Hi, I'm contemplating D2 vs Fascinate as I look to upgrade from sluggish Ally. Since you tried both phones, how do you feel about D2 vs SF? I don't care much about haptic feedback things, but like to know call quality and battery life difference of two phones.
Hmm, comparing the D2 to the SF is tough. D2 feels more solid in your hands, like it's a better build quality, better materials used, etc. Because of this, it feels much heavier but it's not heavy. The SF is light, very light actually and thin. I don't have big hands but I felt the physical keyboard on the D2 was tough to use. Therefore, I found myself using mainly the touchscreen portrait mode keyboard. Ultimately I decided against it because I did not like the haptic feedback issue I described in an earlier post and the fact the physical keyboard I didn't use as much as I thought I would.
Call quality I have to give to the D2 because of the dual mic for noise reduction. However, on the 3 phones I tested I didn't have any issues with any of them. Must be due to the verizon network. The first call on my fascinate I made I remember it being super clear and I even commented on it to the person I was talking to. But the droid 2 you know you're on a cell phone, however it's still good quality.
Battery life I'd say that the D2 is slightly better. But I don't run any widgets that constantly update or any live wallpapers. I run a very minimalistic setup on my phones mainly for battery life. Both phones would be able to get me through the day with no issues. I like how fast the D2 battery charges. Also with my usage, my phone generally doesn't go longer than 10-15 minutes without being used and I tend to keep the brightness all the way down while indoors and set the brightness to automatic while outdoors.
Both phones are great really. It comes down to two things for me.
1. The obvious, do you need/want a physical keyboard? If so the decision is easy. Get the D2.
2. Will you be keeping the phone stock or rooting? If keeping stock I think the droid 2 is a better choice. Mainly because it's running 2.2 out of the box and it is has the "droid" name. If you plan to root/customize the phone then I feel that the SF would be a better choice.
Let me know if you have any more questions and hopefully this helps a little bit at least.