Will you consider switching from DROID to CDMA Iphone?

[jeffnucci]

I just switched to Verizon and I LOVE the coverage where I'm at (Seattle). I will sell my DROID and buy a CDMA iPhone IF it has multitasking, WAY better battery life, haptic feedback, ability to turn off the accelerometer, etc.

 

[ptfd13]

Right now I am still to fascinated with my Droid. Unless they make quite a few changes to the iPhone i do not see myself switching to it. I will give them credit on an awesome idea years ago but there have not been too many modern updates to it. Droid all the way as of now.

 

[equus]

NO..........
I gave away my iPhone, honestly gave it away to a friend and truthfully I lost a friend. Maybe the hype of the phone was what he was after and as many times I had told him about what it does well and what it cannot do he still wanted that "jesus-phone". Now he thinks I ripped him off and he got stuck with at&t somehow with a contract even though he got his own phone to the party

 

[Dapke36]

Brand loyalty seems to be everyone's downfall here. You're not open to other devices, and you think what you have is the best. I know there are also iPhone/BB/WM users out there, but damn, the elitism I've seen around Android... You boast your open source applications, but the Marketplace is filled with so many crappy, useless apps (i.e. soundboards, task killers), zero decent games, and when you have your backgrounding up and running, you complain about a slow phone. Again, there's a lot of the same elitism surrounding the iPhone and there are a few flaws in the system, but ****, people, where's all this animosity coming from?

/rant

Dude everyone is Elitist. Over at Crackberry, they are "boasting about their apps", etc. Over at Giz, it's everyone with their iPhone. This is not that bad, honestly. There are actually people talking with a civil tone here, which is more than I can say for other forums.

Brand loyalty is always huge. It happens. I know someone who could rant against his old Hero because it had too MUCH stuff, and wasn't the singular app/device that the iPhone is. Animosity comes from everywhere.

 

[Dapke36]

I would never switch, for many reasons. However, one reason that no one has brought up is build quality.

Admittedly, I do not know how well the iPhone holds up, but if it's anything like my crumbling white macbook, my almost-all-metal Droid will last a LOT longer.

 

[darreno1]

Of course not. I don't feel like being an Apple bot. Plus their products are like the idiot books sold at Barnes and Noble, dumbed down for the masses. No thanks.

 

[Corey]

I have an iPod Touch 2G. If it wasn't for the built in Nike+ stuff, I wouldn't use it. My mother and many friends have various versions of the iPhone. It doesn't do anything for me. I'm really not a fan of how the phone works, nor the way it handles email. I'm by no means an Apple hater. My Mac Mini has been excellent and still runs strong after 5 years. I've got 30gig iPod Video, a 60 gig iPod video, and the aforementioned iPod Touch. At the end of the day though, the iPhone does nothing for me. The phone portion sucks, the UI sucks and really, my beloved poo brown 30gig Zune is a superior mp3 player.

 

[sgtturner]

Nope, Staying with my Droid

 

[Chaos5]

Doubt there will ever be a removable battery on Apple products due to them just changing the basic macbook to a uni body shell. Meaning everything that has a battery for Apple now needs to be sent in, taken to an Apple Store, or taken apart yourself thus voiding any warranty.

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

Doubt there will ever be a removable battery on Apple products due to them just changing the basic macbook to a uni body shell. Meaning everything that has a battery for Apple now needs to be sent in, taken to an Apple Store, or taken apart yourself thus voiding any warranty.

AKA, more money in their wallet, which bolsters their quarterly earnings.

 

[doogald]

Doubt there will ever be a removable battery on Apple products due to them just changing the basic macbook to a uni body shell. Meaning everything that has a battery for Apple now needs to be sent in, taken to an Apple Store, or taken apart yourself thus voiding any warranty.

However, it also gives the benefit of having more capacity within the same space as the removable battery in the previous model (talking about the Macbook Pro 13" vs. the previous aluminum MacBook.) And the price that they charge to replace the battery is not different from the cost of a replacement, removable battery. (For the 13" MacBook Pro, the charge is $129 - the exact price of the replacement battery for the 13" MacBook - and the service is done while you wait at an Apple Store.)

I'd say that the same would be true with the iPhone and iPod. By building in a battery that does not need to be designed to be use replaceable, they allow for a larger battery or a smaller space, or both.

Of course, you lose the ability to carry a spare battery, but how many people carry a spare battery and a spare charger which can charge a battery outside the phone, to make sure that the second battery is fully charged?

 

[Dapke36]

However, it also gives the benefit of having more capacity within the same space as the removable battery in the previous model (talking about the Macbook Pro 13" vs. the previous aluminum MacBook.)

Of course, you lose the ability to carry a spare battery, but how many people carry a spare battery and a spare charger which can charge a battery outside the phone, to make sure that the second battery is fully charged?

That is true, you do have a space for a bigger battery in the retooled macbooks. I do think it all comes down to your perspective on technology - do you want to tinker, or do you want the device to just *work*, no questions asked.

I also like the removable battery, because you can always buy a bigger battery to boost capacity.

I do actually know someone who does that - I agree, its not a huge segment, but just having the ability falls under the category I mentioned above.

 

[darreno1]

However, it also gives the benefit of having more capacity within the same space as the removable battery in the previous model (talking about the Macbook Pro 13" vs. the previous aluminum MacBook.) And the price that they charge to replace the battery is not different from the cost of a replacement, removable battery. (For the 13" MacBook Pro, the charge is $129 - the exact price of the replacement battery for the 13" MacBook - and the service is done while you wait at an Apple Store.)

I'd say that the same would be true with the iPhone and iPod. By building in a battery that does not need to be designed to be use replaceable, they allow for a larger battery or a smaller space, or both.

Of course, you lose the ability to carry a spare battery, but how many people carry a spare battery and a spare charger which can charge a battery outside the phone, to make sure that the second battery is fully charged?

The iPhone's battery is not any larger than average. The Palm Pre is a tiny phone and it has a removable battery. And when you carry a spare there is no need to carry a charger usually. The charger stays at home for the most part. A spare will almost guarantee >24 hours or so of heavy use. For hiking or camping or just being away for several days, one can have several charged spares. Or maybe several charged extended batteries. The flexibility and convenience is clear.

Apple just prefers to have as much control as possible. By designing their products this way, they lock themselves (and the user) into their service and replacement services. They get the revenue and no one else. In the end, it's all about Money. Of course determined do-it-yourselfers can pretty much replace anything themselves but that's only a very small minority. Most would prefer to gleefully trot right into their favorite Apple Store.

 

[Roy Aguilera]

Maybe. Not sure.

 

[Chiefvelo#IM]

iphone to limiting. i have tried to go there before but is 'doesn't do' what i need to do and thats not playing stupid games on a phone.

 

[ThirstyTurtle]

I've owned the iPhone 2G, the iPhone 3g, and the iPhone 3GS and the 3GS was the best phone i've ever owned. The only reason I switched is because the iPhone on AT&T sucks ass, I don't know which is more to blame, but when you put them together, I couldn't have more than a 10 minute conversation EVER without dropping a call. If it comes to Verizon, I'll wait a while and make sure that Apple has improved the PHONE part of the iPhone, and if they have, I'm in! Sorry Droid, but you have a little lag on you and you can't FREAKING SCROLL! (Plus no good games and in my experience, crappier battery life)

 

[Charmed Juan]

For me, it's mostly about the display.
The Droid and Nexus have great hi-res screens.
I hope the next gen Iphone has the same res and available on Verizon. If so, then I would give my Droid to my son and take the Iphone.

 

[STC09]

It would depend on whether the iPhone is a world phone. I need CDMA in the US, GSM in Europe, and data in both. I'd prefer an Android phone with those capabilities though.

 

[entwined82]

I've only had my Droid for about 5 days so we'll see. I do love this phone though.

 

[takeshi]

Not until Apple revamps their app approval process. As for the other rumored changes to be included with the rumored CDMA iPhone -- I'll believe those only once I see them.

And really, do you need a removable battery? That's really stupid.

Not as stupid (ignorant would be more accurate) as assuming that a feature you don't need/want that someone else does is "stupid"...

Brand loyalty seems to be everyone's downfall here.

Fanboys are everywhere. Just because they're present on a forum doesn't mean that everyone on the forum is a fanboy. The bigger problem IMO is that most people aren't able to see past their own preferences, whether it's for a brand, feature or whatever. There are, however, exceptions out there that make discussions actually worthwhile.