New Cell Phone Help

• NWIndianNation01

  

  Looking to upgrade my cell phone here in the next couple weeks. I am on Verizon and am pretty sure that I will be sticking with an Android phone. If anything, just for price as I hope to spend under $200.
  
  My first Android phone was an LG Ally. I liked it, but had some issues when it got old and had to change phones. Since I was out of a job at the time, got a crappy Citrus (Android) and hate it. Finally have the opportunity to get a new one.
  
  I prefer to have a keyboard, but that only leaves the Droid 4 and Stratosphere in 4G. Have hear that the Droid 4 is terrible, but don't know a whole lot about the Stratosphere.
  
  I would consider a non-keyboard phone, but it would have to have a pretty big screen because I have fat fingers and struggle typing on the screen (and not a huge fan of swype).
  
  So....is it worth it to only go with a 4G phone at this point? Or does anyone think I would still be good at 3G? That is the other thing with the Iphone, Verizon only has it in 3G.
  
  Opinions?
  
  Thanks!
• OneBuckeye

  

  yup. You can't go wrong with the Nexus or a Razr varient. If you are waiting, The Galaxy III may be out in the end of May. It will be the next big step. I have had the Nexus since Christmas and it fast and awesome.
• NWIndianNation01

  

  My problem with the Razr is the 5 hour battery life and the Maxx costs a bit too much.
  
  Won't the Galaxy 3 be pretty pricey?
  
  Are there any other phones that are worth waiting a little bit for? I am just not that impressed with what is out there.
• wes_mantooth

  

  If you are wanting good battery life out of a 4g phone...it is either the Maxx or wait for some other ones to come out. That is unless you want an extended battery. I have the Rezound, which I love...but the battery life is shit.
  
  As far as best phones out, I like the Rezound, Lg Spectrum.....and the nexus(although, I hear it is buggy)
• OneBuckeye

  

  Nexus is not buggy... Good battery life, I charge once a day. Only phone with ICS which is GOAT. JMHO. If you are cheap, then yes the SG III will be expensive.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Iphone
• wes_mantooth

  

  OneBuckeye;1119797 wrote:Nexus is not buggy... Good battery life, I charge once a day. Only phone with ICS which is GOAT. JMHO. If you are cheap, then yes the SG III will be expensive.

  
  lots of customer reviews say otherwise. It is a solid phone, but the main appeal is ics.
• NWIndianNation01

  

  Not cheap...just broke.
• wes_mantooth

  

  NWIndianNation01;1119925 wrote:Not cheap...just broke.

  I never buy through verizon. I use amazonwireless or wirefly because they are cheaper....never had a problem either.
• sherm03

  

  The RAZR's battery is better than 5 hours. I carried it for a long time and would get a solid 10 hours out of the battery before it was dying. If people are only getting 5 hours out of the RAZR, they're doing it wrong.
• Iliketurtles

  

  I got the bionic like a month ago because I didn't wan't to spend a lot. I really like it and its pretty fast also has 4G if you get in in your area.
• karen lotz

  

  I usually get about 7-8 hours before my bionic chirps to plug it in. not the greatest but I have enough chargers where its not an issue plus I got an extra battery from Costco when I bought it.
  
  Only drawback for me really is it doesn't have ICS yet. Sherm, I saw recently that it is supposedly coming to bionic soon. Any idea when?
• sherm03

  

  karen lotz;1120036 wrote:I usually get about 7-8 hours before my bionic chirps to plug it in. not the greatest but I have enough chargers where its not an issue plus I got an extra battery from Costco when I bought it.
  
  Only drawback for me really is it doesn't have ICS yet. Sherm, I saw recently that it is supposedly coming to bionic soon. Any idea when?

  Nothing official, but most likely this summer. Probably will roll out around the same time that the new iPhone launches.
• gport_tennis

  we sell a ton of stratospheres at work. seems to be a pretty good phone so far, much better than the ally. i actually feel bad that you are using a citrus. worst phone ever carried by Verizon in my opinion. the maxx is nice but a little pricey.
• sherm03

  

  gport_tennis;1120674 wrote:we sell a ton of stratospheres at work. seems to be a pretty good phone so far, much better than the ally. i actually feel bad that you are using a citrus. worst phone ever carried by Verizon in my opinion. the maxx is nice but a little pricey.

  Ya...that Citrus was garbage. But I would say if the keyboard is important, Droid 4 over the Stratosphere is a much better choice.
• raiderbuck

  I just picked up the 4s yesterday. Battery life seems great compared to my roommates Galaxy II.
  
  However, I do like Samsung's Galaxy line of phones.
• fiction

  

  droid 4 if you need a physical keyboard, razr maxx otherwise.
• OneBuckeye

  

  http://www.bgr.com/2012/03/22/now-is-the-worst-time-ever-to-buy-an-android-phone/
  
  Now
  is the worst time ever to buy an Android phone
  

  Android phones have never been as impressive as they are today. They have
  never been as responsive, as slim or as powerful. Their displays have never been
  more vivid or more stunning. Their data speeds have never been as fast.
  Competition is now hotter than ever before in the smartphone market and
  consumers are reaping the benefits. At its core, each and every new smartphone
  that launches is an engineering feat that simply could not have existed a few
  short years ago. And yet as amazing as the current crop of smartphones might be,
  there has probably never been a worse time in Android’s brief but storied
  history for savvy users to buy a smartphone.
  
  A quick glance through the smartphone catalogs of each of the four major
  wireless carriers in the United States reveals a terrific array of Android
  handsets. There is certainly no shortage of gigahertz or gigabytes, and spec
  sheets in general have become laundry lists of cutting-edge technology. More
  importantly, of course, this new breed of Google-powered phones offers
  performance that is far more responsive and fluid than previous generations of
  handsets. But as impressive as these devices are, right now is a horrible time
  to buy any of them.
  
  Things are about to get a whole lot better.
  
  For tech savvy smartphone users, committing to a two-year contract is brutal.
  Mobile technology moves so fast that smartphones can seem outdated just months
  after they launch. While this trend is bound to continue, the degree to which
  new generations of Android phones outdo their predecessors will always ebb and
  flow. Handsets have been improving at a somewhat modest pace for the past year
  or so, but the next crop of smartphones to hit store shelves will represent a
  huge leap forward rather than a few short steps.
  
  Two leading smartphone makers, Samsung and HTC, are on the verge of launching
  next-generation devices that will put today’s high-end handsets to shame. HTC
  has already unveiled its new One-series phones, and the two high-end models it
  showed off at Mobile World Congress are game-changers, plain and simple.
  
  The HTC
  One X is the Taiwan-based company’s flagship smartphone for the first half
  of 2012, and it features a 1.5GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor, a 4.6-inch 1,280
  x 720-pixel Super LCD 2 display, an 8-megapixel rear camera, a 1.3-megapixel
  front-facing camera for 720p video chats, 1GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal storage,
  embedded 4G LTE and Sense 4.0 on top of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. All that
  technology, mind you, is squeezed into a gorgeous 9.27-millimeter-thick unibody
  polycarbonate case. The U.S. version of this handset will feature a dual-core
  Snapdragon S4 processor and 16GB of internal storage, but the impact of this
  “downgrade” on the user experience is negligible — the phone is still lightning
  fast and beyond smooth.

• dlazz

  We have Droid 4's at work and they're pretty mediocre phones.
  
  Then again, I have a Nexus...so...
• sleeper

  

  You don't need a smart phone. I make more money than most of you, and I still use an old fashioned flip phone. Costs me almost nothing a month and the phone was free. I think you'll find the simple things in life are more important than having the latest and greatest gadget that your friends really don't care about.