Droid

Originally Posted by awesomez

I got the droid a while ago and I must say its far superior to any smartphone on the US market today. Yes iPhone 3GS did great for me, but since I got a hold of a droid, I have sold the iphone right away. I don't really want to bash iphone (a lot), I was a fanboy of it but that may be impossible.

Here's my experience with droid:
Exchange Support: Synced with exchange server on first try and hasn't stopped since. I get notification of new emails in 15 seconds or less. Contacts synced, calendar synced, and no matter what they tell you you are able to accept, create appointments.

GPS: Droid is an unlocked phone. Yes you can use GPS. Some have complained that they don't like the map is not aboard the device, but my guess is those are other then verizon wireless customers. I have yet to go outisde of 3G coverage and I go places.

Facebook: Syncs facebook and photos to contacts. Not a heavy user of facebook but it seems to do most of the things you can do on the web site.

Battery Life: Yes battery life is on the low end if you compare it to iphone but you have to understand a few things. Larger superior screen drains batteries. Apps on droid run at all times unless you quit them which normally you don't. That drains battery. iphone can't even run two apps at the same time much less run them in the background while the phone is on standby.

Screen: Superior to iphone. Nothing else to add, just superior.

Keyboard: Software keyboard is at least as good as iphone. You also have a physical one and some people manage to turn this choice into a negative? wtf?

Apps: Any decent app is avaiable and most are free. More free desireable apps then on iphone.

Interface: If you used the two phones and you think iphone interface is better, I can somewhat understand that. Droids interface is customizable though. If i get a call while I am typing a message, when I end the call I am right at the message screen. When I am done I just close it and I am back on the browser where I was before starting the message.

Google Voice App: Free unlimited text messaging anytime anywhere. You no longer have to get verizon's text messaging plans.

Touch Functionality: No difference except iphone has pinch functionallity all around and droid only has the hardware to do that. There are patent issues for google to be able to add it to droid. Some apps are using it though.

So do I think iphone is better at anything then droid? Yes. The iphone hype helped me sell it in less then 24 hours.