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Droid Charge, Droid x2, or Thunderbolt

Yeltnerb said:
Is it possible that they are trying to push out the stock of Tbolts so they end of life it? If so do they have a special comp plan for pushing tbolts over Charge?

The funny thing is that I am getting ready to upgrade my original droid and am leaning very heavily towards the charge and not the tbolt.
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I mean idk. I just think it is kind of bad sales manship and yes i know it's not a word lol.

My friend wanted to buy a Windows Phone 7, the Trophy, from Verizon today and asked the Rep could he purchase it and the rep point blank said.

"You are not going to like that. Compared to an Iphone or one of our Android devices."

So then of course me being the b.itch I am lol questioned him about why my friend would not like the HTC trophy and he gave me the most retar.ded ass explanation...

"Because it's not as popular as Iphones and Androids are."

I made a complaint to his manager and told him, that I'd imagine it's not as popular as Iphones and Androids seeing how it's not even been out a year.

Furthermore, most people who hate Windows Phone devices are people who never actually tried it and those who do own them, actually are loving them.

Reps like this idiot i dealt with today are precisely why i do 90% of my shopping(Cellphones, shoes, clothes or whatever) online and not in stores lol.
 
carmendiva said:
I mean idk. I just think it is kind of bad sales manship and yes i know it's not a word lol.

My friend wanted to buy a Windows Phone 7, the Trophy, from Verizon today and asked the Rep could he purchase it and the rep point blank said.

"You are not going to like that. Compared to an Iphone or one of our Android devices."

So then of course me being the b.itch I am lol questioned him about why my friend would not like the HTC trophy and he gave me the most retar.ded ass explanation...

"Because it's not as popular as Iphones and Androids are."

I made a complaint to his manager and told him, that I'd imagine it's not as popular as Iphones and Androids seeing how it's not even been out a year.

Furthermore, most people who hate Windows Phone devices are people who never actually tried it and those who do own them, actually are loving them.

Reps like this idiot i dealt with today are precisely why i do 90% of my shopping(Cellphones, shoes, clothes or whatever) online and not in stores lol.
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Ohh my....very Hostile when it comes to Windows 7 huh Missy...lol
 
sean76 said:
Ohh my....very Hostile when it comes to Windows 7 huh Missy...lol
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Yes, I may be with Android now but Windows Phone 7 is still my first love :)

Tbh, I just am obsessed with my Xperia Play. I don't even use my Charge as much anymore.

just sitting in my socks and undies drawer with my other android phones lol

AND you have so been slacking at replying back to my messages, Mister :)
 
I really love my Droid Charge, but I have to agree with Carmen, the Windows 7 phone is better than I expected it to be. A friend of mine had the AT&T Samsung Focus Windows 7 phone, and I have to say it was better than I expected for a Win-Doze product. It integrated well with most business applications particularly the Office Suite, which is sad to say, is still the market standard. The Focus led me to even consider the Droid Charge, the Super AMOLED screen was nice on the Focus as well.

Having the Droid Incredible and the Iphone 3G, I am sold on Android, really like the custom feel and openness of the software. Samsung is a great company and most of the gear you use has something Samsung in them...

I did a review of some of the other phones here:

http://androidforums.com/lg-revolution/344309-lg-revolution-vs-charge-vs-incredible-2-a.html

And as much as I like LG, IMO, the Samsung was more appealing in the end.
 
carmendiva said:
Yes, I may be with Android now but Windows Phone 7 is still my first love :)

Tbh, I just am obsessed with my Xperia Play. I don't even use my Charge as much anymore.

just sitting in my socks and undies drawer with my other android phones lol

AND you have so been slacking at replying back to my messages, Mister :)
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What a lucky Charge is all I gotta say...lmaooo! I know I've been a bad buddy lately ...very bad! I apologize Missy...making it a point to be available for my Miss Diva when the messages come through...promise!

I really like Windows 7 also...as u know ; )
Hope they drop some killer hardware soon!
 
I'm in the same boat. I'm very tempted to get the Thunderbolt since I love the HTC Sense UI. I'm personally not a fan of the Motorola UI or Samsung's UI.
 
I wish the Charge had Touch Wiz 4.0 and Gingerbread, then we could assess this phone a little better against the other Galaxy Phones. If it OTA's to GB, will it change the File System to EXT? Also is it possible to re-size the RAM from 512MB to 1GB, because it does have 2GB allocated internal memory. I am tempted to root and attempt the voodoo transition from RFS to EXT and double the response speed and Quadrant scores, at which point the Samsung is smoking the TB and Revo in most categories. But I am curious about being able to re-size the memory. On my Iphone 3G, unlocking it I had the options to expand the memory size.
 
one thing to consider the X2 is a global phone. Charge and Revolution is NOT. If you travel oversea a lot and only need the phone for emergency (when in foreign countries), then the X2 may make sense... if you need global phone, I would also look into the Incredible2....(My verizon store highly recommend the Incredible2 over X2)
 
EchoX860 said:
I'm in the same boat. I'm very tempted to get the Thunderbolt since I love the HTC Sense UI. I'm personally not a fan of the Motorola UI or Samsung's UI.
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I had the thunderbolt first since I love HTC phones but that phone was beyond terrible! I have the charge now and there is no comparision.
 
carmendiva said:
I mean idk. I just think it is kind of bad sales manship and yes i know it's not a word lol.

My friend wanted to buy a Windows Phone 7, the Trophy, from Verizon today and asked the Rep could he purchase it and the rep point blank said.

"You are not going to like that. Compared to an Iphone or one of our Android devices."

So then of course me being the b.itch I am lol questioned him about why my friend would not like the HTC trophy and he gave me the most retar.ded ass explanation...

"Because it's not as popular as Iphones and Androids are."

I made a complaint to his manager and told him, that I'd imagine it's not as popular as Iphones and Androids seeing how it's not even been out a year.

Furthermore, most people who hate Windows Phone devices are people who never actually tried it and those who do own them, actually are loving them.

Reps like this idiot i dealt with today are precisely why i do 90% of my shopping(Cellphones, shoes, clothes or whatever) online and not in stores lol.
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Reps must make better commission on certain phones... It never fails when I go in to get a new phone they always try to sell me something that I do not want.
 
You all have been very helpful to me. These phone decisions can be tough. I think I will stay away from the TB....Charge with 4G or X2? or something else?
 
scott n said:
You all have been very helpful to me. These phone decisions can be tough. I think I will stay away from the TB....Charge with 4G or X2? or something else?
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Go Droid Charge, you won't regret it or go HTC trophy(Windows Phone 7) you won't regret it lol

Seriously, i'd get the Droid Charge. I hear people saying the screen on the Droid X2 isn't all that great, idk much about it but i hear a lot of people saying they don't care for that.
 
sean76 said:
What a lucky Charge is all I gotta say...lmaooo! I know I've been a bad buddy lately ...very bad! I apologize Missy...making it a point to be available for my Miss Diva when the messages come through...promise!

I really like Windows 7 also...as u know ; )
Hope they drop some killer hardware soon!
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Silly boy :)
 
Incredible 2's make a rep a little more than an X2. I will always suggest an Incredible 2 over an X2 every day of the week (unless the customer has their heart set on it) and not because it'll make me more money, but because more people come back to the store complaining about the x2's battery life. Of course I always explain the pros and cons during a sale but I can't say the same for some of my coworkers.

When it comes to 4G phones I of course push my baby and always offer my phone for demonstration and each time get nervous when they start handling it. The Charge gets a rep the most profit out of the 3 LTE phones so the only reason I could see a push for the TB is that it's been in stock for close to 90 days and the store somehow loses money after 90 days, I don't remember why and it might be 30 days. All I know is to grab the phone with the oldest date on it. Also I'm not sure if this applies to a corporate store.

All in all it comes down to what a customer wants and how it fits their needs. I also love pushing the Commando cause I love it and 9 times out of 10 convince the customer to love it. My boss doesn't love it though cause it's not much of a profit maker as opposed to the LG Vortex.
 
I was at VZW today, returning the Anti-Glare screens for the Droid Charge, getting the Droid X2 holster case to carry my Extended Battery Setup, did some Pro-Bono work for VZW, sold a couple of phones and accessories... Samsung Droid Charge that is... It is easy to roll the other two 4G/LTE phones.
 
Anti glare protectors suck in every way except fingerprint showing. They kill the contrast and resolution of the screen and cause color refraction.

I got the regular glossy ones and they look GREAT. Almost as good as if there was no protector on them at all....but I have to carry a large CaseMate wipe with me to remove the smudges and prints. Yes...I am a lunatic.

Good choice on the Droid X holster. I have one too and it's a perfect fit for the Charge, with or without the extended battery (which I have but still haven't used yet).

Today I made a point to not bump charge to see how long the battery would last. Over a 12 hour period, with moderate browsing (mobile and non-mobile sites, image intensive and non-image intensive sites, a couple of checks on Facebook, some mobile banking, and a few emails), a couple thousand words of texting with a few mms's in there, about an hour (collectively) of phone calls (30 mins on Bluetooth) and about a collective hour of listening to music plugged into my car stereo, I went through 85% of my battery.
Is that good?

To tell you the truth, my only other smartphone experience was the Indulge and I know for a fact the Charge is light years ahead of it in battery power.
 
Rominucka said:
All in all it comes down to what a customer wants and how it fits their needs. I also love pushing the Commando cause I love it and 9 times out of 10 convince the customer to love it. My boss doesn't love it though cause it's not much of a profit maker as opposed to the LG Vortex.
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So you work for VZ? Why are some phones more profitable than others exactly and others aren't profitable at all or cause the company to lose money?

I mean I am okay with a rep suggesting something but it aggravates me when i already know what i want and they just pretty much tell me what they want me to want lol
 
I'm still torn on phones. I hear a Thunderbolt update is coming the 30th and many people are liking the Revo. I will get a new phone next week but I'm so torn.
 
scott n said:
I don't know much about Windows phones. What do you like the most about the Trophy?
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Scott, my apologies. I missed this question.

As far as windows phone

The only feature I am missing that are key to windows phone are
Front Facing Camera.

I absolutely love and Adore Windows Phone 7 OS and I still have my HTC hd7, in my phone/personals drawer in my dresser lol.

This OS really does not need dual core because it is fast enough without it.
People bash it and say it's crap because of the tile but
Tiles > Widgets and the OS is a lot ore than just blocks on a screen

A great Multi-media device with Native Netflix support for ALL DEVICES not just some(android) and a great Music Player(Zune players hands down are the most attractive and fun when compared to an ipod and ESPECIALLY a crappy Android music player)

Apps run a lot better. I never had an app freeze on my phone and I never had to deal with force closures like i have had to deal with often on Android.

I am quite content with Android though. It is a great OS but the OS always feels half-baked, like there is something more but they just didn't include it and I always expect it to improve the next upgrade but it never really does. I mean it does improve but the Android half-baked feeling is always there.

Google really needs to work on it's Mutli-media, Music and App optimization.

My Droid Charge & My Sony Xperia play aka My sex are great phones and Currently the only Android phones that interest me.

HTC thunderbolt----I have heard mixed things about

The Revolution, i am not that familiar with but i played with one at the store when i went in friday and it was really a nice feeling device.
 
I have a Thunderbolt and I like it. I don't have all those problems other people say they have. As to the comparison of Verizon 4G phones, I read a review on Anandtech.com on the Droid Charge and now I am even more convinced the Thunderbolt is the phone for me now.

I am watching the Samsung Galaxy S2 closely though.
 
Scott thanks for the compliment

yeah, i have had like 25+ different smart phones since November 2009.

As far as bing,

Again i am non-biased. Personally, I prefer bing over google. Probably because i do like Windows phone and hotmail and all that jazz. It is more attractive and i just like bing services.

On an android phone, i think bing is in the wrong place but a phone that has bing should not be a deal breaker...its not THAT big a deal.

it's just some people love to complain about EVERYTHING
 
Ya know, I just got transferred from alltel to Verizon. Thank god for that, but the initial phone I chose the Samsung Charge was absolutely terrible for me. I was very glad to have the 14 day exchange. The lag time on the Charge was horrendous, I got little to no reception at my house (even my alltel phone had decent reception) and I just hated that phone. I switched to the Droid X2 and it kicks ass! It for me does everything better than the Charge, and I didn't find the screen to be any better than the screen on my Droid X2.
 
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