I went and got a Nexus S and they're free today at BestBuy by the way with an upgrade or new 2 year agreement. Amazon works perfectly. The pure Android experience is where I'm going and staying from now on. F At&t and their erratic updates.
Also, thanks for the help GPS.
Samsung is behind this push to get pure Android phones out into the marketplace in mass. It's a good move. It is true that nothing beats a pure Google Android phone.
Believe me, I'm NOT sticking up for AT&T! It's the carriers in general.
The simple facts are that most people only have one carrier, so they have nothing to compare against, other than what is written in forums. I have had both AT&T and Verizon as primary lines (no landline) as well as test periods at T-Mobile and Sprint and they are all about the same. Personally I despise how all carriers run their businesses, but it is what it is. To make one the Villian is to lack the knowledge to fairly evaluate.
Yes, yes, I know there has been an totally unacceptable wait period for updates for AT&T's Android phones. However that's because there is a breakdown, in communication that is both parties fault. Samsung and AT&T. Samsung made a deal in the beginning that they would sell Android phones to AT&T, then give the updates for free. Once the deal was done, business was underway, then as the updates migrated from Google To Samsung, they added the AT&T bloatware then _billed_ AT&T. NOT what was suppose to happen.
Therefore behind the scenes they were locked in battle as the consumer was left to wait and wonder. It's big business people. I don't like it either, but one must remember that AT&T has a far larger inventory of all phones and manufacturers to deal with, as well as all the politics that involves.
The only reason AT&T is so widely hated in many circles, is the sub-standard Qualcomm chips that Apple bought en mass for the first two generations of iPhones. (another fact that Apple kept "secret") I know. I would experience dropped calls like crazy. Then pickup my BlackBerry or BlackJack , both on AT&T, and have no trouble with calls at all. I travel over 80,000 miles per year all over the state and the iPhone is the only AT&T phone I've ever had a problem with.
That said, I will give Steve Jobs credit for being the best con man...Oops, Salesman in the business, since he has successfully pointed the finger at AT&T and CONvinced his fanboys that it's all AT&T's problem. Let's not forget he's also the one who proclaimed and advertised the iPad as "Magical & Revolutionary"... oh pleeeeeze!
On the data side, this complaint about AT&T is true, since they sold so many iPhones it would overwhelm any network. But to roundly bash them, so Apple didn't have to take ownership of their own problem, is rubbish.
At the end of the day I am carrier neutral and brand neutral. My only bias being Android. It's the Mobile OS I believe is the very best.
