Wow..really considering the samsung now

There are lots of really good phones out there, and lots of people who are happy with Droids, Samsung, Etc... But I know a few people who have had both and never heard anyone say they preferred any of them over an iPhone.

MrsWombat and I will probably move to the iPhone 5. She currently has an iPhone 3GS, I have a BlackBerry Bold and iPad 1. There have already been pictures of an adaptor for the old to new connectors so that shouldn't be an issue. While I like the new Windows Mobile OS it just doesn't seem to be taking off. With the news tablet unveiled we may see this change. My preference is to have tablet and phone with same OS so I can have the same Apps etc.

 

It will be interesting to see how evolutionary (or revolutionary) the new iPhone will be.

 

TheWombat

whats scaring me now is the 800 dollar rumor on the new iphone

They can make it any list price they want, but if it is more than $200.00 as an upgrade, it will be a flop.

I'm an IPHONER for life, had one since the first and been grandfathered into an unlimited data plan for the wife and I, now I have the iPhone 4. But when the iPhone 5 comes out, then it's time to sell the 4, and the RE-SELL value is unbelievable about $200 or more specially for AT&T iPhones. I'm completely bias towards iPhone only because I'm a Mac guy.

There are lots of really good phones out there, and lots of people who are happy with Droids, Samsung, Etc... But I know a few people who have had both and never heard anyone say they preferred any of them over an iPhone.

 

 

That's because you're not looking in the right places. Browse any of the Andriod based forums and you'll find countless people who switched from IOS to Andriod and claim they will never go back. On the flip side, you can probably find the same types on the Apple forums claiming the same thing.

I've fiddled with my girlfriend's iPhone 4 quite a bit and it's certainly not a bad choice. I currently use a Windows phone and I'm quite happy with it. I got it during the end of the particular model's life cycle, so it was a one year old design when if got it. It shows it's age in some ways, but the newer ones I've heard are leaps and bounds better. Availability is low and I don't think Verizon offers one at all now.

 

I don't usually like Apple products and don't own one. I don't like their business ethics of copy and sue. I also don't like their use of proprietary parts and files designed to limit compatibility with non-Apple products. All that said, if you own lots of Apple products and you like the interface, it's going to be a good choice for you right now.

 

Android is effectually a Google product, so you can be sure that it's going to interface all with existing Gmail accounts. You can also count on seamless integration of Youtube. I don't know how compatibility goes with Google Chrome, but I imagine there would be some cool overlap.

 

In the end, though, we live in an age where it's really hard to go wrong with this stuff. Any 'smartphone' now is leaps and bounds ahead of those old flip phones collecting dust in that drawer somewhere.

whats scaring me now is the 800 dollar rumor on the new iphone

 

You do know that an unlocked iPhone with no contract is already $850 for the 64gb version, right?

 

Stupidest rumor ever.