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The NEW Cell Phone Thread
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I have had bad luck with verizon customer service and their habit of stacking on contract terms without notifying you. They've done me wrong in the past and i'd have a hard time going back to them.
I've had pretty good luck with Sprint, actually, though i hate their phones. I loathe my palm centro. I probably would have upgraded to the palm pre if my contract had gone up last year. But it didn't and the Evo is the size of a goddamned dinner plate.
So i'm sucking it up and going back to AT&T because the i4 is sex.
Yeah well if you haven't seen my story that was a couple pages ago..
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Any ideas for what I could do at this point? I even put a review on BBB.
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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-29/verizon-wireless-said-to-get-apple-iphone-in-january.html
Thoughts?
I used to be on Verizon and they have a solid network, but I'm still wary they're going to handcuff the OS on some level. If this is true, I can guarantee they'll tack on the mandatory data plan ala Droid.
I really want to get one that is as slim as possible. I have too much pocket bulge as it is. I don't need any features other than talking and text.
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There are 'unconfirmed rumors' of a verizon iphone every 3 months
They are never true
Of course the data plan would be required, Verizon's explicit policy requires every smartphone to be paired with a data plan (much to the detriment to phones like the Kin)
Yeah, that verizon iphone shit needs to stop. It, in all probability, will never happen.
Let's be honest. It will happen, but not before every cell company is on the LTE network together using the same frequencies. There's no reason for Apple to make a CDMA/EVDO version of the iPhone, because there are very few companies worldwide that use it.
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They're always attributed to some anonymous source that supposedly "totally know what's going on at VZW", and they never really actually mean anything. Maybe one day one of the rumors will actually be accurate, but it'd be impossible to tell until Verizon issued an official press release, because the rumor would look just like every other totally false one.
Handcuff the OS? You mean like require every app to be screened before allowing it in the market, or preventing apps from running on it that "duplicate functionality"?
man screening apps would be the worst
like a dystopia or something
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
it's worth it if it means I can't accidentally download a porn app
because I just download things at random without looking at what they are AND I offend easily
I can still remember the porn from early 90's website ads, the images clearly burned into my memory. I'm quite sure porn was the number one advertisement on the internet back then. This of course piqued my interest and I believe after a couple of weeks I pumped "naked lady" into Ask Jeeves or whatever search engine was popular back then.
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Crap like the whole OS is painted Red and you have to use a Verizon-specific app store. And specific phone features are either degraded or outright locked (I don't have an example). I would not be surprised if any of these occurred if/when/ever they get iPhone.
Re-downloading apps took about 5 minutes, and I just swapped the SD card from the old one to the new one.
So now I'm gonna spend some time with the new one for a couple days, looking for dead pixels, but so far, so good. And so awesome of Sprint.
I did notice when I took the old one out of the case - BOTH of the Evo's have some very subtile "Light leakage" under the home and search buttons - which Ive read is the beginning of the "screen peeling" issues. But they both have it (and they're from 2 seperate production runs), so I'm almost wondering if it's semi-intentional or something. Its exactly the same width, and in the same exact spot, and kind of symmetrical.
Either way, I have the phone insurance, and according to someone on the Sprint forums (which isnt the best source, but hey...) screen peeling is a manufacturer's defect, and would be totally covered (without a deductable) if it got worse.
I absolutely love this phone.
Dropbox + RockPlayer = the GREATEST THING EVER.
I drop an .avi or .mkv from my collection into dropbox on my desktop.
I fire up dropbox on the Evo, click the video. Set the phone down and go do some stuff for 5 minutes.
Then the video is on my Evo and JUST PLAYS. No conversion. No anything. Just WORKS.
Again - I have all Apple computers, and an iPhone, so it's not like I hate Apple rabidly - but for all the talk Apple does of "it just works", it's astonishing to me how everyone (myself included) buys into that. "It just works", after you take the 40 steps to convert it all to something that Apple can see or use. You can't drag and drop video that's not .mp4 (and nothing I download or rip is .mp4 - legally). It's so nice to just drag and drop -- AND to just do it wireless, and not have to even plug my phone into the computers.
I know that most cell carriers used to do this, and Verizon may still do it with dumb phones, but they do not touch smart phones at all. Other than splash screens when loading Verizon leaves them as the manufacturer ships them.
As for the data plan, yes, anything that can use data requires a data plan. My theory, after working customer service for cell phones, is that it's to save reps a headache when people call in screaming about 500$ bills saying "how were they supposed to know a browser used internet." Remember, just because you are internet savvy, it does not follow that everyone is. And people DO get smart phones just for status even though they have no clue what to do with them. My friends mom got a Droid when it came out because "it's the most expensive so it must be the best."
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Sprint had the first smart phones too..
Look at the Samsung Epic 4g.. 4inch screen with keypboard
man i already have an ipad. i don't need a 4 inch diagonal cellphone
edit: i guess that's a little smaller than the evo. i dunno. i think i've decided against android for this purchase.
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Edit: Apparently the contacts were saving to the device itself, not the SD card?
pretty much. Unless you were connected to a BES or used Blackberry desktop to save your contacts to Outlook or something, they were on the device.
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Looks like I may get the Droid X. It is pretty massive though ;D
1. Microphone died in March, requiring all calls to be taken via headset
2. The headset plug/charger is broken, which makes charging, talking or listening to audio rather hard as the plug must be held down firmly in order to work, requiring one hand to be used at all times. The audio bit has been a problem for about 3 months, the charging for a week.
3. The keys have started to stop working as of today.
The only issue was that hump on the back. I've read reviews that say that the hump wasn't a big deal, and it's not.. while you're holding it. But in the pocket it's definitely noticeable and obnoxious.
Edit: Especially in dress pants (and I would assume proper fitting jeans as well) where they normally sit flat. Your pocket just gets this awkward bulge to it.
Fortunately, no. I mean, I get that the launch phenomena is awesome and good for business, but this shouldn't be so. The Droid X shouldn't be THAT terrible to be had.
I'm sure glad I put off upgrading now. All I have to do is make it to October and I'll be rocking an Epic for $50/month!
All the way until October, long long wait. :!:
2.5 months is not a long time.
It is when you're currently using an HTC Touch Pro that occasionally feels like roasting your thigh. God I want this phone to DIAF.