mac guy by any means. I haven't owned one since a hand-me-down Mac Classic that I used for Dark Castle (one of the best games ever, by the way). However, I've had nothing but good luck with my phone minus one error that I made myself. Otherwise it's been the best phone I've ever used. I don't talk on the phone much at all so call quality isn't a bit deal to me. If I'm on the phone it's in the car and I use a wired headset because I'm a geek.
I'm not a Mac guy by any means. I haven't owned one since a hand-me-down Mac Classic that I used for Dark Castle (one of the best games ever, by the way). However, I've had nothing but good luck with my phone minus one error that I made myself. Otherwise it's been the best phone I've ever used. I don't talk on the phone much at all so call quality isn't a bit deal to me. If I'm on the phone it's in the car and I use a wired headset because I'm a geek.
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Hmmm...iPhone 3GS? I don't follow Apple news so I don't know if some of these issues have been fixed but there were always a lack of some pretty basic functions that kept me away from the thing.
MMS support? Video capture? Use mp3s (or any music file) as a ring tone? Copy and paste? Telnet/SSH support? Flash? A real keyboard (granted the Nexus One doesn't have one either)?
A full function browser is easy to download and install. It's a little more difficult to fill the whole that Apple left in their phone.
MMS support? Video capture? Use mp3s (or any music file) as a ring tone? Copy and paste? Telnet/SSH support? Flash? A real keyboard (granted the Nexus One doesn't have one either)?
A full function browser is easy to download and install. It's a little more difficult to fill the whole that Apple left in their phone.
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So for you, it's an iPod first with phone functionality. That's why there is no "one best phone" and stuff right? For me, being a phone is the number one requirement for a phone. Playing music is about as important as whether or not my friends like it. My wife hates her iPhone, but I guess she's un-usual there. A friend suggested a firmware update so we'll see if it's any better now. I would have probably tried the Nexus before I heard the NPR article about being tracked everywhere you go. Plus, Google is evil so there's that. The phone seems cool though after checking out a few friends' Nexi. That's the plural of Nexus right?
Does yahoo or hotmail track and keep your emails? What about the DMV and your mileage?
I just don't see why google and privacy issue keeps coming up. They haven't done anything but better my life, I don't seem to see how they've hurt others. But I guess if you don't like to be tracked, that's okay.
I rather be free do what I want and be tracked, than not be tracked and be stuck with limits.
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Google is evil because they track you? You use credit cards? What about club discount cards like safeway club? Costco would track your purchases either right?
Does yahoo or hotmail track and keep your emails? What about the DMV and your mileage?
I just don't see why google and privacy issue keeps coming up. They haven't done anything but better my life, I don't seem to see how they've hurt others. But I guess if you don't like to be tracked, that's okay.
I rather be free do what I want and be tracked, than not be tracked and be stuck with limits.
Does yahoo or hotmail track and keep your emails? What about the DMV and your mileage?
I just don't see why google and privacy issue keeps coming up. They haven't done anything but better my life, I don't seem to see how they've hurt others. But I guess if you don't like to be tracked, that's okay.
I rather be free do what I want and be tracked, than not be tracked and be stuck with limits.
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I'd love to get the HTC HD2 but with Android
If you're on Verizon, its HTC Incredible FTMFW
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+1 to Android based phones. I just got a Hero a few months ago, and while from the factory, it's pretty slow, how much you can do with the phone is amazing. The community of people on forums is pretty chill, and being able to root the phone and load custom roms on it really makes me love my phone. I'm not even using a Hero OS anymore on my phone, because people have hacked other roms and it's made it a 10x better phone than from the factory. Also, the Hero is unbrickable, and I believe so are the rest of the Android based phones.
If you want to look into customization, look here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=556
If you want to look into customization, look here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=556
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So for you, it's an iPod first with phone functionality. That's why there is no "one best phone" and stuff right? For me, being a phone is the number one requirement for a phone. Playing music is about as important as whether or not my friends like it. My wife hates her iPhone, but I guess she's un-usual there. A friend suggested a firmware update so we'll see if it's any better now. I would have probably tried the Nexus before I heard the NPR article about being tracked everywhere you go. Plus, Google is evil so there's that. The phone seems cool though after checking out a few friends' Nexi. That's the plural of Nexus right?