Trying to decide between Verizon iPhone and DROID BIONIC?
Anyone trying to decide between a Verizon iPhone and a DROID BIONIC? If you absolutely can't wait for next month and a possible iPhone 5 to consider, and have to get one of these phones now, this is the thread for you.
If you have questions or need help deciding, fire away!
I have to be honest, on Verizon at least, android phones are better in every way. You're cripples with a Verizon iPhone. As I type this message from my Verizon iPhone, I'll tell you I PREFER iPhones period, but I acknowledge that it's crap on verizon
Ok, i'll say it again...(note: im on Verizon)
Other than the obvios talk and surf thing-
You cannot merge a call unless you are the original caller
Even when a call is merged, you cannot hang up on just one of the callers
3G is slower on Verizon
Verizon iPhone internet won't get any faster with any newer iPhone any time soon because 4G LTE won't be available on an iphone for the next couple of years at least. AT&T however, will not only still be faster than Verizon's 3G, but it will get even faster with 3G HSPA+
CRIPPLED
And i'd like to add that if you turn your GSM iphone off and receive text messages while it is, and turn it back on, you will get timestamps for the times the texts were actually sent. On Verizon? of course not. the time-stamp is for the time you turned the phone on
i would hardly call those reasons valid enough to say the iphone on VZW is "crippled".
everyone quotes the "talk & surf" thing but i don't know anyone who talks and surfs simultaneously. i really don't believe most people can multitask that well to pay attention to the conversation and for what it's worth most people text now anyway.
i also don't see any huge benefit to having a 3-4 way call capability. once in a blue moon maybe, but not often enough to consider it "crippling" not to have it.
yes, 3G is slower on verizon but works in more places than at&t 3G. the fact is that big red has much better service, although i realize this isn't a debate on who has better service coverage.
personally, i just gave up my android after having had the droid x, incredible 2 and thunderbolt. android is faulty because the developers simply aren't "polishing" the software. that having been said, you can truly do more with the android phone. my iphone still crashes and locks up, it's not perfect. typing is very difficult at times and the word prediction/spell correction sucks horribly. on the flip side the battery is way better and the phone just runs smoother in general. i'd say go and try the bionic in the store first if you haven't.
My opinion will be slightly biased since I've been using an iPhone for roughly 18 hours, after coming from Android, which I used for the past 13 months. So far, I do really like the iPhone. The OS is obviously polished, everything is basically seamless, and it looks damn nice. I am, however, holding all final judgments until I've used it for 2-3 weeks.
Right now it's really too new to me to really say my ultimte opinion. It's slightly different than Android and somewhat (mildly) confusing, simply because I'm learning a completely new phone which does essentially the same things, only in a little different way. The few things I do not like are the notifications, and I know that will be changed come iOS5, but for the time being they suck. Android definitely has that one better. It's also easier to add downloaded ringtones. And personally, I like the browser on Android better, but only marginally. Other than that, so far, I don't see a ton of differences, just the average "I have to look in a different spot to get something accomplished" thing. To me, so far, there are a ton of similarities. And millions of reasons to love both.
That being said, if I (and this is just me) had an upgrade to blow right this second, I'd get the Bionic as long as my area had LTE. And for further disclosure, I have used two Motorola Android phones (Droid X, Droid 3) and an HTC Incredible 2. Or I'd wait to see what the iP5 has to offer next month, or the next batch of Android LTE phones in the coming months, and so on and so forth.
I think the gap between android and iOS is closing everyday and making a purchase decision is becoming more difficult. I'd say that at this point in time i would probably go with android. I've had all the iphones to date and the little things android allows you to do that iOS doesnt are an advantage.
Having said that, i hate how i can never be satisfied when buying an android device. Let take the Bionic for instance. If i make the jump in a months time the vigor and the prime will be out. So i wait for those and some other better phone is due a month later after that. It's just nuts.
So with iOS i know i will be ok with the phone for a year and i don't have to worry whether or not my phone manufacturer will go from gingerbread to Ice cream sandwich, etc.
I have to say that I have been looking at info about the Bionic for some time now. However, I don't think it would work out for me due to Verizon's spotty coverage where I live.
I think the Bionic is a great phone for two or three months ago. At this point in time, I think it's just a place holder in the Verizon lineup until the next group of super phones hits. They delayed the release too long for it to be an important phone in the Android lineup. And, at the end of the day, it looks more like the appropriate follow up to the Droid X than the next milestone (no pun intended) in Android development. The biggest edge that I think the phone has over the iPhone at the moment is the LTE antenna. I have yet to see any monumental increase in speed on the dual core phones over my old Droid X. The OS still isn't optimized to take advantage of the potential of dual core chips, and, aside from some games, neither are the apps. You can overclock those things out to almost 2ghz if you want, but without the optimizations, it's just a paper trophy.
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