Hi,
Posted a question on another thread awhile ago without first doing intro -- so sorry! I guess I've been lurking (sorry, again), but as a noob, been reticent about going public in this tech-savvy community.
Anyway, I've owned a Droid Charge for a little over 2 years. was my first smartphone. Everyone else I knew had apple phones. Am no techie, kinda on the older side, but was tired of dealing with itunes, have a pc, not a mac, so figured I'd try something different. Was very intrigued about using apps for music, fitness, productivity, etc.
My Charge has been so frustrating for the last 4 mos. -- randomly freezing, shutting down and restarting, unable to accommodate 2 apps at once (e.g., songza and runkeeper..., navigation and phone messages...) that the whole reason for having a smartphone is being negated. My daughter has a iphone 5, my son, a samsung gs4, my hubby, a galaxy nexus. -- that said, I'm the one user in the family that has pushed to get the most functionality out of their smartphone universe .
Am looking to move on, but have to pay full price, off-contract to keep unlimited data on Verizon. Am also on a family plan, so switching carriers (rest of family still on contract) not an option.
Looking for advice on new phone and my head is spinning because of commitment I will be making -- cost-wise and time-wise -- worried about ending up with wrong choice for me.
Want to keep to a phone not much bigger than the Charge (I thought that was HUGE at the time I first bought it), because I like using phone one-handed, expect to be able use for fitness (run/walk - with armband or in pocket). Have actually been considering iphone, but need more than 16gb (currently using sd card on Charge with >20gb of music), and cost is prohibitive, plus I don't think I could ever give up SWYPE at this point. Been seriously considering Moto X. Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated!
Posted a question on another thread awhile ago without first doing intro -- so sorry! I guess I've been lurking (sorry, again), but as a noob, been reticent about going public in this tech-savvy community.
Anyway, I've owned a Droid Charge for a little over 2 years. was my first smartphone. Everyone else I knew had apple phones. Am no techie, kinda on the older side, but was tired of dealing with itunes, have a pc, not a mac, so figured I'd try something different. Was very intrigued about using apps for music, fitness, productivity, etc.
My Charge has been so frustrating for the last 4 mos. -- randomly freezing, shutting down and restarting, unable to accommodate 2 apps at once (e.g., songza and runkeeper..., navigation and phone messages...) that the whole reason for having a smartphone is being negated. My daughter has a iphone 5, my son, a samsung gs4, my hubby, a galaxy nexus. -- that said, I'm the one user in the family that has pushed to get the most functionality out of their smartphone universe .
Am looking to move on, but have to pay full price, off-contract to keep unlimited data on Verizon. Am also on a family plan, so switching carriers (rest of family still on contract) not an option.
Looking for advice on new phone and my head is spinning because of commitment I will be making -- cost-wise and time-wise -- worried about ending up with wrong choice for me.
Want to keep to a phone not much bigger than the Charge (I thought that was HUGE at the time I first bought it), because I like using phone one-handed, expect to be able use for fitness (run/walk - with armband or in pocket). Have actually been considering iphone, but need more than 16gb (currently using sd card on Charge with >20gb of music), and cost is prohibitive, plus I don't think I could ever give up SWYPE at this point. Been seriously considering Moto X. Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated!