I am upgrading from the original Moto Droid
I have no preference of brand, just features. My original droid only had about 200 mb of phone storage space and I could not load any new apps or even do updates without the low space warning. When the rezound came out, I could not find anyone with a working device I could play with. I read the specs on both and they seem close enough that either would be fine. I purchased the GN the day it came out so I don't have a lot of time on it. Number one to me it is a phone. If it doesn't get a good signal, or the battery doesn't last I can't use it. The 4G is known to drain more battery, that is fine as long as they offer a battery that is large enough to offset this. The GN only offers a slightly larger extended battery, if they offered about double the size like the rezound I would feel better about the GN. My signal level seems lower than I think it should be. In the settings under signal level I have been in the middle of the city with -119. I travel to a lot of out of the way places and need a phone with good reception. I am hoping the rezound has better reception. I know it has twice the extended battery available. I will probably go to the rezound if I can't get good reception or the battery doesn't last. I know there will be a few early tweeks via updates and I have until mid Jan to exchange it. If signal and battery life don't improve it looks like I may trade in my GN for a rezound.
GN - ICS is good, I like the interface.
GN has 32GB of combined storage, which means if you wanted to load 32 GB of apps you could. As I found out on my OG, most apps will not install to external storage, so the rezound actually has half the usable app room, but should be plenty large. I do like the idea of being able to put a large external storage chip in. If I actually dropped my GN phone and broke it beyond it being able to boot as a drive and retrieve my data, that would be bad. The rezound I feel I could peel off the peices of phone, retrieve my memory card and load it up into a usb reader to retrieve my data. If I stay with the GN I will just have to back up more often. If you somehow use the cloud to store your things that might be a safety measure too.
I like being able to bump my GN phone with another and share an app, web site, etc. I also like the idea of being able to use the NFC for transactions.
4G is fast, probably so on all 4G phones but I had no problems on GN pulling 15mb speeds with a good signal.
GN signal seems weak in many locations but I need to do more testing.
The GN speaker sounds low end, even compared to my OG Droid. I tested the rezound in the store and the sound seemed much better. I find myself many times with spare time waiting for something, and it is nice to have a video collection or audio collection to watch and listen to. My OG droid did fine with this, I thought the GN would sound better.
The GN camera seems to not be real clear, especially when taking a photo into any light. I know you normally don't shoot into light, but I tested the rezound at the Verizon store and the GN side by side. The photo I took of the front of the store had white light washing everything out with the GN, the rezound actually looked very clear even when I zoomed in on the photo I had taken I could see the people with no glare. Some say it is a phone and they will bring a real camera for pics, but I rarely have my camera available when I see something I want to photograph. I have a nice digital SLR, a good point and shoot camera, and I take most photo's with my phone because that is what I have with me when the photo presents itself.
I have no preference of brand, just features. My original droid only had about 200 mb of phone storage space and I could not load any new apps or even do updates without the low space warning. When the rezound came out, I could not find anyone with a working device I could play with. I read the specs on both and they seem close enough that either would be fine. I purchased the GN the day it came out so I don't have a lot of time on it. Number one to me it is a phone. If it doesn't get a good signal, or the battery doesn't last I can't use it. The 4G is known to drain more battery, that is fine as long as they offer a battery that is large enough to offset this. The GN only offers a slightly larger extended battery, if they offered about double the size like the rezound I would feel better about the GN. My signal level seems lower than I think it should be. In the settings under signal level I have been in the middle of the city with -119. I travel to a lot of out of the way places and need a phone with good reception. I am hoping the rezound has better reception. I know it has twice the extended battery available. I will probably go to the rezound if I can't get good reception or the battery doesn't last. I know there will be a few early tweeks via updates and I have until mid Jan to exchange it. If signal and battery life don't improve it looks like I may trade in my GN for a rezound.
GN - ICS is good, I like the interface.
GN has 32GB of combined storage, which means if you wanted to load 32 GB of apps you could. As I found out on my OG, most apps will not install to external storage, so the rezound actually has half the usable app room, but should be plenty large. I do like the idea of being able to put a large external storage chip in. If I actually dropped my GN phone and broke it beyond it being able to boot as a drive and retrieve my data, that would be bad. The rezound I feel I could peel off the peices of phone, retrieve my memory card and load it up into a usb reader to retrieve my data. If I stay with the GN I will just have to back up more often. If you somehow use the cloud to store your things that might be a safety measure too.
I like being able to bump my GN phone with another and share an app, web site, etc. I also like the idea of being able to use the NFC for transactions.
4G is fast, probably so on all 4G phones but I had no problems on GN pulling 15mb speeds with a good signal.
GN signal seems weak in many locations but I need to do more testing.
The GN speaker sounds low end, even compared to my OG Droid. I tested the rezound in the store and the sound seemed much better. I find myself many times with spare time waiting for something, and it is nice to have a video collection or audio collection to watch and listen to. My OG droid did fine with this, I thought the GN would sound better.
The GN camera seems to not be real clear, especially when taking a photo into any light. I know you normally don't shoot into light, but I tested the rezound at the Verizon store and the GN side by side. The photo I took of the front of the store had white light washing everything out with the GN, the rezound actually looked very clear even when I zoomed in on the photo I had taken I could see the people with no glare. Some say it is a phone and they will bring a real camera for pics, but I rarely have my camera available when I see something I want to photograph. I have a nice digital SLR, a good point and shoot camera, and I take most photo's with my phone because that is what I have with me when the photo presents itself.
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