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feuervogel) wrote2012-06-06 09:10 am
feuervogel) wrote2012-06-06 09:10 am
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For those of you who have been following the saga of my Samsung Captivate and how I want to set it on fire, it's been acting weirder than usual, even after I got D to root it and put CyanogenMod 7 on it. Like, it gets really laggy, and at random it crashes to the skateboarding android boot screen. At 1 am, which wakes me up. This morning, it got stuck in a boot loop until I popped the battery. (The last time that happened, I had to re-flash it from recovery mode and lost 3 months' worth of data.)
As much as I hate the wastefulness of getting a new phone every two years, this phone just really sucks, and I can't even justify keeping it because it's a perfectly good phone. It's shit.
So, I need to decide between AT&T's Android offerings, the best of which right now is the Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (the Galaxy Note is too big, and too expensive at $249), and an iPhone. (The Galaxy S3 was just released, and it's $199, the same as a low-end iPhone 4S. However, I am extremely reluctant to get another new-hardware phone, based on how fucking broken the Captivate/Galaxy S was at launch. You may recall I used my warranty replacement TWICE in three months.)
Pros of Android:
- seamless integration with gmail, gcal, gmail contacts, gtalk
- I'm comfortable and familiar with it
- I like widgets
- I can get a refurbished Galaxy S2 for $9.99 online (though that is kind of terrifying; the phones I replaced under warranty because they had the randomly-powers-off bug could be resold as "refurbished.")
Cons of Android:
- can't update the software without Windows (thank you, Samsung)
Pros of iPhone:
- can update using my MacBook
- just fucking works
Cons of iPhone:
- doesn't sync gmail contacts (afaik)
- requires workarounds to make gcal work
- I don't really use my phone to listen to music
- not sure I can back up my saved data (Angry Birds, and, dammit, I have a lot of hard 3-stars on that)
So, friends, tell me: have any of you switched from Android to iPhone? Are my fears justified? Should I be concerned about the new hardware issue on the Galaxy S3 (same price as iPhone 4S!) What other questions should I be asking myself?
I'm ready to throw this piece of crap across the room. Help me decide what phone to get next, internet.
As much as I hate the wastefulness of getting a new phone every two years, this phone just really sucks, and I can't even justify keeping it because it's a perfectly good phone. It's shit.
So, I need to decide between AT&T's Android offerings, the best of which right now is the Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (the Galaxy Note is too big, and too expensive at $249), and an iPhone. (The Galaxy S3 was just released, and it's $199, the same as a low-end iPhone 4S. However, I am extremely reluctant to get another new-hardware phone, based on how fucking broken the Captivate/Galaxy S was at launch. You may recall I used my warranty replacement TWICE in three months.)
Pros of Android:
- seamless integration with gmail, gcal, gmail contacts, gtalk
- I'm comfortable and familiar with it
- I like widgets
- I can get a refurbished Galaxy S2 for $9.99 online (though that is kind of terrifying; the phones I replaced under warranty because they had the randomly-powers-off bug could be resold as "refurbished.")
Cons of Android:
- can't update the software without Windows (thank you, Samsung)
Pros of iPhone:
- can update using my MacBook
- just fucking works
Cons of iPhone:
- doesn't sync gmail contacts (afaik)
- requires workarounds to make gcal work
- I don't really use my phone to listen to music
- not sure I can back up my saved data (Angry Birds, and, dammit, I have a lot of hard 3-stars on that)
So, friends, tell me: have any of you switched from Android to iPhone? Are my fears justified? Should I be concerned about the new hardware issue on the Galaxy S3 (same price as iPhone 4S!) What other questions should I be asking myself?
I'm ready to throw this piece of crap across the room. Help me decide what phone to get next, internet.
Re: iPhone
The HTC One X gets decent reviews, though its battery life is kind of awful. It's also $199. A friend likes her older model HTC, and she says hers updates over the air (on Verizon).
At this stage, all I can do is drag Ben to the AT&T store with me so I can touch all the phones and bounce things off him and avoid pushy salespeople. I really like the Galaxy S series; they're very nice phones. I just hate that I can't update them on my computer. And also the broken hardware thing.
Analysis paralysis!
Re: iPhone
The battery life on the iPhone is great (especially since I came off a Samsung that I was lucky to get 9 hours out of).
You might also want to go to a Best Buy Mobile, if there's one near you. I got *really* good service from them, they weren't at all pushy, and they knew a LOT about a LOT of phones. Plus they managed to hook me up with extra money off.
Re: iPhone
My current phone gets between 22 and 26 hours on a charge, less if I'm actively using it. Which isn't awful, but it's not that great, either. And I used to get about 48 hours on one charge.
There *is* a BBM near us, not any closer or further than the AT&T store, really. Can they do upgrades on phones with grandfathered plans? We have a really old, cheap plan that they don't offer anymore, and I'd like to keep it.
Re: iPhone