Upgrading from Thunderbolt

[Iceycold]

Posted this in the Thunderbolt forums, but never saw this forum and this is a better place so here we go.

Hello.

I'm VERY sorry I posted this here, I couldn't find another place to post it in, but I figured here's a nice place since you guys are usually speaking about phones better/worse than the thunderbolt. This has to do with verizon anyways too.

So I received news today that I was available for an upgrade I have the thunderbolt now and love it but figured I'd upgrade anyways. Right now, on Verizon what is the best phone ALL around at the moment? I've seen they have a huge arsenal now. Here's what I want:

-Same functionaltly/features as the Tbolt w/4G.
-Good Battery Life
-Fast phone, I know all android phones end up being slow after a while but which phone will hold up?

I don't want an iPhone For specific reasons, I can't stand not being able to have a background with all those icons in the way.

I'm also taking suggestions for other Phone companies, so I'm open to that as well.

I have a few hours to make this choice, so bear with me.

Thanks.

 

[FrankXS]

My honest opinion is to save your upgrade and not to upgrade now. AFAIC, there is no phone on VZW worth spending an upgrade on. As for carrier... well... just depends on your circumstances. I use VZW because I get "more coverage in more places".

BTW, I'm sitting on an available upgrade now too. So, I practice what I preach.

-Frank

 

[Iceycold]

Is there a reason? I mean the phones on VZW look pretty tough now. And I've noticed with android phones is that today we have dual core and in 6 months we have phones with 4GB ram, so you really can't keep up with it.

Still open to suggestions.

 

[Cyber Warrior]

There's never the perfect phone... I wish there were. There's always going to be one spec or feature that's better on one phone than another. If we could take the best from each phone and combine it into one... it would be amazing.

If you had to purchase a phone right this second... I would pick from the Motorolla Droid Razr Maxx, HTC Rezound or the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

They're all fast phones so no need to worry about that... the Razr would have the best battery life.. followed by the Nexus and then the Rezound.

Rezound: http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-rezound-review
Razr: (Maxx is the same with a bigger battery) http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid-razr-review
Nexus: http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus-review

 

[FrankXS]

Is there a reason? I mean the phones on VZW look pretty tough now. And I've noticed with android phones is that today we have dual core and in 6 months we have phones with 4GB ram, so you really can't keep up with it.

Still open to suggestions.

Yes, I have a reason. My reason is that I care about what a phone does, not if it looks "tough". Different strokes for different folks.

-Frank

 

[Iceycold]

Understandable Frank.

Quick question on the galaxy nexus, it says not USB storage, so how in the world am I suppose to get pictures out and in to it for example. I am now choosing between the Razr & the Galaxy Nexus, they seem a hard choice cause it's: No USB storage meaning no file transfer, ics 4.0, not so good camera, good update support history (google phone duh vs. usb storage, better battery, gingerbread, but worse phone support history (motorola). I'm really scratching my head here.

I hear this MTP Android Service from google? What's that, does that allow me to transfer files? It just seems so unreal that a phone like a galxy nexus can't have pictures, music, etc.. transferred to a computer, am I missing something here?

Cyber, I posted this thread on here already so excuse the 2 "Upgrading from Thunderbolt" threads.

 

[FrankXS]

Understandable Frank.

Quick question on the galaxy nexus, it says not USB storage, so how in the world am I suppose to get pictures out and in to it for example. I am now choosing between the Razr & the Galaxy Nexus, they seem a hard choice cause it's: No USB storage meaning no file transfer, ics 4.0, not so good camera, good update support history (google phone duh vs. usb storage, better battery, gingerbread, but worse phone support history (motorola). I'm really scratching my head here.

I hear this MTP Android Service from google? What's that, does that allow me to transfer files? It just seems so unreal that a phone like a galxy nexus can't have pictures, music, etc.. transferred to a computer, am I missing something here?

Cyber, I posted this thread on here already so excuse the 2 "Upgrading from Thunderbolt" threads.

MTP=Media Transfer Protocol (Media Transfer Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

From what I read on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus forum...

MTP works, but is not as polished and convenient as what you may be used to within Windows Explorer's standard file transfer copy/paste environment. Some folks have reported problems. Most are satisfied that they can accomplish what they want. I've read that the main reason for the necessity of using MTP over the traditional method is because the Nexus' storage space is not partitioned into two physical storage volumes (i.e. internal verses external SDcard storage). It is all one big volume. Much of which you do not have access to without root.

The Nexus is reported to have fairly bad signal/reception for both voice and data. A deal breaker for many.

The Nexus is suffering from some of the shut-down/re-boot issues that some of us remember from the early Thunderbolt days. Thankfully most of those are history now with the Thunderbolt's various updates. I personally was never plagued by unexpected shut-downs/restarts.

As for a "Google Phone's" reputation for quick updates, etc... I'll believe it when I see it. The Nexus is still a Samsung phone. the Thunderbolt had 4 or 5 important updates in its first 6 months of life. I think that's stellar!

From what I read on the RAZR forum...

I don't know too much about the Moto RAZR, except that I would not be satisfied with a small internal battery. However, maybe the RAZR MAXX cures that. I dunno... I haven't investigated that.

Additionally, for me, I'm not too keen on a phone even bigger than the Thunderbolt. But I guess that's just me.

-Frank

 

[Iceycold]

Yeah right now the selling point for me is battery life. After some research both phones have what I like. But the Razr Maxx only adds unnoticable thickness (I thought it was the same phone) for a 3300 mAH battery While the galaxy nexus has a 1850 MaH battery but I don't know how it holds up, I'm actually posting the galaxy nexus forums to see.

How has Motorola been with updates in the past?

edit: off to buy the razr maxx, will report back on how it goes. Oh boy, this is gonna be tough teaching my mother how to use a thunderbolt.

 

[adauth]

If you are waiting for the next best device you'll be waiting forever.

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[YourMobileGuru]

If you are waiting for the next best device you'll be waiting forever.

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Yep, as of right now the OP should take a look at the Rezound and the RAZR Max.

That being said if he can wait 3-4 months there will probably be another high end HTC deice (possibly quad core with ICS) coming out.

 

[Jude526]

I had to go to Verizon today. My Bluetooth needed replacing. I.played with the Maxx. Too big. I prefer my Thunderbolt. Very happy with it.

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