Swapped my Fascinate for a DroidX

[wabadroid]

Went into my Verizon store for my first Droid when my upgrade time came. The salespeople at Verizon were seriously pushing the Fascinate over the DroidX and I drank the Koolaid and walked out with one. Kept it for 3 days, spotty reception at work, no GPS at my house and battery life horrible even with changes in the background, live wallpaper, etc. It's a great phone, just not for my needs.
Took it back and swapped for what I wanted, the Droid X ( salespeople still trying to talk me into staying with Fascinate). LOVE IT ! Reception, GPS blow the Fascinate out of the water and battery life is even MUCH better !
Any thoughts on why the Verizon folks seem to be really pushing the Fascinate? More availability? Higher commission? More profit?? or just the new kid on the block??

 

[packerbacker]

I think the Fascinate is priced higher. I'm glad you like the X better -- if the battery life is a lot better on it than the Fascinate I should've picked it as well. But the X was really never a contender for me because I refused to have another Motorola phone. I'm happy with my choice and I'm glad you're happy with yours.

 

[Bond32]

Someone on these boards posted the results from a reputable website that tests battery life. The results were pretty impressive, given the fascinate wasnt out at the time the droid x stomped all other phones (galaxy S).

 

[wildman]

Went into my Verizon store for my first Droid when my upgrade time came. The salespeople at Verizon were seriously pushing the Fascinate over the DroidX and I drank the Koolaid and walked out with one. Kept it for 3 days, spotty reception at work, no GPS at my house and battery life horrible even with changes in the background, live wallpaper, etc. It's a great phone, just not for my needs.
Took it back and swapped for what I wanted, the Droid X ( salespeople still trying to talk me into staying with Fascinate). LOVE IT ! Reception, GPS blow the Fascinate out of the water and battery life is even MUCH better !
Any thoughts on why the Verizon folks seem to be really pushing the Fascinate? More availability? Higher commission? More profit?? or just the new kid on the block??

From I have notice with Verizon reps they always hype up the new devices even if the device doesn't live up to the hype.. The Fascinate isnt a bad device but I prefer my Droid X.

 

[Adiliyo]

they hype it because it's new, also the rep could have liked samsung.

plus verizon loves bing!


some days i think about getting a fascinate because of the unlocked bootloader, but the battery life on my x keeps me from doing it.

 

[xliderider]

I got 2 Fascinates on release day using the BOGO deal.

I wanted to love the Fascinate, but there were too many software bugs and I wasn't going to be the guy that keeps the device hoping updates will be released to make it better.

Returned my Fascinate after a week for an X and I am happy with my decision. The X is on OTA 2.2, rooted, bootstrapped, deodexed, themed, and fully backed up.

My wife loves her Fascinate, but she had an Eris, so anything is better than that POS, lol.

 

[KB3MMX]

This thread is too funny on a Droid X forum....who could have
guessed the response...!!
LMAO !!
I definetely preffer the X .... hub hub hub , snort snort... lol

 

[Bond32]

Out of 6 posts, 3 of them have/were Fascinate owners... Sounds legit to me?

 

[lookin4fun]

I have both the X and Fascinate, Gave the Fascinate to my dad, He loves is compared to his Pearl. I like the X better other than the Battery life Ive seen the Fascinate go 2 days without a charge where the X with all the same apps loaded can only go 8 to 10 hours! All in All I like both the 2.2 for the X gave me a battery life of about 14 hours so I can live with that!

 

[victormolina15]

it all dpends wether you want the MLED screen or the beast.. the droid X i think verizon just wants to push it out more since it kinda came out right after the droid 2 and x .. theres not going to be many sales on this phone.

 

[albokay]

Did it mention what the default settings were in order to get better battery life? Id love to know b/c my battery life isnt blowing me away. But I do love the phone.

 

[KB3MMX]

it all dpends wether you want the MLED screen or the beast.. the droid X i think verizon just wants to push it out more since it kinda came out right after the droid 2 and x .. theres not going to be many sales on this phone.

HAHA, that's hilarious.