Comments on: Guide to Choosing a Smart Phone for Local

By: jennifer t1

jennifer t1 — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:47:55 +0000

Hahahaha! The truth is, they ALL suck! I will say that AT&T sucks less than Sprint in my experience, though. I keep hearing Verizon is the best, but I wanted an iPhone.

By: LDC

LDC — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:09:44 +0000

Dude, Nexus1 ROCKS!!!

By: Joe Magnotti

Joe Magnotti — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:04:23 +0000

What about for international use? I currently use a Samsung Saga, but I am thinking of switching to the Nexus One or Motorola Milestone (the GSM version of the Droid). I am a bit worried about the touchscreen only keyboard of the Nexus One and the antenna problems I have heard so much about.

Anyone have international experience out there with these phones?

By: MiriamEllis

MiriamEllis — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:49:16 +0000

TM -
Curious to know why you feel so strongly about that? What does your iPhone do that other phones (including the nexus one) don’t? I’d love to hear the cause of your loyalty.

By: TM

TM — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:32:57 +0000

Nothing can beat the iPhone yet!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:16:21 +0000

@Brett

Where I live, ATT has coverage the equal if not better of Verizon…but it varies depending on where you live….

Wouldn’t it make sense socially to have one, compatible system that you could switch into and out of as made sense? Walled oligopolies end up being a regular p.i.t.a to deal with.

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:10:14 +0000

hah, so true. My brother has been trying to talk me into getting an iPhone (he just switched from Verizon). I’m still on Verizon and I’m frustrated with an LG phone that’s only a few months old and doesn’t work. Yet, I’m hesitant to go to AT&T with the spotty coverage and dropped calls. In the end it almost becomes a matter of the lesser of the 4 evils.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:08:43 +0000

Hi Sam

Well I am saying that you need to eliminate ISPs that just won’t work for you (ie too expensive, not good service) and then pick the best phone from the remaining choices… I personally don’t think all of the choices in phone above are equal. For example the Droids are less elegant than the Nexus but might make sense if you already have a relationship with Verizon or if Verizon is the best choice.

One of the critical choices is whether you are desktop or cloud oriented. I really like my data on my desktop so the iPhone is a better choice for that than the Nexus…which is really Google service oriented….

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:43:57 +0000

Believe it or not, I’m in my 30′s and have never owned a cell phone in my life. My friends and family always tease me about it. But I think it may be time to give in and catch up with the times. Looks like your saying pick the provider first and the phone second. I’ll give it a try.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:17:00 +0000

@ Annuaire

I finally had to give up on my N3650 when the mic died after 5 yrs of faithful service. It had been dropped, battered and abused but “kept on ticking ” doing my email with never a complaint, syncing via Bluetooth and being an all round friend.