I've given up trying to fight it.I told myself that I'd be perfectly content with just a flip phone, and a classic iPod, who needs a buggy old Smartphone? They can't even hold all my songs.But then they came out with ones that could.And then I saw some of the other apps in action, and thought it was cool.And then my iPod's headphone jack rusted out.And then my dumbass dad borrowed my phone for the day, and threw it in the washing machine accidentally.So I give up, I'll buy a damn smartphone. They're looking far more interesting than they did a few years back anyway.Now, right now I'm on a T-Mobile plan, so I could probably just pick from that line, but I have been interested in getting an iPhone 3G S or 4, pretty much because I don't know if iTunes works on any of the others, and that whole "hear a song on the radio, record it with the iPhone, then buy it on iTu- I mean hold on to the name and just download it on TPB sounds cool. But hey, I'm open to practically anything. Except a Blackberry. Fuck Blackberries.Now, which smartphone SHOULD I get? Just so you know, I am open to switching providers as well.
Stay away from HTC. That is all the advice I can give you.
can you compile on it? that's the only thing I ever care about.
>>1446Droids aren't good? Okay.What about an iPhone? I'm gonna be stuck in a limited bandwidth thing, so I'm probably gonna have to go with the 2GB thing, and still try to minimize using the net outside of hotspots.Unless there's some better plan provided I can switch the SIM cards or something. Any suggestions for that?
>>1446That is terrible advice, Nexus one is the best phone on the market
>>1450I don't know why Anonymous wants you to stay away from HTC. I miss the Hero (can't remember what it was called int he States). Was a much better phone than the Samsung something something I've got now. Be wary of Samsungs. The first one I had was so good that even after the second one crapped out after a little over a year, I decided to gamble on the Big S again. Nothing has broken yet, but it's just started hanging in the SMS app sometimes. The OEM SMS app, not a third party. If my phone company offered the HTC Dream to non-commercial users (yes, my phone company is idiotic) I'd get one in a second.My guy instinct is that you should go with the iPhone, simply because there are so many of them, bugs are probably going to be ironed out pretty quick.
>>1455iPhone warranties and other tech support is void if you do things like jailbreaking since Apple doesn't want you messing with intellectual property. It's their phone technically, you only purchase the right to use it.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone#Intellectual_propertyGiven trends, I would tell OP to buy iPhone if he can be satisfied with the attached strings.Strings 'n things in general iPhones:1. $500 price is to be expected without contract, and a contract could cost you an additional $5002. AT&T is your only option3. It's not as popular as you think, it sells poorly in places like China, Japan, Russia and Europe, plus droid phones outsold iPhone in USA (and RIM blackberry outsold fucking everything)4. It's much much much slower than the commercials show, when a guy bought a 3G he sued apple for saying in ads it would be "twice as fast," apple essentially said he "is stupid" for believing an advertisement5. Websites with Flash/Java display slowly or not at all6. Battery is irremovable, and if you somehow succeeded you would not be able to take it to get fixed for any other problems that creep up7. Fragile front screen is made of glass, not plastic like previous versions8. Touchscreen keyboard was designed for the Asgard not humans, it registered multiple keystrokes even when pinkies are used9. Apple cannot into mms10. The camera may seem fine but the images it takes are sub par, camera controls such as pinching actually work terribly11. Can't record video very well (or at all)12. No 3G, music ringtones (defaults suck), GPS, games etc13. Does not work with Windows PCs14. One image per email15. No file explorer and documents can't be saved16. Heating issues, you might drop it after long use17. No truth in advertising; besides the speed claim mentioned above, apple uses people with large hands in commercials to make their product seem more compact, it also pays newspapers and magazines to promote their product through "word of mouth"Some additional reasons the latest 3Gs versions suck:1. The backing is made of black plastic, not silver metal, which causes fingerprints to be extremely visible (unless you wear gloves)2. Bluetooth is completely terrible, only to be used with apple accessories, no A2DP3. Same camera issues, no front facing camera and thus no 3G video calls4. Other issues mentioned for earlier apple phones such as contracts, mms, keyboard, flash, battery (recharger sold separately, as with everything), cost, lack of pc interconnection, no cut/paste, GPS exists but it is inaccurate (position is estimated)5. It crashes constantly when multiple apps are used, the transitions between apps are choppy, screen freezes for a few seconds and when it unfreezes it replays all your tapping during freeze time6. Charging is required every dayAlthough, "video recording" is a new feature (which has been active in other phones for literally decades).
>13. Does not work with Windows PCsWait, what do you mean? I can't hook it up to iTunes and add all that stuff on there?Wouldn't that have been something that would have been one of the biggest complaints out there?
>>1456I completely agree with you. I just kind of assume that no one wants to fuck around with jailbreaking and fun hacks, because most people either aren't that into it, or just don't have the time to bother learning about it.
My old cruddy phone's battery broke recently and my dad somehow convinced them to give the whole family my touch androids. I'm actually using it right now and it seems to work great, though I have no experience with other smart phones.
iPhones are a piece of shit. Always breakan, runnan like shit, batteries dyan. Everyone I know ends up trading them for Blackberries.
>>1456...as the owner of one, I can tell you that the 3Gs does in fact have cut/paste.It's worked fine for me thus far. Then again, I live in Canada, so I'm not shackled to AT&t.
>>1462Good manYou can't deny that smooth flavor. Joking aside, blackberries are the best communications device, nexus is the best smartphone. I don't know what the buzz about iPhone is, it's neither best nor most popular but it somehow manages to cost a lot.I think people (hipsters) like the iPhone because it costs so much and is "stylish" enough for them that all their friends would ask them "whoa you have an iPhone that's so cool." Apparently this brings hipsters some sort of pleasure.Good lick now though, every asshole has the iPhone, it looks ugly and the lack of features are making an impact on sales.
>>1470*luckfixdProof http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/2009/06/16/6-reasons-iphone-3g-s-sucks/
>>1470apple fanboys are just really vocal about their awful taste in electronics
Jesus, it sure is retarded troll in this thread. Blackberries are fantastic for what they do well but recommending them in a smartphone thread is idiotic, they just aren't nearly versatile enough.
>>1477Yeah heaven forbid you want a smartphone for communicating rather than playing games.
>>1478Spreeses is clearly not looking for it for business. Any smartphone on the market will do fine for personal communications.
>>1491Blackberries have games and internet connectivityThey are THE best device on the market
>>1492http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-games/170-free-games-for-your-blackberry-88159/
Oh, about that connectivity thing people are bitching about with the iPhone.
I'm on a Verizon family plan with my parents and have been considering getting a smartphone soon. Anyone here have experience with Verizon's Droids and had a few things to say about them?
>>1496I have the Motorola Droid. Went from a Razr to that, so you can imagine the upgrade. It's not too bad. The few complaints I have are:- Seems to lag a fair deal when running a couple apps, even with an automatic task killer app that frees up memory.- Touchscreen typing is a bitch. My fingers are even that big, and I've had it long enough to get used to the screen, but I'm still constantly making mistakes on the on-screen keyboard. I usually use the slide-out one now.
>>1495Oh I love the new excuse "you are just holding it wrong"