IPhone 3 vs IPhone 4 vs Blackberry

Get Android 2.4

2.3 wrote:

Get Android 2.4

I'm looking at HTC Incredible and Droid X. Will both upgrade to 2.4 when it becomes available?

bb user wrote:

I'm looking at HTC Incredible and Droid X. Will both upgrade to 2.4 when it becomes available?

With Android you never know. And will it upgrade to 3.0?

Get an iPhone.

Nutella1 wrote:

bb user wrote:

I'm looking at HTC Incredible and Droid X. Will both upgrade to 2.4 when it becomes available?

With Android you never know. And will it upgrade to 3.0?

Get an iPhone.

This was the deciding factor for me. While an iPhone won't be supported forever (the next upgrade drops the 2nd generation support), you do get upgrades at the time of release for ~2 years. With an Android, you never know when, or if, you will receive the upgrade. If this is not a deal breaker for you, both OS's offer a great UI and are easy to use. Blackberry is dying a fast death, I'd avoid that at all cost.

Leaving my job, no more corporate blackberry after today.

Need a phone ASAP, can't wait until Feb 10th for Verizon iPhone. Already have Verizon family plan.

Hence HTC Incredible or Android X.

Could always return within 30 days to get iPhone, but not worth the hassle or cost.

Why not a cheap pay-as-you-go phone for the month you have to wait? A phone is a big investment ($200 down plus $70-80 a month for 2 years). A month shouldn't prevent you from spending that ~$2,000 on the phone you really want.

bb user wrote:

Leaving my job, no more corporate blackberry after today.

Need a phone ASAP, can't wait until Feb 10th for Verizon iPhone. Already have Verizon family plan.

Hence HTC Incredible or Android X.

Could always return within 30 days to get iPhone, but not worth the hassle or cost.

As much as the Verizon rep will tell you that the Droid or HTC is as good as the iPhone, it's not. They're trying to push everyone to the cheap Android because they make more money with it but you'll regret it. Wait the 30 days.

With Android you never know. And will it upgrade to 3.0?

This was the deciding factor for me. While an iPhone won't be supported forever (the next upgrade drops the 2nd generation support), you do get upgrades at the time of release for ~2 years. With an Android, you never know when, or if, you will receive the upgrade...

This is the great unknown at this time. I expect the carriers will attempt to force users to upgrade the phone by not provided major version upgrades, like 3.0 up from 2.x.

The best option might be the next version of the Nexus S, a Google phone, that isn't a carrier specific modified version of Android. I think Google will be Apple-like regarding version upgrades. One problem with the current Nexus S, which is built by Samsung, is that it is doesn't come with removable storage, like the Galaxy S Android models Samsung makes. I don't the reasons why the Nexus S and Galaxy S are not the same basic phone, but it likely had to do with pressure from the phone carriers, to not let the Nexus be directly competitive with their branded versions of Android.

If Google does release a Nexus S that is similar to, but hopefully better, than the Galaxy S then I think you have a huge winner.

Har Har wrote:

Why not a cheap pay-as-you-go phone for the month you have to wait? A phone is a big investment ($200 down plus $70-80 a month for 2 years). A month shouldn't prevent you from spending that ~$2,000 on the phone you really want.

I considered that, but it's cheaper to add a device/line to my family plan.

$50 for HTC Incredible (certified pre-owned) and $30/month for data plan.

Kept same family plan and Verizon has a $10/month rebate if you add a line before Jan 30th (which is $10 x 24 months = $240 savings over life of contract).

So it's really only $50 down plus $30/month for 2 years. And I will have 30 days after activation to make up my mind, takes me past the 2/10 date for iPhone if I change my mind.

2.3 wrote:

Get Android 2.4

Which hasn't been officially announced yet, and won't arrive until at least the summer?

Even 2.3 isn't readily available.

What are you looking for in a phone? If it's usability and a great selection of apps, the iPhone 4 is very strong.

If you are more interested in the technical specs than how the phone works, and you might want to hack it yourself, the some Android phone probably has the fastest processor and is the most extensible.

The only reason to use a BlackBerry is if your employer forces you to. They're fine, but the OS and especially app library don't come close to the iPhone or Android.

And if you're thinking "I just want a phone, I'm never going to buy any of those silly apps," think again.

So I went and talked to a pretty knowledgable guy at ATT. He said that the Blackberry Torch competes suprisingly well against the IPhone.

It almost seemd like the app's worked a bit more "together" with the Torch. In particular the "Poynt" app seemed to work very well with it, but I couldn't quite figure out if it would work as well with the IPhone.

Just upgraded to the iphone 4 from a piece of junk. First and only purchase I've made like this. I have a small business; so this has helped me stay up to date with email, calender, text, all contacts at a touch of a finger. My girlfriend's BB seemed clumsy in comparison to this iPhone.

Not Connected wrote:

So I went and talked to a pretty knowledgable guy at ATT. He said that the Blackberry Torch competes suprisingly well against the IPhone.

First of all, if he's dumb enough to work for ATT, he's clearly not someone with a lot of knowledge.

BlackBerry doesn't compete surprisingly well against anything. BlackBerry is for one very specific group of users: luddites who work in locked down corporations.

iPhone user here, but not an apple freak. Nothing compares, get the 4 and then upgrade as soon as the new one comes out.

I got a blackberry at work and just refused to use it after trying. It is awful.

Not Connected wrote:

He said that the Blackberry Torch competes suprisingly well against the IPhone.

Of course he says this. As I pointed out before, Sales reps are pushing everyone away from iPhones because the margin is too low.

#1 smartphone OS is Android, which shipped on 43% of the US smart phones the last 6 months of 2010.

101M smartphones shipped worldwide in Q4 2010, 33M Android, 16M iPhone, 15M Blackberry.

Honeycomb is going to destroy the iPad, which will remain a good choice for moms, aunts, grandmas and children. Tech savvy power users will all move to Honeycomb and later devices in 2011 and 2012.

Look at free opensource Linux Pads and Linux Smartphones to come from India and China by the end of the year.

32 times as many Java Phones shipped in 2010, as Android, Apple, etc.

There's 2 Billion Java Phones out there today.

Javasoft (Oracle) and Fujitsu currently have the world's fastest single Supercomputer chip.

Same Same Same wrote:

Look at free opensource Linux Pads and Linux Smartphones to come from India and China by the end of the year.

32 times as many Java Phones shipped in 2010, as Android, Apple, etc.

There's 2 Billion Java Phones out there today.

Javasoft (Oracle) and Fujitsu currently have the world's fastest single Supercomputer chip.

Android is linux based, open source and free. What is your point?

Worldwide, smartphone shipments grew 75% in Q4 to make up 24% of all phones for that quarter. So while it is still a small number, and billions of non-smartphones are currently out there... “The smartphone market continues to be the mobile industry’s most important sub-category for mobile phones and mobile computing, because of its rapid growth, innovative services and its multi-billion-dollar revenue streams”.