I have the Droid X with the extended battery and I get 2 days minimum use before I have to recharge. I also bought the Otter box carrying case and it has been great for the few times I dropped the phone on accident.
Dan
Dan
Iphone or Droid?
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Wayne02
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Well I guess I'll buck the tide. Three months ago my wife and I got HTC Incredibles and my son got a droid X, all through verizon.
My wife and son love their phones, I've been frustrated with mine. Some of that is because of my own learning curve, but some of it is just frustration with the phone not being that much better at what I consider basic stuff for business.
The phone is an entertainment powerhouse, but it took me forever and a $40 application just to get the damn thing to sync with my MS outlook PIM program that I use at work and at home. And even now it still does not work consistently. All of our suppliers, our customers, all my wife's business dealings etc use MS products that can interface with each other (share data). And to have a phone that is such a pain in the patooty in terms of interface is just unacceptable.
The screen is a thing of colorful and clear beauty, but I don't often read webpages on it, and I don't compose and send email on it unless it is some sort of special situation. I don't use the 3" screen for viewing movies. I see no sense in using the phone for these type of activities when I can do it at the end of the day on my desktop sized monitor, or on my laptop if on the road, instead of squinting at the tiny screen and pecking at the tiny keyboard.
The signal strength is two bars less in and around our house compared too our old flip phones. This is a big deal for us since we dropped our home landline based on the great and consistent signal strength we enjoyed for years on our flip phones.
There is a bunch of google type proprietary stuff on the phone that you cannot delete unless you root the phone. Make no mistake, these android phones are googles deal and they do plenty to keep you using their stuff and storing your data on their cloud etc. It's not as proprietary as Apple is, but don't think you have complete free reign over the OS unless you are willing to root.
The phone does not have any better call clarity than my old flip-phone did. Many times when you install a better app in addition to the stock one (that can't be deleted), the stock one stays in place so now you have two apps that try and do the same thing, unnecessarily complicating things.
I do like the flashlight app, the ballistics app, I listen to pandora for music and have another app to listen to streaming talk radio which I like. I like that the phone is thinner than my old flip phone. I like that I can use the phone as a wireless router or tether it directly to my laptop. My son set me up with a voice activated texting app which is easier to use than pecking away at that tiny keyboard.
I started hanging out on the android forums trying to learn how to set this thing up to my liking and found that people seem to be addicted to the free or ultra low cost apps. This is all fine and dandy but I found that in many cases the apps did not work properly or were half-arsed designed. Yet people defended them saying that you should, 'work with the developer so they can make improvements for the next release'. Work with the developer? I don't mind paying a fair price for a program, but the damn thing better work as claimed. I have no time or patience to mess around with poorly designed/developed apps no matter how pretty they look on the screen.
I think Sips description is likely pretty close, and maybe I would have been happier with the Iphone. If you have the patience and interest to do so, and like playing around with the phones entertainment options then you would probably like the android platform. You can spend many many hours with this thing and all its entertainment capabilities.
Signed: Grumpy Old Phart.
My wife and son love their phones, I've been frustrated with mine. Some of that is because of my own learning curve, but some of it is just frustration with the phone not being that much better at what I consider basic stuff for business.
The phone is an entertainment powerhouse, but it took me forever and a $40 application just to get the damn thing to sync with my MS outlook PIM program that I use at work and at home. And even now it still does not work consistently. All of our suppliers, our customers, all my wife's business dealings etc use MS products that can interface with each other (share data). And to have a phone that is such a pain in the patooty in terms of interface is just unacceptable.
The screen is a thing of colorful and clear beauty, but I don't often read webpages on it, and I don't compose and send email on it unless it is some sort of special situation. I don't use the 3" screen for viewing movies. I see no sense in using the phone for these type of activities when I can do it at the end of the day on my desktop sized monitor, or on my laptop if on the road, instead of squinting at the tiny screen and pecking at the tiny keyboard.
The signal strength is two bars less in and around our house compared too our old flip phones. This is a big deal for us since we dropped our home landline based on the great and consistent signal strength we enjoyed for years on our flip phones.
There is a bunch of google type proprietary stuff on the phone that you cannot delete unless you root the phone. Make no mistake, these android phones are googles deal and they do plenty to keep you using their stuff and storing your data on their cloud etc. It's not as proprietary as Apple is, but don't think you have complete free reign over the OS unless you are willing to root.
The phone does not have any better call clarity than my old flip-phone did. Many times when you install a better app in addition to the stock one (that can't be deleted), the stock one stays in place so now you have two apps that try and do the same thing, unnecessarily complicating things.
I do like the flashlight app, the ballistics app, I listen to pandora for music and have another app to listen to streaming talk radio which I like. I like that the phone is thinner than my old flip phone. I like that I can use the phone as a wireless router or tether it directly to my laptop. My son set me up with a voice activated texting app which is easier to use than pecking away at that tiny keyboard.
I started hanging out on the android forums trying to learn how to set this thing up to my liking and found that people seem to be addicted to the free or ultra low cost apps. This is all fine and dandy but I found that in many cases the apps did not work properly or were half-arsed designed. Yet people defended them saying that you should, 'work with the developer so they can make improvements for the next release'. Work with the developer? I don't mind paying a fair price for a program, but the damn thing better work as claimed. I have no time or patience to mess around with poorly designed/developed apps no matter how pretty they look on the screen.
I think Sips description is likely pretty close, and maybe I would have been happier with the Iphone. If you have the patience and interest to do so, and like playing around with the phones entertainment options then you would probably like the android platform. You can spend many many hours with this thing and all its entertainment capabilities.
Signed: Grumpy Old Phart.
bassoneer
Member
Ive not had a droid, but recently got the verizon iphone and really like it.
LoadedRound
Member
I have had both and I think your friend is right. I really like the Ipod / Itunes thing. So for me that tips the scales to the Iphone. I have an Iphone 4 now and am very pleased. If you have little or no interest in the music capabilites, it may be a different ballgameI have the iphone...very intuitive...my friend has the Droid but he told me if you aren't a techie, which I'm not, the iphone is fine...
As for apps, I have only had to pay for one and it was .99.
You do have a wider choice of carriers with the Android platform. You'll be fine with either.
medxam
US Veteran
I hate my Droid. It is one of the first ones. It is thick and heavy. I am not a techno geek and I find it hard to use. My wife's best friend has an i Phone
and from what she has shown me, I will be trading for one when my Verizon contract will allow, this summer at a price that won't break the bank.
It is excellent on bluetooth in my Lincoln MKT, but it is probably due more to the Lincoln system than the phone. Mine has had to be rebooted several times, and once after rebooting, I had to delete it from my car and reinstall it to get it to work. They showed me a new one and it is much thinner and lighter.
medxam
and from what she has shown me, I will be trading for one when my Verizon contract will allow, this summer at a price that won't break the bank.
It is excellent on bluetooth in my Lincoln MKT, but it is probably due more to the Lincoln system than the phone. Mine has had to be rebooted several times, and once after rebooting, I had to delete it from my car and reinstall it to get it to work. They showed me a new one and it is much thinner and lighter.
medxam
The Highlander
Member
Neither. I prefer the Blackberry line.
The Iphone and the Droid are very large, and very heavy compared to the Blackberry. My Curve is maybe half the size of a pack of cigarettes, and not much heavier. Just the battery on a Droid felt like it weighed that much.
And I have full internet access, email, texting, and mine will even make a phone call. GPS, mapping and directions, all that stuff is on my blackberry.
Do you really want to watch a movie or a football game on your phone? Really?
The Iphone and the Droid are very large, and very heavy compared to the Blackberry. My Curve is maybe half the size of a pack of cigarettes, and not much heavier. Just the battery on a Droid felt like it weighed that much.
And I have full internet access, email, texting, and mine will even make a phone call. GPS, mapping and directions, all that stuff is on my blackberry.
Do you really want to watch a movie or a football game on your phone? Really?
Chik a Boom
Member
Hubby has a Droid X, I have the iPhone. If I didn't already have a MacBook Pro, I could have happily had a Droid. He is really happy with his phone and I'm very content with mine. I believe they both do about the same things that we like. A few of the differences I've seen is that he has more free apps, while I pay small amount for a little better app. I like the fact that mine is smaller, since it's usually carried in a pocket.
One side note, Android is basically a Google product and integrates with all that that implies. So, skip the Droid if you're not a Google fan.
One side note, Android is basically a Google product and integrates with all that that implies. So, skip the Droid if you're not a Google fan.
I've had a Droid X for about two months and love it! As a phone, it is far superior to any of my previous phones, and holds service in areas I was always dropping in before. I really like its computer functions and constant web connectivity, a great boost to my business, allowing me to stay in contact with clients and accept new assignments while in the field or travelling. I also purchased the car dock and a blue tooth headset, the gps & mapping program is excellent, and using the phone with the bluetooth while driving is much less distracting & far safer than holding it. The apps available for it are numerous, and those I installed are very useful and work well, from banking to aviation uses. I'll never go back to a "regular" cell phone. Oh yeah, the mobile hot spot works very well with my laptop - now, my office is truly wherever I am! The voice commands work well, and the voice texting apps are great. I can't compare it to an IPhone, haven't had one, but I can say my Droid X is just about perfect! Battery life is decent, I usually get 1 or 2 days use on a charge, depending on how extensively I use it. Btw, this was typed on my Droid. In summary, an extremely useful tool, far more than a phone.
