Next Phone?

korosu · Dec 21, 2010

I'm highly contemplating on trading in my Eris for $132 and go with a new phone, but between the Droid X, HTC Inc, and Samsung Fascinate .. I don't know which one to get. Any tips?

Furthermore, with 4G phones supposedly being released in latter half of 2011.. I'm wondering if I can stick it out until then.

What do you guys think?

Thornfullessrose · Dec 21, 2010

Dude five words for you: WAIT-FOR-NEXT-YEAR-DEVICES!

There's no point in getting the devices already available because they are about to be nothing compared to whats coming. Wait it out man, trust me.

MongolStomp · Dec 22, 2010

^agreed. HTC Incredible HD (Mecha). enough said

ggangi · Dec 22, 2010

I am waiting for the Mecha

doogald · Dec 22, 2010

If I had to get a phone today, I would be choosing between the Droid X or the Droid 2 Global, I think. Probably the latter - I travel once in a blue moon, but I'd love to be able to do it with one phone rather than having to re-activate my old unlocked GSM Razr.

That said, I agree with others - if you can wait, do so. Gingerbread is just out, so we should be seeing new phones with it in a few months. If past history is any guide, it takes Verizon forever to update existing handsets to new Android builds, so it may be better to wait for one with Gingerbread on it. And, of course, LTE is coming, so if you live and/or work near a city, and don't mind paying the probably premium, that's probably something you'd want.

mrhomiec · Dec 22, 2010

i would at least wait a few weeks for CES.

if nothing catches your eye here or the estimated release date is too far, then upgrade.

ericDylan · Dec 22, 2010

I am about to get a free incredible from best buy with my upgrade now to tide me over until the new phones come out. When the next wave of great phones comes out in a few months I will sell the Incredible and get a new phone.

Just can't live with the eris any longer and could not pass up the opportunity for a free incredible.

dockmaster · Dec 22, 2010

I wonder when the new phones come out next year if we will actually be able to upgrade to them? Were just assuming we will be able to.............. Any hard answers. I'm holding out unless I hear something different.
With the new phones being such a large step up in techonolgy, do you really think VZW is going to give every user and upgrade credit for 132.00? There wont be any phones left for the new customers. With that thinking, mabey they are trying to get rid of this years models and may put a limit of upgrades say once a year or so.......make sense?

VanDums · Dec 23, 2010

Also, does your area have LTE yet. It will be 2013 before the LTE network if fully functional. So if LTE is what you are waiting for you might have a long wait depending on where you live. Also, the 4G rates will be higher then the 3G rates and from what I have been reading it will be capped, not unlimited.

gridbug · Dec 24, 2010

Mecha is looking mighty nice... come November 2011 I might have to make that jump.

Guido · Dec 27, 2010

My son is on Sprint and when he got an EVO4G he has to pay $10 more/month because it has 4G capability, even though we don't live in an area where he gets 4G.

I upgraded to an Incredible, I figure LTE won't be in my neighborhood for several years, and there won't be any 3G smartphones available after this spring. They will phase out the 3G smartphones and charge you the 'surcharge' for LTE access whether you can recieve it or not because you have an LTE phone and might go to the 'big city'.

KarateExplosion6 · Dec 28, 2010

Honestly, I'm waiting my entire contract out, which ends in January 2012...

1) The devices that come out after NEXT YEAR's CES will be absurd, I'm sure.
2) I want the freedom to switch carriers. I'm not saying that I'll be leaving Verizon, but who knows what they can do with Tiered Data Plans, etc. and who knows what Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, etc. will be prepared to offer?

I bought the Eris as my first step into the world of smartphones--I'd only owned feature phones previously. The Eris has FAR surpassed my expectations and I'm very happy with it.

My only gripe is that today's smartphones are SO big. I like the form of the Eris and Aria. Hopefully, someone will put together a high-end small-form offering for me over the next 13 months.

doogald · Dec 28, 2010

Apparently that's the next big growth area for Android - low cost, smaller form-factor devices to compete with feature phones. If that's what you want, I'll bet that you'll see it.

Guido · Dec 28, 2010

KarateExplosion6 said:
I bought the Eris as my first step into the world of smartphones--I'd only owned feature phones previously. The Eris has FAR surpassed my expectations and I'm very happy with it.

My only gripe is that today's smartphones are SO big. I like the form of the Eris and Aria. Hopefully, someone will put together a high-end small-form offering for me over the next 13 months.

I had a Motorola Q9c before my Eris, I contemplated getting the Droid X, but its just too big, I chose the Incredible because I was used to HTC Sense, and I don't like MotoBlur. The Incredible is about as large as I will go, my son has an EVO4g, and its just too big. I put a Sedio rugged case on my Incredible, and it made it kinda bigger, but tolerable. My wife wants the EVO4g, and since she would carry it in her purse it would work for her. I carry my Incredible on a belt holster, and even riding a motorcycle with it on I haven't had any doubt of losing it.

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