Lookin' into an Android Phone, please point me...
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Lookin' into an Android Phone, please point me...
in the right direction!
Looking for reviews and benefits/cons of the latest phones and discussion. Is there a website/forum that is popular and gives good reviews.
Looking for reviews and benefits/cons of the latest phones and discussion. Is there a website/forum that is popular and gives good reviews.
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I got the bionic and i had the original Motorola droid before that. i liked the original droid and i like the Bionic even better. I would recommend the Bionic if you are with Verizon. 4G, good screen picture, everything you'd want from an android smartphone.
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You can download any app you want for android if you just google the name of the app followed by APK
I've download a bunch of free apps, then bought them because I wanted to ensure that I can get all of the updates. Android and Google Contacts is a winning combination, as well as Google Music, so you have 5 Free GB of music cloud storage. You can also have 2 Free GB With drop box.
A majority of phones have a MicroSD Slot so you could have everything backed up on your card just in case if something happens.
Personally, I absolutely hate most stock android keyboards, and the ones that do have physical keyboards are usually misses in my book.
What carrier are you going with, or are you just talking Android in general? Definitely check out Phone Scoop I get lots of info from there including reviews on phones, they typically update their carriers as soon as a phone is released. The side by side comparisons will help you find the right phone.
I've been a long time PDA, Pocket PC, and smartphone user since 2003 and Android has made some really cool advancements, but you might also want to look into Windows Phones. I miss the days when Windows Mobile dominated the market, before the iPhone and Android and their interface is starting to look surprisingly sleek these days.
I've download a bunch of free apps, then bought them because I wanted to ensure that I can get all of the updates. Android and Google Contacts is a winning combination, as well as Google Music, so you have 5 Free GB of music cloud storage. You can also have 2 Free GB With drop box.
A majority of phones have a MicroSD Slot so you could have everything backed up on your card just in case if something happens.
Personally, I absolutely hate most stock android keyboards, and the ones that do have physical keyboards are usually misses in my book.
What carrier are you going with, or are you just talking Android in general? Definitely check out Phone Scoop I get lots of info from there including reviews on phones, they typically update their carriers as soon as a phone is released. The side by side comparisons will help you find the right phone.
I've been a long time PDA, Pocket PC, and smartphone user since 2003 and Android has made some really cool advancements, but you might also want to look into Windows Phones. I miss the days when Windows Mobile dominated the market, before the iPhone and Android and their interface is starting to look surprisingly sleek these days.
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ATT: Samsung Galaxy S Rocket 4g LTE, Samsung Galaxy S2 HSPA+
Verizon: Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Moto Droid RAZR, Moto Droid Bionic
Sprint: Iphone 4S
I listed majority Android phones because they are the latest tech available with many options. All of the screens are huge and are running dual core. IMO the Verizon network is perhaps the best but that's because I always have 4G LTE in my area. If you want the latest OS get the Galaxy Nexus since its running android 4.0. The other phones from ATT and VZW will get this OS in a couple of months.
If you're a Barista Hipster, get the iphone 4S from sprint and make use of their unlimited data plan while you can unless you already have an unlimited data plan with the other carriers.
If you are on Metro POS or T-mobile I suggest you switch to any of those 3.
Verizon: Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Moto Droid RAZR, Moto Droid Bionic
Sprint: Iphone 4S
I listed majority Android phones because they are the latest tech available with many options. All of the screens are huge and are running dual core. IMO the Verizon network is perhaps the best but that's because I always have 4G LTE in my area. If you want the latest OS get the Galaxy Nexus since its running android 4.0. The other phones from ATT and VZW will get this OS in a couple of months.
If you're a Barista Hipster, get the iphone 4S from sprint and make use of their unlimited data plan while you can unless you already have an unlimited data plan with the other carriers.
If you are on Metro POS or T-mobile I suggest you switch to any of those 3.
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Right now, the Samsung Galaxy series is dominating the Android market. Whether you're going with the GS2 series or the Galaxy Nexus on VZW, I believe these are the first phones that will get ICS (Galaxy Nexus came stock with it).
I have a GS2 Epic 4g touch on Sprint, and I love it. If you want basic reviews, the website noted earlier phonescoop is good, if you want forums of people discussing the ins and outs of the phone, howardforums and xda-developers have a lot of more techy stuff.
I have a GS2 Epic 4g touch on Sprint, and I love it. If you want basic reviews, the website noted earlier phonescoop is good, if you want forums of people discussing the ins and outs of the phone, howardforums and xda-developers have a lot of more techy stuff.
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Don't bother with the newer Android phones, sure they have dual core processors but are you seriously going to use 2.4ghz worth of processor power while texting?
That and the phones are about 1100$ new.
Personally I'd get a samsung fascinate, or any Super Amoled display phone, simply put they have the best screen resolution and the best color reproduction out there period.
I've compared the iSuck4 with my older fascinate and my fascinate's screen is still more vibrant and colorful than the iPoon.
The older samsung fascinates 1ghz processor 512 ram and DEDICATED graphics cpu run about 300$ new, or 100$ used\refurbished. New come with at least an 8gig sd card which can be expanded to 32gig for about 38$ from newegg.
Hands down for the expandable memory and screen I'd go with an android with a Super Amoled display.
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This happened to many Moto D1 users when it was released. Froyo 7.2.2 out of the box was awesome experience. When the mandatory update came out for Gingerbread 8.2.3 the system lagged badly. It was almost impossible to text or make calls.