I got it yesterday! FedEx was nice enough to deliver it just fifteen minutes before I had leave to pick up my boys from daycare. Thanks a lot!
Anyhow, keep in mind that I am totally indecisive. I originally ordered the Incredible, but got jerked around a bit on my shipping date an decided to switch to the X. I got it and first thought, "DANG! This is a whole lotta phone!" But after playing with it, I grew to love everything about it but the size. I previously had an original Moto Droid, so it wasn't a hard transition. But the size is two-fold. It's awesome for typing, browsing, media, etc., but a lot to carry on a daily basis.
So I'm near the end of my 30 days with the X and decided to try the Incredible. I got it yesterday and immediately plugged it in. I wanted to do the "bump charge" method, but after the light turned green, when I plugged it in again, it remained green. (I thought the idea was plug it in 'til green, unplug, replug until green again.
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The first thing I noticed is the display is much more vibrant than the X. The X screen is great, but when you have something to compare it to, there's a noticeable difference.
Then the camera. WOW! I am totally impressed with the Incred's camera! It takes much better indoor shots than my X. The X was grainy, but the Incred's are crystal clear. I haven't taken it outside yet, though.
Now, remember that first line about being indecisive. I was playing with both last night and realized that my signal on the X was several bars higher than the Incredible. I also got quite a few errors on my Incredible while doing the same things with my X, which had no errors. (I don't remember what they were. Uncaught exceptions, force close, etc.) It freaked me out and I reactivated my X.
I woke up this morning and decided to finish out my weekend test drive and reactivated the Incredible. Man, the boys and gals of VZW just LOVE me. So far so good. No errors whatsoever.
Back to that signal bar issue. DON'T LOOK AT THE SIGNAL BAR! I checked the dbm on both in the same spot and they were almost identical, even though the X was showing more bars.
A few little things that bug me - very minor, but still an annoyance. I don't like that I can't change the color of the LED on the Incredible like I could my X. I have a work and personal email that I like to be able to "see." I guess this is a hardware issue and won't be fixable.
I also noticed that in Handcent, for example, there are more options for the X than the Incredible. MINOR options, but why? You can't change the notification icon on the Incredible, but you can the X? Where's the love?
Finally, disabling the lock screen. On the Moto Droid, I used No Lock and it ran perfectly using either the lock button, or just the camera button, which I used, to wake up the phone. On the X, it's a setting and allows you to hit the home button instead of reaching up to the lock button. On the Incredible, No Lock works, but it's hit or miss with the joystick. I'm sure they will fix this eventually. I just hate having to reach up to the unlock button. I usually ended up pressing the volume buttons in the process.
Overall, all of the things I DON'T like about the Incredible (aside from the errors I was getting) are minor enough not to sway me either way. At this point, I'm 80 percent sure I'm keeping the Incredible.
By the way, the Incredible stock ringtones rock over the X's! I even downloaded the zip of them and put them on my X "just in case."
One last thing. After my initial charge, I was having the "permawake" issue. My up time and awake time were identical. I rebooted the phone, and it seemed to take care of it. Also, I charged yesterday around 4:30 p.m., and didn't put it back on charge until 12:00 today. However, remember, cold feet, deactivated it, so it wasn't syncing (wifi was off) overnight. But that wasn't bad battery wise since I woke up and was playing with it non-stop!
Anyhow, keep in mind that I am totally indecisive. I originally ordered the Incredible, but got jerked around a bit on my shipping date an decided to switch to the X. I got it and first thought, "DANG! This is a whole lotta phone!" But after playing with it, I grew to love everything about it but the size. I previously had an original Moto Droid, so it wasn't a hard transition. But the size is two-fold. It's awesome for typing, browsing, media, etc., but a lot to carry on a daily basis.
So I'm near the end of my 30 days with the X and decided to try the Incredible. I got it yesterday and immediately plugged it in. I wanted to do the "bump charge" method, but after the light turned green, when I plugged it in again, it remained green. (I thought the idea was plug it in 'til green, unplug, replug until green again.
)The first thing I noticed is the display is much more vibrant than the X. The X screen is great, but when you have something to compare it to, there's a noticeable difference.
Then the camera. WOW! I am totally impressed with the Incred's camera! It takes much better indoor shots than my X. The X was grainy, but the Incred's are crystal clear. I haven't taken it outside yet, though.
Now, remember that first line about being indecisive. I was playing with both last night and realized that my signal on the X was several bars higher than the Incredible. I also got quite a few errors on my Incredible while doing the same things with my X, which had no errors. (I don't remember what they were. Uncaught exceptions, force close, etc.) It freaked me out and I reactivated my X.
I woke up this morning and decided to finish out my weekend test drive and reactivated the Incredible. Man, the boys and gals of VZW just LOVE me. So far so good. No errors whatsoever.
Back to that signal bar issue. DON'T LOOK AT THE SIGNAL BAR! I checked the dbm on both in the same spot and they were almost identical, even though the X was showing more bars.
A few little things that bug me - very minor, but still an annoyance. I don't like that I can't change the color of the LED on the Incredible like I could my X. I have a work and personal email that I like to be able to "see." I guess this is a hardware issue and won't be fixable.
I also noticed that in Handcent, for example, there are more options for the X than the Incredible. MINOR options, but why? You can't change the notification icon on the Incredible, but you can the X? Where's the love?
Finally, disabling the lock screen. On the Moto Droid, I used No Lock and it ran perfectly using either the lock button, or just the camera button, which I used, to wake up the phone. On the X, it's a setting and allows you to hit the home button instead of reaching up to the lock button. On the Incredible, No Lock works, but it's hit or miss with the joystick. I'm sure they will fix this eventually. I just hate having to reach up to the unlock button. I usually ended up pressing the volume buttons in the process.
Overall, all of the things I DON'T like about the Incredible (aside from the errors I was getting) are minor enough not to sway me either way. At this point, I'm 80 percent sure I'm keeping the Incredible.
By the way, the Incredible stock ringtones rock over the X's! I even downloaded the zip of them and put them on my X "just in case."
One last thing. After my initial charge, I was having the "permawake" issue. My up time and awake time were identical. I rebooted the phone, and it seemed to take care of it. Also, I charged yesterday around 4:30 p.m., and didn't put it back on charge until 12:00 today. However, remember, cold feet, deactivated it, so it wasn't syncing (wifi was off) overnight. But that wasn't bad battery wise since I woke up and was playing with it non-stop!
