vzwuser76
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Re: Keep or Return for Nexus 5: What's the future?
For me, it was a combination of a couple things where Apple lost me. The first was the AT&T exclusivity agreement. At the time, Verizon and Alltel were the only game in town where I live. So I started looking at other options. I tried one of the "iPhone killers", the LG Dare, but it ended up going back to Verizon within 24 hours. After that I was waiting for the iPhone to show on Verizon. I was chomping at the bit for it to get there, but every rumor of it coming to Verizon fell through.
Then my iPod crapped out on me and I sent it in for warranty repair to replace the battery and hard drive (iPod classic). When I got it back I went to sync my media, but even though it accepted my login, for some reason it wouldn't recognize me as the legitimate owner of the music and videos I purchased through iTunes. I went through the support section with no luck, so I emailed support to talk to one of their "experts". After a week of him sending me various links to their support section (which I had told him I'd already gone through) he told me I'd need to repurchase my media. So I asked how that would work, would they credit me the total so I could repurchase it, etc. I was told they couldn't do that and I'd have to do it on my own dime. I had a little over $100 worth of media, and he wanted me to pay that again for what was essentially a problem on their end. That was the nail in the coffin for me, I'd never deal with iTunes or anything like it again (like the Zune).
I looked at the BB Storm2, and the HTC Tilt Pro2 on WM6.5. Neither of those really did it for me, they didn't have a TP2 to try in the store, and BB's Sure press sounded good in theory, but was horribly executed. The Verizon salesman directed me to Android. I'd never heard of it other than the obnoxious Droid commercials (my thought at the time). They had the Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris. I almost jumped on the Moto, but he said to wait a few months when the newer models came out. In the meantime I found forums like Android Central and Phandroid and learned whatever I could. I ended up with the Droid Incredible and never looked back.
Since them I've had 4 HTCs, 1 Samsung, and 2 Motos (my discounted Moto X will arrive today). I still love my Droid Maxx, but at that price and with 5 lines I couldn't pass it up (we're still on unlimited data with a $20 data discount per line, so full retail, eBay, and craigslist are our only options). I still have my Incredible, being my first smartphone. And it's kinda nice to be able to fire it up and see how far Android has come from those days.
That's exactly what happened to me with Apple. AT&T had TERRIBLE coverage in my area at the time so Verizon was the only carrier that made sense. I almost switched to AT&T because I really lusted after an iphone and was nearly ready to sacrifice decent service in order to have a cool phone
Back then NOTHING came close to the slippery goodness of the iphone and the first thing offered on Verizon that was even close was the Palm pre. I won't bore you with the craptastic "iphone killers" that Verizon offered before that
For me, it was a combination of a couple things where Apple lost me. The first was the AT&T exclusivity agreement. At the time, Verizon and Alltel were the only game in town where I live. So I started looking at other options. I tried one of the "iPhone killers", the LG Dare, but it ended up going back to Verizon within 24 hours. After that I was waiting for the iPhone to show on Verizon. I was chomping at the bit for it to get there, but every rumor of it coming to Verizon fell through.
Then my iPod crapped out on me and I sent it in for warranty repair to replace the battery and hard drive (iPod classic). When I got it back I went to sync my media, but even though it accepted my login, for some reason it wouldn't recognize me as the legitimate owner of the music and videos I purchased through iTunes. I went through the support section with no luck, so I emailed support to talk to one of their "experts". After a week of him sending me various links to their support section (which I had told him I'd already gone through) he told me I'd need to repurchase my media. So I asked how that would work, would they credit me the total so I could repurchase it, etc. I was told they couldn't do that and I'd have to do it on my own dime. I had a little over $100 worth of media, and he wanted me to pay that again for what was essentially a problem on their end. That was the nail in the coffin for me, I'd never deal with iTunes or anything like it again (like the Zune).
I looked at the BB Storm2, and the HTC Tilt Pro2 on WM6.5. Neither of those really did it for me, they didn't have a TP2 to try in the store, and BB's Sure press sounded good in theory, but was horribly executed. The Verizon salesman directed me to Android. I'd never heard of it other than the obnoxious Droid commercials (my thought at the time). They had the Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris. I almost jumped on the Moto, but he said to wait a few months when the newer models came out. In the meantime I found forums like Android Central and Phandroid and learned whatever I could. I ended up with the Droid Incredible and never looked back.
Since them I've had 4 HTCs, 1 Samsung, and 2 Motos (my discounted Moto X will arrive today). I still love my Droid Maxx, but at that price and with 5 lines I couldn't pass it up (we're still on unlimited data with a $20 data discount per line, so full retail, eBay, and craigslist are our only options). I still have my Incredible, being my first smartphone. And it's kinda nice to be able to fire it up and see how far Android has come from those days.
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