Would you order iPhone if avaiable at VZW today?

[jcarlosfox]

Dang your phone hobby is expensive...

Actually, having an unreliable phone is a lot more expensive, since I make my living on the phone and on email. The iPhone cost me more money in lost productivity due to dropped calls and unreliable email than 100 early termination fees. It's hard to have people take you seriously when you drop their call several times, or when your email won't load because the attachments are too big.

The Blackberry Tour was a great phone. The Droid-X does everything the Tour did, and more. The iPhone was fun, but the DX has everything it had too - and more.

 

[mflynn]

Interesting thread, I was about to create one myself but the autosearch feature of this forum popped this thread up.

I was thinking of this myself. Would I buy an iPhone 4 on vzw if available.

I like my DX but the iPhone does some things better. Of course DX does some things better as well.

I like the itunes/iphone integration for my music for the iPhone and the beautiful screen the IP4 has even if its smaller.

On the DX side, I like the freedom, and flexibility that I have, in theming, application selection and customizing the OS to how I like it

 

[ultravisitor]

No. I don't use iTunes, and I don't want to be forced to use it for anything.

 

[puyallupn8ive]

I would not give up my DX for an iPhone, I like my DX way more then I like the iPhone.

 

[wildman]

No, I can not see myself jumping to a iPhone, I always thought the original device was a unique ideal until the newness concept went away and after that I simply could not get past the level of restrictions the device had integrated into its design, also I really hate iTunes and how it overrides everything. I love my Droid x and Android gives more flexibility.

 

[ItsaRaid]

Who has control of the IPhone? Verizon or Apple? If Apple Controls the IPhone, you cant go to the Crapper without their permission, the answer is a resounding "No" "Apple has a rotten Core"
If Verizon has control of the IPhone, I would be willing to reconsider my feelings, But I need to know that if I go to Verizon with a Problem on the IPhone, I wont hear, "Im sorry sir, we cant do anything for you, we are under contract with Apple, and they will not permiit us to do anything, your only solution is to contact Apple"
Thats probably the Number1 reason it isnt at Verizon. And as we all know, The Devil (Apple) is in League with the Devil (AT&T) They Both Suck

 

[twinsfan1313]

yes and no

having Been with BB for 7 years.....I would have jumped on the I phone no prob.......but currently having the DX and looking and comparing that to my sis-in-laws i phone....I would never make the move!

 

[LordBlackmore]

I probably would have gotten an iPhone if VZW had it when I got my droid x. Now that I have an android based phone, I wouldn't switch.

 

[pale5151]

iphone vs droid

There would be no possibilty I would opt for iphone. Had all os smartphone butlove google. why would you opt for close locked down system versus open.

 

[ottscay]

I like my DX but the iPhone does some things better. Of course DX does some things better as well.

Fair enough.

I like the itunes/iphone integration for my music for the iPhone and the beautiful screen the IP4 has even if its smaller.

I don't like iTunes at all, and I'm thrilled to ditch it (although I'm waiting for Google Music this winter), but I agree that iTunes is very popular, and that's a major way that Apple traps people into their ecosystem. There are some decent iTunes sync apps out there for Android phones as well, but obviously it's not as seamless as the iPhone/iTunes integration.

On the DX side, I like the freedom, and flexibility that I have, in theming, application selection and customizing the OS to how I like it

I like those things too. And that the flexibility extends to even very core parts of the OS, like the launcher or the email client. This is why I feel that Android phones are true mobile computing devices, while iPhones are best thought of as mobile tech appliances. Now there's nothing wrong with an appliance, and often if you just want them to do what their core features are (e.g. cooling food, or playing iTunes) they are easier to use within that scope. And I don't begrudge anyone who wants one. But personally I really don't consider the iPhone to even be in the same product space as the DX, even if the people who are interested in them overlap to some degree.

Anyways, I really don't think we're going to see a VZW iPhone this winter, and even if we do I don't think it will be a game changer in any way.

 

[mflynn]

I like those things too. And that the flexibility extends to even very core parts of the OS, like the launcher or the email client. This is why I feel that Android phones are true mobile computing devices, while iPhones are best thought of as mobile tech appliances. Now there's nothing wrong with an appliance, and often if you just want them to do what their core features are (e.g. cooling food, or playing iTunes) they are easier to use within that scope. And I don't begrudge anyone who wants one. But personally I really don't consider the iPhone to even be in the same product space as the DX, even if the people who are interested in them overlap to some degree.

Agreed, and this is why I've gone over to android from the iPhone in the first place. I picked up a Nexus a while back and enjoyed using that phone to a great degree. That phone is the pinnacle of customization, due to its ease of rooting and modding. I opted for the Droid X because of the VZW network and larger screen.

Don't get me wrong, I don't regret the droid x, but I have struggled with syncing my music. I now use Salling media sync and that seems to work well. DoubleTwist which seems to be the popular choice was buggier and never really synced my entire playlists. That is, the playlists came over but the music itself was partially sync. I only have non-drm music so it wasn't drm songs choking it.

While I haven't heard too much details about google's music approach what I have heard is 25 bucks a month and it will be on the cloud. If its like the zune where I have continue a subscription to access my music, I don't want it. At least with iTunes, I keep the music no matter if I stop using iTunes.

 

[ottscay]

Ok, everything you are reading right now stems from an article written by Billboard, which you can read here.

I should also note that while Billboard has impeccable inside sources for the music industry, this is leaking during ongoing negotiations, so this could change. There are two main parts to Google Music, and I think they'll be well worthwhile:

1) A music store much like iTunes, but accessed through a browser (and/or a mobile app on your phone). They hope to let you preview an entire song once before you have to buy it. You will be able to buy (and download) and own the song for a price competative with iTunes. You may also be able to do a Zune-like subscriptions service, that hasn't been detailed.

2) There will be a cloud-based "storage locker". For $25 a year (not month!) Google hopes to make available to any browser (or mobile device) that you sign in to the music you buy, plus any music you own on your computer. That would be all DRM-free music + any DRMed music that the industry agrees to (word is iTunes DRM is supposed to be included). So that would be the "syncing" part of it, where all of your music is available from the cloud on your phone, and of your computers, or any other device with a browser.

Presumably there will be a limit to how many people can be logged into your account simultaneously (I'd guess 2 or 3) to prevent you from pooling your accounts with that of many other friends, relatives, etc. You will also have the option of downloading your music onto your phone or computer so you have local copies if you want, but if you own tons of music you won't have to store it all if you don't want to.

If they manage to get this list of things in, I know I can pledge many years of dropping $25 a year. It will also neatly remove the tether for millions of people to iTunes in one fell swoop. Of course Apple is trying to get a cloud-based service to market as well, and people will have different preferences. But like I said, if they pull this off as leaked they can count me as a customer.

 

[Xtgirl]

I'm surprised to say no... I waited for years for the iPhone to come to vzw and just couldn't wait anymore...

I love the freedom of android...the apps are about the same and cheaper or free...

The only things that I wish android did better...syncing with the computer ie music etc...and the keyboard gives me fits on the x.. I can never get it to recognize a space and it always types tge...so texting is a lot more frustrating..otherwise I'm really happy..

I still have an iPad though.....

 

[lewwill]

I've had my X since7/16 (I reserved it on the 15th) and love it. Big learning curve but it has been working perfectly and none of the troubles I see posted other than Smart Profile which I disabled. 4 email addys all working great.

 

[jsaren]

Had the iphone 4 for a week right before I bought the droid x brought it back a week later never looked back