Switching carriers inspired both OS switches. I was on At&t with the Bold 9000, I saw a way to save money, so I was going to Sprint. Sprint didnt have the Bold at that time, so the only options were the boring curve, or this unique looking flip phone. The BB flip phone was cool, it had a full QWERTY keyboard, and a newer BB OS than the bold. I went into the Sprint store to look around and I tried the WP7. I loved it, but was scared to pull the trigger, so I got the bb flip.
I liked it, especially for making actual phone calls. But the OS was terrible at web pages, and the screen was tiny and I got tired of people asking me if had an old flip phone.
So I found a HTC Arrive on eBay and snatched it up.
I loved that phone, but the speaker wore out, and it had random quirks. I am not sure if the issues were WP7, Sprint, or HTC. Sprint wasnt making any new WP8 phones, so I started looking at other carriers.
That Samsung commercial about people standing in line had a kid with a GSIII and a flip cover. And I just thought that cover was so cool. So I googled around and started reading about other phones.
Then everyone raved about the SGN2, with the size being the only complaint. While Christmas shopping I saw in it best buy, gave it a test drive then obsessed over it for weeks on end.
Then I finally bailed on Sprint and jumped to Tmo and Android
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