Have to swap phones today. Infuse?

[tunie]

Today is day 30 for me after picking up the Atrix at Costco. I can't type on the Atrix. It's just too frustrating. The keyboard is simply too small. I've gotten better at it, but not nearly good enough for business use. It drops calls constantly, which rarely happened with my BB. I can't video chat with clients because their company network policies prevent them from using anything but Skype and I can't use Skype on the Atrix. Lastly, sound issues was the final straw. That said, the Atrix -more- than makes up for what I miss about BB. It's an awesome phone and I'd keep it, but for the size so today, I'm going to swap out my Atrix for the Infuse, I think. I am very concerned about battery life and build. Coming from BB, I'm concerned about selecting the right Android phone. I need a bigger screen to make typing easier. Since I have to do the swap today, do you think the Infuse is the right way to go? How is Samsung's quality? They make outstanding monitors, but phones? I've read some not so good things about issues with Samsung phones in the past. That does scare me a little. I know they've all had issues, but I'm hoping the Infuse won't have deal breaker issues.

Is there a consensus about the Infuse? Better than Atrix? What's bad about the phone? Dual core doesn't mean much to me because my Atrix lags all the time but, will the Infuse lag worse since it's not dual core? I upgrade about every 2 -3 years or so, so will the Infuse last me that long?

What do all you experts think of the Infuse? I don't play games. I use my phone as a business phone. A lot of emailing, Internet and video conferencing.

Should I take the plunge?

 

[zhelf]

infuse is not out until the 15 sorry

but i personally love samsung devices and will most likely pick one up sunday! alongside a new xoom we shall see

its a great phone and dual core right now is really only beneficial in gaming as most taks have yet to optimize for it so we might see more dual core support in gingerbread or ice cream sandwich.

dude how big are your hands? im 6'3 300lbs and i can type on the atrix fine hell ive been able to use the iphone,storm, and other smaller touchscreen phones with no issues. lol

 

[tunie]

infuse is not out until the 15 sorry

but i personally love samsung devices and will most likely pick one up sunday! alongside a new xoom we shall see

its a great phone and dual core right now is really only beneficial in gaming as most taks have yet to optimize for it so we might see more dual core support in gingerbread or ice cream sandwich.

dude how big are your hands? im 6'3 300lbs and i can type on the atrix fine hell ive been able to use the iphone,storm, and other smaller touchscreen phones with no issues. lol

I got my Costco coupon book and clipped the coupon for $30 off the Infuse starting May 12. I thought they might have gotten it early. Oh well. I did decide to pick up the Infuse mainly because of the larger screen and onboard memory. I do wish it had a notification light, but I'll get over it. Coming from Blackberry, I spent 5 years relying on those notification lights.

Sheesh, I'm not a dude...I guess I picked the wrong username lol My hands aren't big but, going from the most awesome physical keyboard ever designed on a phone to a touchscreen keyboard was a bit of a shock to the system. I used to type emails and texts like lightening without even looking at the phone. Can't do that with touchscreen. I just want bigger keys so I'll make fewer mistakes. I'm keyboard challenged! lol I'm going to grab the Infuse...just hope they update the OS soon.

 

[zhelf]

Lol my bad.

Yea its hard going bb keyboard to touchscreen but ull get used to it after using it enough. And the android autocorrect is great in helping with misspelling.

 

[tunie]

Lol my bad.

Yea its hard going bb keyboard to touchscreen but ull get used to it after using it enough. And the android autocorrect is great in helping with misspelling.

I'm pretty much over my heartbreak over losing the physical keyboard. I did get better on the touchscreen keyboard, but it's still a drag having to watch everything I type. Still, the Atrix interface buries BB and I'm never going back! Even if Samsung isn't great about updating their products in a timely way, that's not a big deal for me. RIM barely updates their phones at all and when they do, it's hard to tell what was updated!

 

[zhelf]

thats true i remember my old BB days on the 8330 and the updates were far from timely. but with bb's unless you went from say 3.x.x to 5.x.x meaning full new series the changes were minimal but android is still young so every update is helpful.

if you werent on at&t i would say go for a slider android device like the droid 2 global or the epic 4g, and be able to have a keyboard option.

 

[Nchaka]

If you want to update the software a root is available for the Infuse
Samsung Infuse 4G rooted via SuperOneClick | Android Community
I don't know if they have Gingerbread for it yet, but it probably won't be long.
Also check with Costco, maybe you could get the phone early. There a few threads where people have been able to get the a phone before release date just by asking for it.

 

[reefrunway]

Nice to know there is a way to root it already! But since AT&T is allowing sideloading , not sure I'll have the need to root. I guess if there's a ton of annoying bloatware I would want to root it (so I could delete or freeze it).

 

[zhelf]

Nice to know there is a way to root it already! But since AT&T is allowing sideloading , not sure I'll have the need to root. I guess if there's a ton of annoying bloatware I would want to root it (so I could delete or freeze it).

honestly the phones have gotten so good with memory and speed i never usually root my daily drivers and just ignore it using launcher pro and it has never slowed me down.