Droid X for 2 days, kinda missing Verizon Bold..

[KB3MMX]

No phone is 10 times better than a Bold, and they will SMOKE an android phone in battery life, and screen visibility. I'm not saying that android is a bad phone, as I like them very much, but different phones fit different people. BB's just seem to work better for me with texts, e-mails, and phone calls. Other things, the droid is better, but not those 3 things. Oh, and screen visibility.



"If you only got a half day out of the battery you were doing something wrong."
Half to 3/4 day is all you'll get with stock battery and above-average use.

Maybe 10x is a little extreme but there is no doubt that any Blackberry is a tech antique compared to Android.
As far as texting and email, it is way faster to access and better laid out...the way you want it with ANDROID than using that clunky trackball and Blackberry menu for navigation.

 

[ardoreal]

10x is a little bit mild I think. There's nothing wrong with Blackberry other than it's a dumphone compared to what even a low end LG Ally can do. The guy likes using a wheelbarrow to haul lead bricks 100 miles over a full sized pickup. It's ok, it can be his thing. Nobody said a person can't be a complete moron. He's certainly free to be one.

 

[kj11]

10x is a little bit mild I think. There's nothing wrong with Blackberry other than it's a dumphone compared to what even a low end LG Ally can do. The guy likes using a wheelbarrow to haul lead bricks 100 miles over a full sized pickup. It's ok, it can be his thing. Nobody said a person can't be a complete moron. He's certainly free to be one.

Hahaha...got that right

 

[0pusX]

I love my Droid X but to be honest I miss my BB too. The battery life on this X (as well as my Droid and Droid 2) cannot even come close to matching any of my prior BB's.

I prefer the email and voice call quality of the BB over Droids.

Droids dominate in entertainment arena as far as apps.

 

[tntdroid]

The bb battery does last longer but that's due to it sucking... I use much more data on the x than with my bb. This is due to the x having better and faster internet and also a market that is easy to use and dl are quick. I only give bb a better email experience.

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

 

[dmcman73]

FYI: If you buy something that makes you miss another product that you used to use prior, return it and continue using that prior product. Bought a schick and miss your gilette? Return it....it's a free country and no one is forcing you to use anything. Hell, verizon even gives you 30 days to make sure you like the phone.

Also to those with random reboots, it's not the phone it's the software you loaded. Phone's reboot for a reason, when they are running out of memory to function properly so it forces a reboot to flush it out. My Blackberry's did this when I had way to many picture messages come in and I didn't delete them.

The X is not for you, go back to a blackberry if that's what your used to and like. I'm not trying to be a **** but that is obviously the only thing that will fix things and make it right for you. Not every phone is for everyone, they are not one size fits all.

As for Battery power, I get a full days use out of it just like I got out of my Blackberry AND I use my DX a lot more than I did my Blackberry.

 

[Seymour324]

Battery life on the bb sucked especially on the storm series, the only reason people have good battery life with other bb's is because they do nothing but txt email and voice on it, if you try to do anything mildly straying from a business perspective the battery drains like crazy. As for screen brightness if your outside you have to turn the screen brightness up from the default setting and then it blows the bb out of the water in that category too. I was a former rim fanboy till they released that joke of a phone the torch, putting outdated tech in a phone will get you no where in business, thats why rim's earnings leveled off in the u.s. and they showed growth due to their world market (where there are fewer phone options (india, saudi arabia, to name a few))

 

[dubge]

well as far as battery, after having my droid for the first week and charging it a few time, battery life got better with each charge and the last charge I got 28 hours out of before buying the extended battery, now I have had the extended battery 3.5 days and get less then with the standard so far but I am hoping it gets better, also my usage varies so that will obviously play into it but without a doubt battery life is better then my Blackberry storm and droid 1 and D1 was better then the storm

 

[GatorPT]

i came from blackberry land , and have been with droid x for 8-9 weeks . Was the First to activate at one of our stores in montgomery. And since i have played around with this phone , and made it my own , the battery is GREAT , And thats with moderate useage i get 18-20 hours of battery life. As far as the screen goes , yeah its harder to read in direct sunlight , just turn the brightness up and its better. Can the blackberry shoot movies in 780i? How about 8 mp camera? NO it cant . My X is tuned to FLY , and it even starts up 10 x faster than BB . And there are no more "battery pulls" . Maybe 1 x week . But your right , phones are different for different people .

 

[pappy53]

"As for screen brightness if your outside you have to turn the screen brightness up from the default setting and then it blows the bb out of the water in that category too."

That is BS and you know it.

"10x is a little bit mild I think. There's nothing wrong with Blackberry other than it's a dumphone compared to what even a low end LG Ally can do. The guy likes using a wheelbarrow to haul lead bricks 100 miles over a full sized pickup. It's ok, it can be his thing. Nobody said a person can't be a complete moron. He's certainly free to be one."

Why the personal attacks? I haven't called you a c**ks**ker, have I?

 

[heathro1281]

I think what BB users are missing (I was a crackberry enthusiast prior to the Dx) is the open OS that is Android.

The argument that everything is half-assed is correct, but thats because the Market is full of personalization. The BB doesnt have that many apps because your hands are tied- every BB is a clone of everyother BB, I bet my Android OS and UI looks nothing like anyone elses out there. I can upgrade my keyboard/camera/UI, I can use many different Facebook/MySpace/Twitter apps.

Coming from a BB, I miss the integration of all your accounts and notifications that come from BBs well built OS, but I love more that I can make my phone MINE and have better games, cheaper apps and total customization.

Take your pick.

 

[heathro1281]

"As for screen brightness if your outside you have to turn the screen brightness up from the default setting and then it blows the bb out of the water in that category too."

That is BS and you know it.

"10x is a little bit mild I think. There's nothing wrong with Blackberry other than it's a dumphone compared to what even a low end LG Ally can do. The guy likes using a wheelbarrow to haul lead bricks 100 miles over a full sized pickup. It's ok, it can be his thing. Nobody said a person can't be a complete moron. He's certainly free to be one."

Why the personal attacks? I haven't called you a c**ks**ker, have I?

Stand down, man.

 

[pappy53]

Stand down, man.

So, he can call me a moron, and you tell me to stand down?

 

[heathro1281]

So, he can call me a moron, and you tell me to stand down?

You started cursing, there is no place for that in this thread, not only was it cursing it was degrading. I am all for some damn/*** when necessary, but I just thought you took it a little far.

If you want, you can continue sounding like a fool?

 

[matthewdlyons]

Take it easy people.



I agree with the suggestion to go back to the BlackBerry Bold if you're not feeling the Droid X. It's not for everyone, and that's ok.

FYI pappy53. You said

...I'm not saying that android is a bad phone, as I like them very much, but different phones fit different people. ...

I'm sure you know Android is an operating system, not a phone. Just as a Droid is not an operating system it's a phone. Though it's hard to tell because you wrote android (singular), but used them (plural) in the same sentence.

 

[pappy53]

Take it easy people.


I agree with the suggestion to go back to the BlackBerry Bold if you're not feeling the Droid X. It's not for everyone, and that's ok.

FYI pappy53. You said



I'm sure you know Android is an operating system, not a phone. Just as a Droid is not an operating system it's a phone. Though it's hard to tell because you wrote android (singular), but used them (plural) in the same sentence.

Well, excuse my grammar, but you know what I was saying. Android is a fine system, but BB seems to fit me better. I still have a Droid 2, just in case of change of heart.
These are just phones, so I didn't see the need for a personal attack on me, and I apologize to everyone for my comeback. We can agree to disagree, but leave out the name-calling.

 

[matthewdlyons]

Well, excuse my grammar, but you know what I was saying. Android is a fine system, but BB seems to fit me better. I still have a Droid 2, just in case of change of heart.
These are just phones, so I didn't see the need for a personal attack on me, and I apologize to everyone for my comeback. We can agree to disagree, but leave out the name-calling.

I was asking a legitimate question because I wasn't clear on what you were saying. I'm just curious if you have a Droid 2 and a BlackBerry, why are in the Droid X thread making a case for BlackBerries. Clearly you can post anywhere you want. It just makes me wonder.

I don't see how seeking clarification is personal attack. Further, if you can't handle one person calling you a moron, you might want to reevaluate whether you want to participate in forums. With that said, I agree that they are just phones...hence the graphic I posted.

 

[pappy53]

I was asking a legitimate question because I wasn't clear on what you were saying. I'm just curious if you have a Droid 2 and a BlackBerry, why are in the Droid X thread making a case for BlackBerries. Clearly you can post anywhere you want. It just makes me wonder.

I don't see how seeking clarification is personal attack. Further, if you can't handle one person calling you a moron, you might want to reevaluate whether you want to participate in forums. With that said, I agree that they are just phones...hence the graphic I posted.

I as saying that moron was a personal attack.

" I'm just curious if you have a Droid 2 and a BlackBerry, why are in the Droid X thread making a case for BlackBerries. Clearly you can post anywhere you want. It just makes me wonder."

I just returned an X, and won't have a BB until VZW resets my new every 2, so with me having X experience, and getting a Bold, it seems to fit on this thread.

 

[matthewdlyons]

I as saying that moron was a personal attack.

I got that part earlier, but returning a relatively harmless volley of "moron" with "c__s__ker" is a like bringing a bazooka to a fist fight. A little overkill.

 

[pappy53]

I got that part earlier, but returning a relatively harmless volley of "moron" with "c__s__ker" is a like bringing a bazooka to a fist fight. A little overkill.

I guess that depends on one's interpretation of "moron".