[TriLUG] Android Phone vs iPhone vs other smartphones

[Maxwell Spangler]

On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 23:53 +0000, kwoodie at gmail.com wrote:
> Ok so I am thinking about switching from my blackberry curve to a Android based phone or an iPhone. 

>  Which is the best in the eyes of TriLUG?

I've had my iPhone for a year now and absolutely adore it...

except for the actual phone quality which is pretty bad.  There are two
issues:

1) Echoing on a regular basis - people call me and can hear themselves
in a significant, non-ignorable manner.  We often call back to see if it
will go away and sometimes it just disappears.  Happens iphone to iphone
and iphone to non-iPhone.

2) Dropped calls.  My brother in Maryland can drive a particular section
of I-95 and his iPhone will drop our call every time.  On a regular
basis I lose calls for unknown reasons.  Before my beloved iPhone I
never understood the advertising from others about "no dropped calls."
because in the NC area on Sprint I never had those problems.  Now I just
accept it.

The iPhone is really about the apps and the overall environment in which
those apps are available.. The consistency of the user interface and how
individual apps form a well designed overall experience is the big WIN.

-- 
Maxwell Spangler