Its been rumored for a while now that apple is going to allow other carriers to have the iphone in 2010, and now evwn professionals are saying so, and there is some proof. Verizon is thebest company to providen the iphone, so it'd be best for both companies if verizon got it.
So I'm wondering whoo all here will leave the droid if verizon gets an iphone?
I would. As much as I love the openess of the android os, the iphone is just nore polished and solid. I miss my ipod touch so much, and would love to have the phone.
I would leave droid the day verizons iphone gets released.
They're cool, but I'm digging android too much right now. That's not to say that I'd swap over in a year or so if the rumors about a forward facing camera on the next version are true though.
Its been rumored for a while now that apple is going to allow other carriers to have the iphone in 2010, and now evwn professionals are saying so, and there is some proof. Verizon is thebest company to providen the iphone, so it'd be best for both companies if verizon got it.
So I'm wondering whoo all here will leave the droid if verizon gets an iphone?
I would. As much as I love the openess of the android os, the iphone is just nore polished and solid. I miss my ipod touch so much, and would love to have the phone.
I would leave droid the day verizons iphone gets released.
So I hope its all true.
Anyone else with me
Well, not so sure it will be that soon. The Iphone for verizon would have to be a complete redesign for CDMA. Just not sure they will do it. But, I can see them doing it when verizon rolls out their 4g/lte network in late 2010 since 4G LTE will be common across many carriers in the near future.
Either way I wouldn't trade my droid. I like having the keyboard, i like the open dev environment, and I like the OS in general. The only benefit to me of an iphone to me right now is the advanced gaming apps, but these will be coming to the droid soon.
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Really depends on what's out when the iPhone comes to Verizon. By then we'll have other Android phones out on VZW that will be competitors for attention as well. Believe it or not, the Droid will be yesterday's lettuce by then...
The iPhone lure for me is a lot about the broad compatibility w/so much hardware out there - seems like every clock radio/stereo/TV/car/you-name-it has an iPhone dock/connectivity built in. That's useful.
I'm not a "zillions of apps" guy, so the 100,000 apps vs. 10,000 apps issue doesn't really matter to me. There are so many more apps than I need/want on Android even now in it's broad consumer infancy, that I'm not worried about that.
One part about the iphone that's off-putting - if I have to jailbreak to make any significant changes to the iPhone, the openness of Android environment will go a long way to holding my loyalty. The "my way or the highway" approach of apple is a bit maddening...
They are glitzy and cool but Droid is so much better and more capable. My wife has Iphone and my Droid is light years ahead in every way other than user interface which is more polished on Iphone.
Not for at least 2 years when my contract expires, and by then I'm sure there will be plenty of new smartphones to rival both the Droid A855 and the current iPhone. I'd also require the iPhone to have a physical keyboard, which everything I've heard from Apple is that they won't.
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I find it hard to believe that the iPhone is coming to VZW after all of the ads where VZW just hammered and made fun of the iPhone like there was no tomorrow... I can't imagine them telling the world that the iPhone is a piece of junk and then turning around and offering that device soon thereafter.
Absolutely Not! However, now that we are on the subject, can I interest you in an iPhone 3Gs 32GB that was replaced by my Droid? You can beat the internet rush cause I am putting the phone on ebay this weekend!
No, Seriously!
It's not that I don't like the iPhone, cuz I do. I just don't see it as an upgrade. Not necessarily a downgrade, but not an upgrade. They both, pretty much, do the same things. One may do certain things a bit better than the other, but the differences just aren't that significant to me.
I plan on having my Droid for the full 2 years. To be honest, if in 2011, an iPhone was available and a comparable Android device was also available, I'd take the Android device. Cuz, that's what I'm used to.
And this is coming from a guy who, up until the Droid, was just praying the iPhone came to VZW....now I'm indifferent.
I paid money to get out from under an iPhone contract. So, no I wouldn't go back to an iPhone. It occurred to me that I prefer a phone I can actually do things with. Not some over-engineered bundle of glossy effects with a bunch of apps in useless segmented bubbles.
Verizon took a HUGE step and went with Android "as is", none of days of old Verizon meddling. I wonder if they did ever get the iPhone how all of that would work? The 'new' Verizon, being all open pairing up with the 'old' Apple, being all closed?? Would Apple have to make some concessions in order to be on the Verizon network or would Verizon be happy to not care about it and make a killing?
I am researching the Droid because my Verizon contract is up in January. I am presently a Blackberry buff. The Droid's os is certainly attractive, however, I love my Outlook and will not sacrifice it to use gmail. That is ridiculous. Yeah, yeah, I can buy an aftermarket program for $30.00 that will let it work, but why?
I guess in 2011 it would depend where the iPhone and Android are at. With the rate that Android is developing and the fact that one can actually customize it, use widgets, make it their own, I'm not sure if Apple is going to stand a chance if they keep their all iPhones must be exactly alike attitude. You can what, change the wallpaper on a iPhone? Woopee! The 4x5 icon screens of the iPhone are umm, plain, ordinary, non-eventful.
When I heard the iPhone was going to have forward facing camera for possible video on calls, I laughed until nearly falling over. AT&T can't handle what they have now. Could you imagine adding video to the phone calls? It would put them out of business!!
I find it hard to believe that the iPhone is coming to VZW after all of the ads where VZW just hammered and made fun of the iPhone like there was no tomorrow... I can't imagine them telling the world that the iPhone is a piece of junk and then turning around and offering that device soon thereafter.
They are already doing early testing on it, from a write-up I saw.
They'd take the iPhone in a New York minute, make no mistake. Business is about $$, and VZW will turn on a dime and tell you about all the things that the iPhone DOES on their network.
Its been rumored for a while now that apple is going to allow other carriers to have the iphone in 2010, and now evwn professionals are saying so, and there is some proof. Verizon is thebest company to providen the iphone, so it'd be best for both companies if verizon got it.
So I hope its all true.
Anyone else with me
I couldn't imagine leaving the droid for a device with such limitations. I also can't tell you how many people I see with cracked iPhones. When I see someone with an iPhone I actually feel sorry for them.
They are already doing early testing on it, from a write-up I saw.
They'd take the iPhone in a New York minute, make no mistake. Business is about $$, and VZW will turn on a dime and tell you about all the things that the iPhone DOES on their network.
Oh wow you saw a write up? Oh well then it must be true!
Depends on what the Verizon version offers. I wouldn't pay to get a 3GS, even if it could be had on VZW.
One reason I got the Droid over one of the soon to be released Android phones was so that I would be in the annual upgrade window about when the iPhone comes to VZW. Depending on what it offers, I may switch.
I would have to say NO. I love having android and I really love the Droid hardware, there are not hardly any limits with this phone like the iPhone. Droid Does
I think it's WAY too early to tell. In iPhone's current incarnation, no. I'm spoiled, I want an RSS client that updates every two hours, in the background. Not too much to ask.
That said, whatever makes its way to Verizon next year from Apple will probably be a next generation device, with a higher resolution screen, perhaps an updated OS, multitasking... who knows. I'm done with being loyal to specific platforms (Palm/Windows Mobile). I'll get whatever's best for me. On Verizon
I am stuck with Verizon until 2011. By then,
if Droid/android doesn't fix 802.1x wifi security
and activesync email, which I need at work,
then I will probably move to iphone.
Nope, I wouldn't either. As also a guy who broke an iPhone contract with AT&T, I'm LOVING the Droid. I could do without the keyboard since I'm used to touch keyboards, but other than that I have no issues with the Droid. The 2.0.1 update made the phone perfect for me.
There's no way my iPhone could hold any charge by mid-day like my Droid does with the same usage. Plus, customizing the phone to look the way I want can only happen with an unsanctioned jailbreak on the iPhone, but I get it with my Droid.
Lastly, Verizon decided not to cripple our Droids which I highly applaud them for. I'm loving Verizon service in NYC over AT&T. Here's to hopefully many more years of awesome Android devices from Big Red!
The only thing I like about the iphone is that it has slingplayer, havaplayer, and NBA league pass mobile. On a side note, why in the he!! would they make NBA league pass for the mytouch and not for the droid. I think that is one of the stupidest moves they could have made.
Last edited by mickeyx323; December 11th, 2009 at 10:06 PM.
No way. I was with At&t with a dumb phone, tried using my brothers iphone, and I hated it. It was very unappealing. Droid on the other hand.....I love.
I've lived with the iPhone for close to 2 years--the original, and then the 3GS version. NO, I would not dump the Droid to return to that phone. Primary non-network-related reasons:
1) Call me crazy, but I need to hear the thing when it rings. Difficult with the iPhone, due to weird speaker placement. Customized ringtones are fine, but still can't overwhelm that basic built-in flaw.
2) When I spend my money to buy a device, I believe I own it. Apple, however, insists that I am merely renting it, as Apple dictates what can and can not be placed on the phone. That includes removing apps, already purchased, which shortly thereafter lose their functionality. Small change, money-wise, but a huge principle. Jailbreak? Sure, but that too opens its own can of worms (dicey notifications, borked WiFi, re-do after updates, etc)
3) I have longed for
a) an Agenda on my main screen;
b) a list of notifications that I can view at my leisure, as opposed to playing whack-a-mole as notifications pop up throughout the day, inevitably freezing whatever the heck I was trying to do at the time;
c) the ability to take quick peeks at Facebook/Twitter info without opening the full apps;
d) not having to sit and wait as apps are refreshed in the foreground, since Apple can't spell background process
...... which are resolved courtesy of the Droid.
Mind you, my first attempt at a break-out involved the MyTouch. Nice little device, but there's just no contest there. By contrast, the Droid won my heart, completely. Now it's the iPhone playing 2nd fiddle. My past geekiness includes Blackberrys, Treos, the Sidekick and Nokia's version of a smartphone. It's been a quest for the best, and to my mind, I have, at long last, succeeded.
Not a chance. That's largely due to Android's "Unknown sources" checkbox. I never have used that checkbox, and don't plan to unless something REALLY tempting comes along. But it's the principle of it that matters to me. I don't want a company to have total control of what I am "allowed" to install on my phone.
1.) People that love the iPhone, and think every other mobile device is inferior.
and
2.) People that hate the iPhone due to how much attention it gets.
I do not consider myself in either group. I think there is a lot of stuff the iPhone does right. You have to remember, the iPhone is a major reason we are where we are today in terms of the smartphone business.
However, that being said, I would never want an iPhone. Why?
First off, I hate the fact that if you get a text message, if you want to respond you have to exit the app you are in (by exit, I mean kill the processes), go to the text app, do your thing, and then go back into the app you were previously in. This is just annoying to me. I really really really like the status bar notifications on the Droid.
Second, and this is a huge deal for me, last time I tired to get my iPod touch working in Linux, it was having issues. This very well could be a user problem (I only looked at it for about 30 min), but come'on apple.
Third, I am the type of person that needs a physical keyboard.
Fourth, from what I have seen, calendar + contacts on the iPhone is nowhere near as "advanced" as the Droid. I love being able to use my google calendar natively with the phone OS. I love the fact my phone syncs facebook pictures with my contacts. etc. etc.
As much as I respect the iPhone for where it got us, I think there are much better phones out now. The Droid is seriously the best phone I have ever used. While it might have some shortcomings (the camera isn't all that great, etc.) the shortcomings it does have are insignificant.
So if Verizon gets the iPhone, there is no way in hell I am switching. If the Droid didn't come out for Verizon, I would take a Verizon Palm Pre over a Verizon iPhone.
If the iPhone had been available on Verizon this year, I probably would have bought it, and never thought twice about the Droid. Now that I have had the Droid for a while, I'm too happy to leave it behind.
I am beginning to believe that Google will be the Microsoft of the next decade. Apple has come a long way since 1984. I love my MacBook Pro and still use my iPod Classic, and I will always have a special place in my heart for Apple, but I believe Google products and software will lead the technology race by 2020. Having a Droid is like getting in on the ground floor!
As for a Verizon-Apple marriage, I don't see Apple developing an iPhone for a CDMA network. I think Apple will eventually get into Verizon's bed, but only after 4G rolls out. Will that be 2010? Only time will tell.
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I am researching the Droid because my Verizon contract is up in January. I am presently a Blackberry buff. The Droid's os is certainly attractive, however, I love my Outlook and will not sacrifice it to use gmail. That is ridiculous. Yeah, yeah, I can buy an aftermarket program for $30.00 that will let it work, but why?
Sorry, but unless you're using Outlook for work on an Exchange server, there's nothing better about Outlook than Gmail... bottom line, hands down... If you'd like specific examples of what I'm talking about, use the search function in Gmail for a few days, and then go back to paging through folders and pages of emails to find what you're looking for in Outlook. Besides the fact that Gmail can pretty much sync to ANY e-mail provider, it's miles beyond the capabilities of Outlook - without Exchange...
With Exchange, you're right, it's hard to give up Outlook, but Droid will have a FREE exchange app soon enough.
On that note, I've NEVER had to delete an e-mail from my gmail account, and I've had the same account for going on 4 years now. I have 6 gmail accounts, just because I CAN... and my main one that I use every day, has 3 of the other accounts forwarded to it. I have 7.4GB of space on each of my gmail accounts... and currently I'm using 2.4GB of space in my main account, having never deleted a single e-mail... If I need to find something, I just type what I'm looking for... it's a google search for your e-mail.... if it's ever been sent, I know exactly where it is. =)
I would! If the iPhone got a better screen (better than the droid's), gets better battery life (better than the already good battery life of the droid), gets a faster processor than the droid, gets the ability to multi-task, and gets the ability to customize without jailbreak, gets ability to sync with my g-mail account. Then sure I'd switch in a second but... I don't think it'll happen, so in short no...
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I am researching the Droid because my Verizon contract is up in January. I am presently a Blackberry buff. The Droid's os is certainly attractive, however, I love my Outlook and will not sacrifice it to use gmail. That is ridiculous. Yeah, yeah, I can buy an aftermarket program for $30.00 that will let it work, but why?
Took me 5 minutes to configure exchange up on my Droid...native...no 3rd party App. ..... Calender, contacts ... everything.
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