The Droid DNA represents a compromise for me personally. It's the device to serve me for a year until I can get another Nexus device.
My current device is the Galaxy Nexus. On Verizon. Ugh....
Battery life: poor.
Camera: uh...okay in the right lighting.
Screen: great last year, now its not so great.
Build: though made of plastic, it has proven very resilient.
Performance: really good with the JB update.
Network Speed: excellent.
That last reason....oh, that last reason...those damn LTE speeds! It's become so fundamental in my use of my device, that I couldn't go back to anything less. I seriously considered StraightTalk. But their speeds in my area just aren't up to snuff. Why have a phone with such great internals and with such a beautiful screen that can't take advantage of high speed connections.
Yet, for many, StraightTalk and other prepaid networks are providing good enough service, and for those of you who can go that route, more power to you. Wish I was in the same boat.
Instead, I'm having to sacrifice great, quick updates from Google to have a device that's useful to me now. And you know what....?
I don't think I really mind.
Jelly Bean has more than enough currently to keep me happy. With Google Now being able to be updated separately from the core OS, its even better. I'm hoping and thinking that this trend will continue.
Also, I have a strong feeling that next years Nexus will definitely have LTE.
So until then....I'm fine with compromise. How about you guys?
My current device is the Galaxy Nexus. On Verizon. Ugh....
Battery life: poor.
Camera: uh...okay in the right lighting.
Screen: great last year, now its not so great.
Build: though made of plastic, it has proven very resilient.
Performance: really good with the JB update.
Network Speed: excellent.
That last reason....oh, that last reason...those damn LTE speeds! It's become so fundamental in my use of my device, that I couldn't go back to anything less. I seriously considered StraightTalk. But their speeds in my area just aren't up to snuff. Why have a phone with such great internals and with such a beautiful screen that can't take advantage of high speed connections.
Yet, for many, StraightTalk and other prepaid networks are providing good enough service, and for those of you who can go that route, more power to you. Wish I was in the same boat.
Instead, I'm having to sacrifice great, quick updates from Google to have a device that's useful to me now. And you know what....?
I don't think I really mind.
Jelly Bean has more than enough currently to keep me happy. With Google Now being able to be updated separately from the core OS, its even better. I'm hoping and thinking that this trend will continue.
Also, I have a strong feeling that next years Nexus will definitely have LTE.
So until then....I'm fine with compromise. How about you guys?