HTC & VZW Deserve High Praise

[Haxcid]

Ok, so I am sooo cofused as to what I should do! I have a DROID for about 2 weeks now and love everything the phone does, but I hate how heavy it is (girl here). It REALLY bothers me. I love the feel of the eris in my hand, but I feel like switching to the Eris would kind of be a down grade though?? I went and played with it today and it was definitely slower, also the accelerometer was very annoying, it kept going back and forth and I wasn't even turning the phone and it seemed to take a long time to switch between portrait and landscape. Was it just that phone or is that just something the eris does? I love VZW and android and think these are both good phones, just don't want to regret making the switch. Any input would be great!

Remember that demo phones on display take massive abuse. Where I live you can walk into most Verizon stores and find a small child being allowed to treat the demo as a bongo while the parents fail to be parents.

I love my eris, perfect size, weight, and ergonomics. I sleep with mine... next to me on the night stand.

 

[rudykip]

Love my Eris, I love my wife. She's not perfect, neither am I, nor is my phone. I'd like Jo not to prattle, she'd like me not to sigh loudly, and I'd like the Eris to voice dial, and vibrate louder. One can dream. And why does Eris occasionally wake up with every app active?

 

[tarponbeach]

Ok, so I am sooo cofused as to what I should do! I have a DROID for about 2 weeks now and love everything the phone does, but I hate how heavy it is (girl here). It REALLY bothers me. I love the feel of the eris in my hand, but I feel like switching to the Eris would kind of be a down grade though?? I went and played with it today and it was definitely slower, also the accelerometer was very annoying, it kept going back and forth and I wasn't even turning the phone and it seemed to take a long time to switch between portrait and landscape. Was it just that phone or is that just something the eris does? I love VZW and android and think these are both good phones, just don't want to regret making the switch. Any input would be great!

I originally bought the Droid on launch day, and took it back two days later. I did not like the form factor (reminded me of a RAZR on steroids), the physical keyboard, the lack of dedicated answer/end phone buttons, and the overall build quality did not seem that great.

I got the Eris, and have never looked back. Even though it is a tad slower than the Droid, IMO, it does everything better than the Droid. I also love Sense UI. I came from an iPhone 3Gs, and I must say that I even prefer the Eris to the iPhone. An added benefit is that on Verizon, I can actually make and receive phone calls, which was always an adventure on AT&T.

As an aside, a good friend also got the Droid, and after many, many hardware/software glitches, he got fed up and exchanged it for an Eris. He too is very happy with the Eris.

Even though many feel that the Droid is a superior device, I truly believe that the Eris is the better of the two. I've even decided to keep the Eris when the Nexus 1 comes to Verizon, having originally thought that I would upgrade to the N1.

 

[RC Addict]

Even though many feel that the Droid is a superior device, I truly believe that the Eris is the better of the two. I've even decided to keep the Eris when the Nexus 1 comes to Verizon, having originally thought that I would upgrade to the N1.

+1. On both counts!