I wouldn’t call Atlanta “BFEgypt”. AT&T is bad here. Now of course if you don’t have any experience with a good cell provider then you wouldn’t notice how bad they are. As far as the LTE network, you may want to revise that statement. Verizons LTE is rolling out this November while AT&T is just starting to plan for theirs. They are predicting one or two cities by March 2011. AT&T is dead last in terms of technology. I am always hearing about how the iPhone killed AT&T. What a bunch of BS. AT&T was the worst BEFORE the iPhone and still is. The iPhone may load down the 3G but AT&T uses EDGE for its voice, or at least that is what I have been told. It is the telephone part of AT&T that sucks. Sorry, but I buy a phone to be just that, a phone first, then for the apps etc.

EVO 4G: A nice phone with some great features. The 4G however is a joke. If you have 4G signal walk a few feet and poof…it is gone. Sprints service was spotty in places it shouldn’t be, at least in the greater Atlanta area. Battery life…horrible, as in almost a joke.

Droid X and Incredible: My Droid X that I bought on the first day was a piece o’ sh*t. Some serious issues like locking up while it tries to figure out if it is going to be on the network or wi-fi, jittering screens, onscreen buttons not responding to touch (think trying to answer a call and you can’t). Battery life better than the EVO but still not all that great. The phone went back. The Incredible is probably the best Android phone I have tried and my girlfriend still has hers. The battery life is marginal.

iPhone4: Amazing phone with the best and most seamless user interface I have found. The battery life is awesome and can get through a day with pretty heavy use no problem. A really nice feature also is the fact that any accessory you can think of is made for it. The one big problem, and it is a HUGE one, is the carrier. Lets face it, AT&T is just awful. Dropped calls or calls that just garble and their customer service is a joke. Polite foreigners that you can’t understand or rude Americans who can’t or won’t help you. Even the managers in their stores don’t know about their own plans/products and pricing. This is a deal breaker for me as I have to be strapped to this company for 2 years. No thanks, it is going back.

I keep seeing people on here saying the iphone isn’t a great phone. Wrong. It is the cream of the crop it just happens to be tied to a company who rather spend all of its revenue on advertising than its infrastructure. What a shame. I read on analogy that went like this: The iPhone 4 is like Jessica Alba in a wheelchair. A beautiful cripple.

Of all the phones I have tried the iPhone gets top vote for the actual phone but until it goes onto other carriers, don’t waste your time or money. For Android the best I have used so far is the Incredible from HTC.

Regrettably, here in the U.S. we have to choose carrier first, then the phone. In most of Europe you can buy a phone and put it on a multitude of carriers. If that was the case here I would own the iPhone 4 on Verizon. It’s a no brainer. The Droids are ok but the are still kind of clunky and have a lot of kinks to work out no matter what OS version of Android they are using (a whole other topic).

Have fun choosing and try to keep in perspective what is bad, the phone or the carrier.

P.S. I love Apple but I still think the Droid is a great phone.

Number One Reason: Conveniently outside of the 30 day return window, the slider on my Droid started to loosen up. The crazy thing is I don’t even use the keyboard, so I rarely if ever move the slider! At first it was a small bother, but over time the thing kept getting worse to the point the slider would move with simple gravity. I took the phone to two different stores and the sales reps both told me the same thing, “Oh yeah that is just normal”. “Really? How come the store models don’t do that?” “Well they are new, but they are supposed to loosen up” It may seem somewhat minute, but the thing moving all over when I am trying to type, surf, or talk, drives me nuts. Anyway, I gave up for a while. Then the other day, I did something stupid: I dropped the phone in the toilet. Phone is fried. I have always taken good care of it and NEVER dropped it before. I call Verizon and let them know I have the insurance but have always been unhappy with the phone anyway. I looked at the new DroidX, which has no slider, and thought I could get some sort of deal on a new one. Nope. 30 minutes of polite discussion with 2 supervisors and nothing. I am stuck with a new Droid, which others on this very website have said that it will loosen up as well. I am appalled that a new version of the Droid is out only 6 months later, which by its very own existence affirms the slider had issues, and Verizon will do nothing.

Other Reasons: • Droid Cons o Over time, my Droid has slowed down, o It turns on and off over and over by itself at times, and o The sound quality has degraded. o I have had a bunch of app conflicts, o Had a serious issue with GPS that did not work for almost a month o The answer to the ability to use two fingers to expand, the Dolphin Browser, is still just a cheap knockoff of what Iphone did right from the beginning and is buggy at best.

• Iphone Pros (I have gained personal knowledge of from my own use of the Iphone) o Same age or older Iphones are faster than my Droid o It has apps I have STILL been waiting on for the Droid. o It seems to take better pictures with less Megapixels, o Oh and here is the big one: It costs LESS! That’s right, service costs less than mine. Insurance is just an $80 up front fee. No $7.99/mo and then $90 deductible for a new phone. o You can go to a store and get a new one, not wait 4-5 days (no weekend delivery) for one to be shipped and then you have to figure out the setup yourself.

So Verizon, I don’t expect to bring you down, but it is going to cost a lot more than the $369 discount you could have given me. Well actually, seeing as Motorola sells the phones for $150 (hearsay), you are not really paying anything to help make it right. Instead, I will be posting messages like this on ANY forum that could possibly sway a customer from joining Verizon. And if you think my keyboard is loud, you should hear my mouth. And all you had to do was continue to profit and sell me a 2 year contract and a $200 Droid X. Nuts.

In addition, I can drag and drop music from my computer right onto the phone, which very kindly adds it to my library. It even automatically differentiates between audiobooks and music, opening them in the proper media player. I wouldn’t use a music store even if they had one, unless I could own the music.

I’m not suggesting that every droid user out there would be able to get all of the stuff to work that I have, but all android phones have the potential. When I first got the droid, the native browser didn’t have ‘pinch and zoom’. Available on the android market was a browser called Dolphin, which had this feature enabled. Within no time (a couple of months) google had released a new OS that activates pinch and zoom within the native maps and browser applications, and off came Dolphin (which does have its merits, I’ll admit). Also included in the update was support for true natural voice recognition right in the software keyboard! I can speak entire sentences, including punctuation, and use the text for my next instant message or email. Talk about real hands free! It’s unimaginably good. You’ll have to try it to believe it.

I see the Droid as the batman-style do-all phone. It’s 100% speed and flexibility. Personally, I think it has a lot of class, but it’s certainly no iphone. It’s corners are not sleek, and it’s case doesn’t feel like a futuristic meta-material, and it doesn’t have the Apple ‘brand’, all of which I know people find desirable.

Bottom line, if your phone is to be an accessory, like your cloths, designed to match, or a Lexus, designed to raise your social status, then the iPhone is the way to go. However, if you want your phone to do everything imaginable with the hardware installed, go with the Droid. Keep in mind that you will need some decent technical understanding to get everything out of a Droid. Complexity comes with ultimate flexibility.

Personally I think it would be a shame for the iphone to go the way of the droid. There is a huge market for ‘Lexus’ style phones that are super simple to operate. There is another market for computer ninjas who need to be able to control their server farm from their phone all while talking to the support staff in India. Heck, just buy both if you can afford it!

Keep strong Android AND iPhone!

Thanks for the article! My only question is: Can I call and receive phone calls with both of them? Yes? Then I’m going just to stick to my $ 9.99 T-Mobile Phone. Thanks again.

I think you’re contradicting yourself. If you’ve had an iPhone break after 1 1/2 years you must be a retard. I’ve got the original and iPhone 3G S, and I’ve not had them “break”. You must be dropping it in a toilet at a high velocity or jailbreaking it. Plus if you were smart and had AppleCare, it wouldn’t have been a big deal and they would have sent you a brand new replacement phone to your door for free.

Apps: iPhone, the apple store has so many fun apps to keep you entertained while on long flights, the Droid the market is lousy honestly and mostly the apps are quite expensive for what they are. Although, i do like the skins you can buy for the Droid.

Touch screen: The screen on the iPhone is the best I’ve ever had honestly; it’s extremely accurate and never lags or anything. The Droid on the other hand the screen was inaccurate and would freeze all the time. It got really annoying after about 2-3 times a day. The iPhone’s screen is about perfect.

Camera: The Droid has a really good camera, it is 5MP which is more then the iPhone but its hard to get a really good shot with it, the iPhone on the other hand i get good pictures every time. I do like the Droid video camera better though and the camera is close but I give it to the iPhone.

Battery: This for me is an important one, as I can’t just go plug in my phone during a 3 hour meeting. Ill start with the Droid, it’s got a really solid battery life on it, I’m not biased towards either phone but the iPhone battery for me lasts longer, i had to keep 2 battery’s on me for the droid.

Texting: This is an interesting one because the Droid has a keyboard and the iPhone doesn’t. Personally i do like the Droid keyboard some say its flat but mine is really responsive and I can text faster, and more accurate on it then the iPhone.

Overall: It’s a tough one honestly, I like some things about bother devices but I would have to say I like the iPhone better, I’m not jumping on the band-wagon but I seriously wanted to like the Droid and it would keep freezing, the touch screen is inaccurate but I did like the keyboard, but for me I just like the iPhone, the apps, and of course the IPod built in. The iPhone is overall for entertaining if you are on a plane and have nothing to do for 3-5 hours. The Droid is a solid device if you have Verizon and want a decent phone. If you have any questions or concerns I would love to hear them. Email me at richards_bradly@yahoo.com

My current phone is the basic Motorola – it makes and receives calls. Period. Last week I was at Best Buy looking to replace my old worn out PDA. The sales rep said they no longer carried them in the store and directed me over to the iPod. After a week I’m sort of hooked on that little sucker. It does everything my old PDA did and more and a big plus is it’s ability to synchronize e-mail, contacts, calender and notes with Outlook.

Okay, so now I’m thinking I don’t want to carry both a cell phone and an iPod and am seriously considering upgrading my phone to either the iPhone or a Droid. For me each has a big draw back. The iPhone is on the AT&T network which I’ve had no experience with and after 10 years I don’t want to change my phone number. The Droid does not synchronize with Outlook and I dislike the Google e-mail, calender, etc. What to do? What to do?

Yes, I’m thinking of getting both at the same time keeping in mind each has a 30 return policy, to see which I like best.

The Droid is better than the iPhone because: Better Camera and Video camera quality Faster over-all web browsing across the US Apps that you actually can use Clearer sounding and more powerful built-in speakers

All in all, if you have an iPhone, thats cool I guess, you’re just missing out. One day when your screen gets enough wear and tear, you’ll be SOL for using your phone, meanwhile the Droid has an accessible physical keyboard in case anything unfortunate happens to the touch screen hardware.

Droid > all others

I currently have the Iphone 3G, and its pretty good, but the iphones break after 1 1/2 or so years. and thats not okay:/ I might be getting the Droid soon, so i want to know, is it worth it?? and dont give me stupid anti-droid/iphone responses.

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There is just 1 iPhone killer out there and it is AT&T. I travel all over the US on work and have suffered from dropped calls every where i went. Sometimes the phone wont even ring and the call goes directly to the voice mail. NO IPHONE USER ON AT&T can DENY that. This was the sole reason for me to pick up verizon’s droid for 1-YEAR contract . Hoping iphone will be available on some other network next year.

I dont get why people are so obsessed with 3G coverage. Talk about Basic voice coverage first.

• NO PHONE CAN EVER BEAT AN IPHONE when it comes to MEDIA. Sure you can put up millions of apps out there. Put in a slick UI to catch up to an iphone. But HERE IS THE KEY WINNER FOR IPHONE. I drive a BMW M3 a $60,000+ car and while i was buying it IPOD/IPHONE COMPATIBILITY was a key feature (Almost a deal breaker… maybe not, but you know wht i mean)-NO DROID compatibility nothing. Anyone who buys a car these days looks for ipod compatibility. NO other phone can ever compare. My TV has ipod compatibility, My Music system has ipod compatibility. My friend’s house which has music system built into the walls has ipod compatibility.

No i dont believe any other phone will ever catch up. But if At&T can not handle its customer base..it will kill the iphone. But as an iphone is in a league of its own.

I’m an Apple guy, but I have heard great things about the Droid. I am doing some research, but I think I’m ultimately going to go with the iPhone because I love Apple!

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/02/23/atandt-tops-3g-wireless-performance-study/.

It’s too bad that Apple doesn’t make an iPhone for Verizon. But for me, the Droid is the next best thing.

They’re both great phones, but I’m rocking the Droid this year.

so what happens to the email i just spent 20 minutes composing? c’mon.

droid gives you a physical keyboard, but it sucks.

droids music player sucks compared to iphone, but iphone’s ATT coverage sucks for the primary purpose of the phone, namely making calls.

just don’t buy anything and wait for better products, i guess.