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Do you guys LIKE your Eris?

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johnbrain

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Maybe it's a silly question, but I have serious envy of my wife's new Incredible and I am not upgrade eligible until November. I can get my hands on an Eris for $100. I currently have an Imagio which is a damn good phone but I like all the apps available for Android.

Is it worth buying the Eris to tide me over? I have heard mixed reviews of the OTA 2.1 upgrade but all in all is it fast and really functional? The demo in the store seemed really quick actually.

I appreciate any insight.

Brian
 
Definitely get it, especially after the 2.1 it's quick and I love it. And of course you then would have access to all the great apps in the android market
 
i think i hate my eris as an actual phone. i accidentally call people from searching my phone book. i hold a name to view the contact info and it calls. i hit the END CALL button and it glitches and redials the person.

its great for web and apps but the phone interface kinda sucks. ive had two eris's (1.5 and 2.1) and they both do it.

also, after a gmail contacts sync, it merged my sister Jen and my friend Jenny, in to one mega contact. my sisters fb pic, jennys info and phone, but Jens b-day. i had to delete the entry and fill them out individually. weird.
 
I love the eris. I actually had a choice between the eris and the inc. I don't care for the inc's design. They are the same but one is a faster and newer.
 
I was happy with my Eris on 1.5....I'm happier with it on 2.1....bet if you can pick one up for $100., and it's a good unit, and you use it 'till upgrade time...you may think twice about spending more cash for to upgrade. JMHO:)
 
Personally...I really like the phone. To add to it, I rooted mine and now run a much faster Eris than ever before. It was like getting a new phone all over again.

If you can upgrade for that price, instead of paying full price for another phone, then go for it.
 
Easily the best phone I have ever owned. I am on 2.1 leak 3 and have no bugs at all. Phone is fast and smooth. I did get two Eris' for free with my "new every two" & buy one get one free offer, but. I would still pay $100 for this phone in a heartbeat.

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Let's put it like this.....if I was able to make little baby phone eris's with my eris.....and not catch a std ...I would ;)

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roth140 said:
i think i hate my eris as an actual phone. i accidentally call people from searching my phone book. i hold a name to view the contact info and it calls. i hit the END CALL button and it glitches and redials the person.
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I had the same issue, but I found the Call Confirm app on the market. Greatest thing ever. Yes it adds an additional button to push to make a call, but no more calling people when I didn't want to.

Oh, and YES. Love my Eris.
 
JSHAF said:
I had the same issue, but I found the Call Confirm app on the market. Greatest thing ever. Yes it adds an additional button to push to make a call, but no more calling people when I didn't want to.

Oh, and YES. Love my Eris.
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Call Confirm is one of the best apps I've downloaded.
 
Well you're in the Eris forum so likely the results are positive - mine came off ebay, I didn't want to be locked into a contract if I didn't find myself using the data plan enough; worse case try to resell it..

Instead, I've rooted the OTA 2.1 update, got a mild bump in speed with an overclocked kernel and added wifi tethering and it's pretty cool. Love Navigation too. Agree that the contacts/favorites UI is less than perfect, I sometimes accidentally call favorites when I don't mean to but mostly it's ok. Until the newer faster phones can be rooted, this is pretty good. Agree it's a better looking phone (to me) than many of the newer and faster ones.. so don't be afraid :)
 
I like my Eris alot. It's my first smartphone and its super fast for me. I got mine free in January with verizons price match, its still free at letstalk.com. Got my refurb today since leak v3 was causing issues and now I'm possibly gonna root it. :^)

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I don't like my eris, I love my eris. Sure it has a few bugs here and there but what phone doesn't. I came from an LG enV touch so that's not saying much but I have used an iphone, played with the incredible, kin's, palm pre. Eris is still a much more solid phone to me and now there are 2 home replacements that make it fast as lightning(LauncherPro and ADW) so I am pretty much set for a while.
 
I do really like my Eris after the update to 2.1. Unfortunately it still won't run applications like Google Earth because of the weaker processor. It is definitely worth 100$ but I would not buy it just to throw it away five months from now.
 
I liked mine before I rooted it, but after rooting I love it. Like alprazolam said it can be overclocked to run faster with root. I think for $100 and root you would have an excellent phone that would be close to an Incredible. Plus with root you can choose from numerous ROMs, not just the stock 2.1 ROM that comes standard on the phone and customize it anyway you want. However, root is not for everyone.

Also, by the time your upgrade rolls around the Incredible will be old news. By November Verizon will be rolling out something fancy for the holidays. My $0.02 is regardless of whether you root, either stay with what you have or get the $100 Eris to tide you over til November.
 
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