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Originally Posted by Ruben
lol I was just joking. It is a great phone. I have handled it a lot, but I am a geek and I need Android! Apple has made a huge accomplishment with their phone. It's smooth, the apps are awesome, and it just works. That is something that all phone manufacturers should look at.
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If Verizon would just throw us a freaking bone it would satiate much of the angst in this forum by subscribers who LOVE their network, but simply want more contemporary state-of-the-art freakin' smartphones to choose from.
Someone in the executive suite this past fall publicly said that though they have the best network in the industry they were now going to have the best handsets to go along with it. Well, since that announcement we've had four smartphones that I can think of that have been released - two Blackberry models, the Droid and Droid Eris. Even though I'm a Blackberry user I don't even consider them part of the equation. It's old school technology that's solidly build and reliable, but more for corporate users.
No, when I heard that statement the first thing that came to my mind was "iPhone Killer" handsets and that is how I stumbled on to this forum. So we're now 6 months down the road and just where the hell are all these great handsets they purported to be coming out with? Was it all talk and no substance? I mean the Droid's a nice phone, but I had an old XV6700 that had a sliding keyboard and don't want that form factor anymore. I played with a Droid Eris at a Verizon store and found it too slow and jumpy for my liking, although I really liked Sense. But neither phone is an "iPhone Killer", IMHO.
So where are all these "great phones" in terms of development? We don't know and that's where much of the frustration and anger is coming from. Whereas T-mobile was quick to announce several new phones they are coming out with shortly and AT&T (VZW's primary competitor) has been uncannily astute to leak information on their newest handsets to create a "buzz" in advance of their release, Verizon does little to nothing in terms of advance promotion of any of their soon to be released handsets. It's a joke and a wonder how they've been able to keep those of us here sitting on pins and needles for months hoping for little crumbs and morsels to fall our way as it concerns the N1 and Incredible.
If Verizon was more aggressive from a marketing and product development standpoint they could bury the competition, but they seem all too content with the market share they have and don't seem too concerned what their loyal customers think. How does it feel to continually get sand kicked in your face by them, folks? Not too good, huh? Yet we continue to show up here day in and day out hoping and praying for some solid news on these handsets.
I'm about at the end of my rope and if there isn't some HUGE announcement made by them at CTIA (or before), I'm done, as I can't invest any more emotional energy than I already have in this and am tired of Verizon's empty promises.