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What were you using before the Driod?

What phone were you using before the Droid?

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For phone: a pretty basic Nokia flip top cell phone ... using AT&T Mobile

For keeping track of contacts, calendars, notes: a Palm T/X

For accessing internet on the go: a laptop

Now I can do all of the above (and more) on the Droid.
 
stevehoffman said:
For phone: a pretty basic Nokia flip top cell phone ... using AT&T Mobile

For keeping track of contacts, calendars, notes: a Palm T/X

For accessing internet on the go: a laptop

Now I can do all of the above (and more) on the Droid.
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the 21st century welcomes you :D
 
iPhone 2g -> 3g -> 3gs -> Droid

My iPhone 3GS Scores:
Hardware: 95/100
Software (3.0): 99/100
Network: 0/100
Total: 194/300 = 64%

My Droid Scores:
Hardware: 70/100
Software: 75/100
Network: 100/100
Total: 250/300 = 84%

Droid wins
 
Stangs55 said:
iPhone 2g -> 3g -> 3gs -> Droid

My iPhone 3GS Scores:
Hardware: 95/100
Software (3.0): 99/100
Network: 0/100
Total: 194/300 = 64%

My Droid Scores:
Hardware: 70/100
Software: 75/100
Network: 100/100
Total: 250/300 = 84%

Droid wins
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Wow you think the hardware is that bad on the Droid?
 
QrafTee said:
Wow you think the hardware is that bad on the Droid?
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I don't think it's "that bad" at all.

My problems with it though is that it feels very sluggish in comparison to the 3GS. The finger tracking and kinetics are quite crude in comparison to the silk of the 3GS. Combine that with the slide-out keyboard (which should have just been left out, imho) and lack of multitouch out of the box and you get a 70/100 in my book. Certainly better than average, but nothing ground-breaking.

Edit: Forgot to mention the camera...we'll just leave it at that...
 
QrafTee said:
Wow you think the hardware is that bad on the Droid?
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This must largely be an aesthetics opinion. Considering the processor and GPU are exactly the same, the Droid has a better camera, and matches everything else feature by feature it is the only explanation.
 
I had a Nokia N95, then I went to an iPhone 6 months ago, after 4 replacements, I got sick of it failing on me and switched to Sprint using the HTC Sprint Hero. That was too laggy for me, and I turned it in just a day before my 30 day return policy was up, switching to Verizon and the Droid.

So far, Verizon has been so-so for me. Much better than AT&T, but about comparable to Sprint in terms of sound quality, though they have much better coverage in my area.
 
Kev50027 said:
I had a Nokia N95, then I went to an iPhone 6 months ago, after 4 replacements, I got sick of it failing on me and switched to Sprint using the HTC Sprint Hero. That was too laggy for me, and I turned it in just a day before my 30 day return policy was up, switching to Verizon and the Droid.

So far, Verizon has been so-so for me. Much better than AT&T, but about comparable to Sprint in terms of sound quality, though they have much better coverage in my area.
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Considering Verizon and Sprint both use CDMA I'm not surprised the sound quality is similar. Any difference would likely be phone hardware related. I do notice a slight difference in former Alltel areas due to differences in switching equipment in the central office. If you have sensitive ears you can sometimes hear a slight clicking on Alltel's Motorola switches. Otherwise not much difference them other than coverage area.
 
Samsung Omnia. man that thing was frustrating. the droid compared to that is a million times better. i only got the omnia less than a year ago and i can't stand it already. but then i didn't do enough research....so lesson learned.
 
Lots of Samsungs, Motorolas, few Lg's and Nokia's along the way then Blackberry Bold (ATT)-->Blackberry Tour (VZW and worst phone ever owned)-->Droid

Looking forward to learning the android OS.
 
Stangs55 said:
I don't think it's "that bad" at all.

My problems with it though is that it feels very sluggish in comparison to the 3GS. The finger tracking and kinetics are quite crude in comparison to the silk of the 3GS. Combine that with the slide-out keyboard (which should have just been left out, imho) and lack of multitouch out of the box and you get a 70/100 in my book. Certainly better than average, but nothing ground-breaking.

Edit: Forgot to mention the camera...we'll just leave it at that...
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But other than the slide-out keyboard, everything you mentioned is more on the "software" side. The hardware is more than capable of doing all of the things you've mentioned--the camera included--but the software isn't all there yet to bring it out.
 
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