Chaoz said:No real smartphone user will put up with the constant delays and lag that the Eris suffers from. I easily save 15min per day by not waiting on the lag from the slow Eris.
Correct. You see, the Eris take three to four times as long to render pages and has no flash 10.1 support. Google has no content on its webpage so anythin will load it fast. Try loading androidforums on an eris. It so slow. The Incredbile easily saves me 10 seconds. Plus navigating webpages is so frustrating with the eris.
No real smartphone user will put up with the constant delays and lag that the Eris suffers from. I easily save 15min per day by not waiting on the lag from the slow Eris.
Hmm i think hes just mad his wife got a Droid X and is actually comparing an eris to a Droid X and saying their both fast and that his Eris is better looking because he doesnt have a Droid X.
But wait until he actually gets a Droid X he will probably be shooting his Eris down with a shotgun saying that he cant believe he stayed with that slow piece of junk. Past owner of Eris here. Can't believe i had that phone.
Feel better about yourself?Am I mad that she has the X and I don't? Not in the least. I could easily try to upgrade a month or two early or add another line just as she did in order to get one.
As far as this comment is concerned: My wife and I just drove over 600 miles one-way to visit a family member over the Labor Day weekend. We were on the road for over 11 hours each way, including stopping once each way to eat, gas stops, and a small detour to a house we once owned. I drove half the time, she drove the other half. I also compared the speed of the two every night after she went to bed while both were plugged into the same electrical outlet.
I had plenty of time to test the X against the Eris yet again side-by-side, running the EXACT SAME APPS. Again, I am 100% satisfied that I have my Eris. While the X has the "Gee Whiz" effect, I am quite pleased that the right Eris can still hold its own against just about any phone released, new or old. I could not tell a difference when I went to launch an app, get directions, send or receive texts, or just about any other test I ran.
Yes, I am aware that the X has a much faster processor. Yes, I am aware that the X has greater memory.
My initial comparison was just meant to relay my experiences with both phones over the course of one evening. Over the course of the trip, my initial feeling about these phones are the same. I realize that some people think I may be out of my mind, jealous, or a little of both, but nothing could be further from the truth. While I am glad that my wife has a phone that makes her happy, I continue to be happy with my phone.
Motorola's "anti-ROM DRM" is enough for me to swear off anything they put out. I don't care if it can be rooted eventually, the fact that they put forth the extra effort to force me into using it the way THEY intended is enough for me to add them to my "Do not buy from this company list".
I'd rather go back to my old w810i.
You want a whore of a phone that'll let you have your way with it? Get a Samsung.
That's the way to stick it to em.
"Screw your superior chipset. I'll suffer with my lag rather than give you money."
Get over it. eFuse has been cracked and there are custom ROMs running around now.
I don't have much lag but, I will not buy a Motorola no matter how good the rest of the phone is. Same reason I don't buy games from Ubisoft; I don't support anti-consumer DRM.
I apologize that my principles get in the way of me buying a phone that you like.
It doesn't bother me much. There are plenty of good phones out there, but your reason for not buying a Motorola phone is a bit flawed. If there are other reasons, then it's ok. But, like I said, eFuse has been cracked and custom ROMs are out there.
If it's the principle that they had the software in place in the first place, then don't forget your Eris was updated multiple times to patch exploits needed for rooting. So...Motorola isn't the only one guilty of doing this.
Eris is outdated. story closed. Windows 7 is out, and the eris is running 95...
scary alien, I changed my name used to be HTCthebestdroid... what ever happened to eris official 1,1,,,?
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