iPhone vs. Droid

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#477
My work phone (BB Torch) speaker went out this past Monday, I had a choice of replacing it with another BB or a Iphone. The BB's and iphone 4s 8gb is free or you can upgrade to the iphone 4s 16gb for $100, the 32gb 4s for $200 and if you ever leave the company you keep the phone. I went with the 32gb since my company is furnishing everyone in the field ipad 2's this first quarter. I received the iphone yesterday (Friday) and spent 10 minutes setting up the work email and retreiving all my contacts, setting up the voicemail etc etc etc.

This question goes out to the iphone users, how do you get your email alert tone not to be audible when you are talking to someone on the phone? very annoying when it goes off and the phone is against your ear.
 
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#478
#478
I wish my work would pay for a portion (or all) of my phone bill instead of providing a phone. It's a PITA to carry two cell phones around. Plus, the one they gave me is a cheap POS.
 
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theroyz71 said:
I wish my work would pay for a portion (or all) of my phone bill instead of providing a phone. It's a PITA to carry two cell phones around. Plus, the one they gave me is a cheap POS.
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I know. You would think it would be cheaper for them to just pay everyone a stipend of $30-40 a month and let everyone carry their own phone with an increased calling and data plan than to buy each employee a phone, a calling plan and a data plan.

There has to be some reason why companies are not willing to do this. Maybe someone in IT or management on here can answer that question.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
I know. You would think it would be cheaper for them to just pay everyone a stipend of $30-40 a month and let everyone carry their own phone with an increased calling and data plan than to buy each employee a phone, a calling plan and a data plan.

There has to be some reason why companies are not willing to do this. Maybe someone in IT or management on here can answer that question.
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I have to admit the company that I work for believe in doing things the right way, unlimited everything on data plan, minutes, text and we never pay a phone bill.

I do carry 2 phones, my personal phone is a Samsung Galaxy S which is a very good phone. Should be interesting using both daily and make for a strong comparison of Droid Vs Iphone.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Are you being serious or are you just being an Apple sheep?
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Yes, it has a really good speaker,and in my experience the iphone gets a much better signal than any of the Droid phones I've had. By the way I'm a computer geek,not a fan boi for Apple. I do own a lot of their products but I still us other OS and IMO the Android OS is the most powerful as compared to iOS,but the build quality of the iphone is far superior.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Seriously. is the Galaxy Nexus really the best phone available? Besides all of the bells and whistles, I need a phone with a decent/loud speakerphone. I have to use my speakerphone a lot.
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I have a Galaxy Nexus so this isn't speculation. The volume of the default ringtones is too low in my opinion. Music and phone calls seem adequate to me. I also feel that the hardware (namely the camera) is lacking on the supposed flagship phone of the network. There are phones out there with slightly better hardware. However the beauty of the Nexus is it has the newest OS already loaded and being a Google phone, it will get the newest updates and best support of any phone our there.
 
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ShanMan said:
I have a Galaxy Nexus so this isn't speculation. The volume of the default ringtones is loading in my opinion. Music and phone calls seem adequate to me. I also feel that the hardware (namely the camera) is lacking on the supposed flagship phone of the network. There are phones out there with slightly better hardware. However the beauty of the Nexus is it has the newest OS already loaded and being a Google phone, it will get the newest updates and best support of any phone our there.
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I'm somewhat happy with my iphone,but I love the Android OS and the Nexus phones.Samsung makes a beautiful screen.Samsung is the only Android phone brand that I've not owned. I've had 3 HTC's and 2 Motorola's.
 
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orangepeel said:
I'm somewhat happy with my iphone,but I love the Android OS and the Nexus phones.Samsung makes a beautiful screen.Samsung is the only Android phone brand that I've not owned. I've had 3 HTC's and 2 Motorola's.
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My first handheld was a Motorola in the early 90's, haven't owned one since. This was my first Samsung and I am more then happy with the phone. I have never seen a screen this big and crisp.
 
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joeydupree said:
What Droid gives me most bang for my buck?
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The Nexus phone will probably give you the most bang,but price wise probably one of the HTC or Motorola phones will be cheapest.Nexus is the "flag ship" phone for Android,so it will usually get updates quicker than any of the others.

I know I'm leaving out other Android phones like LG,Huawei,but they are 2nd tier phones.I only consider (JMO)Motorola,HTC,and Samsung 1st tier.
 
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ShanMan said:
I have a Galaxy Nexus so this isn't speculation. The volume of the default ringtones is loading in my opinion. Music and phone calls seem adequate to me. I also feel that the hardware (namely the camera) is lacking on the supposed flagship phone of the network. There are phones out there with slightly better hardware. However the beauty of the Nexus is it has the newest OS already loaded and being a Google phone, it will get the newest updates and best support of any phone our there.
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orangepeel said:
The Nexus phone will probably give you the most bang,but price wise probably one of the HTC or Motorola phones will be cheapest.Nexus is the "flag ship" phone for Android,so it will usually get updates quicker than any of the others.

I know I'm leaving out other Android phones like LG,Huawei,but they are 2nd tier phones.I only consider (JMO)Motorola,HTC,and Samsung 1st tier.
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That's helpful.
 
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GmanTN said:
I have to admit the company that I work for believe in doing things the right way, unlimited everything on data plan, minutes, text and we never pay a phone bill.

I do carry 2 phones, my personal phone is a Samsung Galaxy S which is a very good phone. Should be interesting using both daily and make for a strong comparison of Droid Vs Iphone.
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Why carry two phones if you paid for the upgrade to the 32GB and you get to keep the phone?

It's bad enough carrying a Nexus (huge compared to my iPhone) and a flip phone. Of course, the work phone sits on the kitchen counter from the time I get home until I get ready to go to work the next morning. Most of my guys know to call or text me on my personal phone. I just don't give that number out to contractors.
 
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joeydupree said:
That's helpful.
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I will say the worst reception I've had with the Android phones I've owned has been the HTC's. I live in a fringe area,so a phone that gets good reception is important.If you live in a good signal area it's not a problem.Having said that I like HTC phones look/feel more.

The worst phone as far as signal goes was my HTC Incredible 2....just plain horrible! You can buy Android phones that aren't the latest and greatest pretty cheap off of ebay,and if you don't like them resell them.Also buying them straight out means you don't have to resign a contract,you just activate the phone.
 
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ShanMan said:
I have a Galaxy Nexus so this isn't speculation. The volume of the default ringtones is too low in my opinion. Music and phone calls seem adequate to me. I also feel that the hardware (namely the camera) is lacking on the supposed flagship phone of the network. There are phones out there with slightly better hardware. However the beauty of the Nexus is it has the newest OS already loaded and being a Google phone, it will get the newest updates and best support of any phone our there.
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What about speakerphone volume, though?
 
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joeydupree said:
With company of my choice? How safe is it to buy one like that?
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I've not had any bad look yet,but you do have to make sure they don't have a bad esn.Most people selling phones with bad esn's list it in the auction.A bad esn is a phone that has not had it's bill paid,stolen,etc and can't be reactivated on that network.There are work arounds but I've never done it.They can be "flashed" and put on another network.

Yes you can buy them for any carrier,but you have to make sure the phone is for that carrier. Like for example the original droid was only on Verizon,you couldn't buy that phone and put it on Sprint or ATT. I just search ebay for the phone I'm looking for and put Verizon (my carrier) in the search so it only brings up only Verizon phones.
 
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I'm thinking it may be more simple to me to walk in a store and buy two phones.


How bad should I expect to be raped?
 
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joeydupree said:
I'm thinking it may be more simple to me to walk in a store and buy two phones.


How bad should I expect to be raped?
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Most phones are either free or around $199. I paid $199 for my 4s iphone on Verizon.

If those 2 phones are both smart phones you have to buy a data plan for both,which will be $60 bucks extra per month for both phones.
 
#498
#498
So, unlimited plan plus $60 per phone.

No way around it?

If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm smart phone illiterate.
 
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joeydupree said:
So, unlimited plan plus $60 per phone.

No way around it?

If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm smart phone illiterate.
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It's $30 a phone.Sorry I confused you.If you haven't figured it out already,I'm not real articulate.:)

Some of these 4G phones don't have *true* unlimited data. I think they have 5 gig limits and you pay extra (tiered pricing)if you use more,but 5 gigs is a lot if you're just browsing on a phone,now if you start tethering it to a computer as your internet at home things can change quickly in data usage.

What carrier and phone are you thinking about? There is nothing wrong with asking questions if you don't know.Man, the carriers are sneaky with the fine print and can change the TOS (terms of service) anytime they feel like.You're doing the right thing by reading and getting educated on it before you sign the contract.
 
#500
#500
Verizon or At&t? Never heard much good about Sprint.

Had Straight Talk for a couple of years and am ready to have customer service again and an awesome device.
 
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