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Okay girls... FI and I have been engaged in an epic battle for a few months now about what our next cell phone will be. Ironic that we had 0 battle about what house to buy.... :)
Anyways. I have ATT and I really want an iphone. He has verizon and he wants to get a droid. We both agree that we need to AGREE and get on a plan together to save money. Our plans are up this summer. I'll list our pros and cons below, of which we mostly agree. But I would LOVE to hear from iphone and droid users to see if we're missing any important arguments!
IPHONE:
Pros:
I love the iphone, but AT&T doesn't have the best service. Lately my calls are always getting dropped. The internet can be slow depending where you are. I work in a building with 22 floors and the phone doesn't always get service. My state and most of the states around me are on the slow edge network, except for some of the bigger cities which will get 3G.
Verizon shows their little maps in their commercials and it does look like they offer better coverage.
I have always avoided Verizon ever since I heard this a few years ago. I'm sure the people at AT&T don't always know how to calculate things either. But when I heard that clip I've always been scared of Verizon.
omg haha i saw that clip on failblog a while ago and it is still my favorite thing on the internet. that = every interaction i have with customer service people.
I haven't really tried the Droid, but i LOVE my iphone. I do not ever use my ipod anymore...I even run with my iphone for music. My Facebook app has started freezing recently, but even that has not made me upset. I do drop calls occasionally, but not much more than any other service I've been on. (I hap Sprint before.) I also get a 10% discount for being a teacher, yay! I pay a little under 100, but I could probably reduce my text plan and save more.
I have always had Verizon and have never had a problem with service except for 2 dead zones in the city where we used to live. They weren't very big areas though. Personally, I am waiting until they move the iPhone over to Verizon (they are talking about developing one for Verizon).
I would check on the DRIOD being $20 less, because I work in the cell phone field and I'm 99% sure the data plans are the same price for Iphone or DROID/Blackberry, etc. Service depends on where you live, because those Verizon maps are not completely accurate.
With the DROID you cannot check email while on the phone, with the Iphone you can. Also, Verizon extends your contract any time you change ANYTHING on your acount (texting plans, minutes, etc.) AT&T allows you to change your account features without affecting your contract.
i love my iphone and i cant live without it. i have great service with it. i had never had any problem with the service. even inside my school that nobody gets service i have service. im cant see how i will function without my iphone
@miss cheeky- good eye missy ;) The plans are EXACTLY the same cost for 1400 min/unlimited text/data. The reason that verizon would be $20 less is because verizon has a mid-level text plan we could downgrade to (att's 200 would not be sufficient), and because FI gets a corporate discount that is better at verizon than at att (20% at both, but att doesn't apply the discount to the iphone data plan. losers! lol)
@Miss Cheeky: Verizon does not increase the contract when you change anything anymore. They have a new policy where you just keep your contract the same length even if you make changes. I made a ton of changes on my old plan and the length of the contract wasn't changed.
Actually the company discount is applied to the Iphone data, they just don't apply to texting. That makes sense though about the lower texting plans with Verizon.
@MissAsB I didn't know they changed that! Thanks for letting me know, because I always had Verizon and hated when they did that. I always thought it was sneaky.
I haven't used the droid either, but I adore my iPhone. Also, I honestly don't know why people complain about AT&T coverage...I have had it for years living in various places, and have had no problems. Maybe I just haven't lived/traveled to the areas where its bad...
AT&T customer service on the other hand, sucks the big one...but I've rarely had to deal with them.
@miss cheeky hmmm i will have to look into that. they said the discount was applied only to your basic plan + add ons over 30 that are NOT iphone data plans.
I have AT&T on the east coast, so unless it is different where you are then maybe someone just gave you wrong information! The discounts just don't normally apply to regular data on a standard phone or texting, but for the Iphone since it's $30 it would apply. (I have friends that work at AT&T)
My fiance has an iphone, and I'm on Sprint - it's pretty rare for me to have service and him not to. He doesn't drop calls very often either! He loves his iphone!
#teamiPhone
I love my iPhone. I think the convienience is worth the money in the end. You pay a little more, but you get a lot more out of the phone!
I love my Droid. We have great service through Verizon. My internet is really fast compared to my friends with iPhones. I love having a real keyboard (although FI can't type on it because his fingers are too fat).
Can I also just say that I love that every 3rd person doesn't have my phone?
I'll admit that I think the iPhone looks cooler, but you can't really beat the thousands of free Apps in the Android marketplace, and how smooth the whole systems runs.
I love that thing. Especially after the DEVIL of a BlackBerry Storm I had before this phone.
(Ooh, also, my Camera on my Droid is so nice that I can use it instead of a digital camera! iPhone's cam is only 3mp, Droid's is 5mp)
Also, if you want to store music on it, it's expandable to 32 GB. So my former collection of digital camera, iPod and phone are now just reduced to my Droid. Oh, and GPS too..Haha
I can't even begin to tell you how much I LOOOOOOVVVVEEEE my iPhone.
Team iPhone!! Apple just announced the new ipone (OS4) which will be shipping this summer!!!
Especially since I just downloaded (only 3.99!) the best couch 2 5k app ever :D
I haven't ever used the DROID though, so I have nothing to compare it too. I do know in my house in LA I can't get any Verizon service but I get perfect at&t service. When I lived in Tucson I could only get Verizon service and at&t sucked. It really just depends where you live.
i'm an avid apple lover. i wouldn't trade my mac for anything. that being said, i would get the droid. ATT blows. sorry if that's offensive to anyone, but everyone i know with iphones has nothing but trouble with their service. if the iphone was on verizon, i would recommend it, but sadly it's not. i've heard really good reviews for the droid, plus i have verizon and can attest to it's awesome coverage and speediness. there's a new droid phone coming out called the incredible and it's similar to the iphone in a lot of ways - easy browsing, TONS of apps, etc. you should check that out. i think once you get verizon you'll realize how terrible your service really was.
i have heard rumors of the iphone coming to verizon... they're probably not true, but one can dream!
All I know is that I hated having AT&T back in the day. Once I switched to Verizon I never looked back! So, since you said yourself that Verizon is cheaper and has better service, why don't you just switch and hope that the iPhone comes to Verizon by this summer like some of the rumors are saying?
Also, I have a set of cousins...one sister has the iPhone, the other sister has the Droid...they BOTH say that they prefer using the Droid over the iPhone. So yeah, more food for thought...
@JanieLeigh: It REALLY depends where you live how bad ATT service is. I have perfect service where I live now, but had sucky service where I used to live. I had the WORST Verizon service where I live now (zero signal in my own house). I will admit that overall I think ATT has worse service :/
We have both---an iPhone on AT&T and a Nexus One (similar to Droid) on TMobile. The iPhone is mine and I love the phone, but the service is abysmal. About a third of the time it doesn't work simply because the network is jammed up. The NexusOne is a better phone if for no other reason than that it's newer---I suspect Apple will add a bunch of its nice features in the iPhone 4G. But it does a number of things my iPhone can't (better syncing with everything Google, tethering, option to have no contract) and has a far better screen and graphics. T-Mobile has been fine...we both switched from Verizon, and live in the one weird place in the country where we get no Verizon reception at our house, so that was a dealbreaker.
iPhone may well be available on Verizon within the year, though, so if you don't need a new phone immediately, I'd hold out for as long as you can and see how that pans out. Then you get the freedom of choice with a better network.
EDIT: Oh, and if you go iPhone, definitely wait it out for the 4G. There's nothing worse than buying an Apple product and having a new one come out immediately afterwards! With luck that might coincide with the move to Verizon, too.
yeah did you all see that the 4G iphone was left at a bar in San Jose, CA by one of the engineers who was testing it? That's how it was leaked today. It was all over gizmodo.com
I have had an iPhone since they came out, and I am switching to Verizon when my 2 yr contract is up. AT&T reception blows.
I completely agree with ILikePink. I just got a Droid and absolutely love it. For me the real keyboard alone would be reason enough to get it (the keyboard slides out so that you can see the full size screen while typing, rather than having the on-screen keyboard take up half the screen--but if you prefer on-screen keyboard, it has that also). And the google map GPS thingy is awesome and it imports all your gmail contacts. I haven't had any problems finding all sorts of fun apps for it. Also, a 5 mp camera with a flash? Yes, please!
I'm no huge fan of Verizon as a company, but I've never had a problem with the coverage, and my plan is cheaper than my friends who have iphones.
(P.S. I recommend the Motorola Droid over the other Droid, which I think doesn't have a keyboard.)
Either way, good luck picking!
I love love love my Droid! I love having the full keyboard when I wrote long messages and I love the integration with all of the Google products, especially the fantastic turn by turn navigation using Google Maps. I also get signal when my friends with iPhones don't, which is very handy.
@lillindy- believe you-me, we've been STALKING the rumor boards about iphone coming to verizon for about a year now. They've said it and said it and said it... and so far nada. Right now the earliest it could possibly be out for verizon is the fall... but probably not even then. We're kind of desperately in need of new phones so I don't want to just wait-and-see until the fall.
@droid-lovers... what do you do with your itunes music? Is it hard to put it on the phone? Is the phone hard to figure out how to use? I really really hate learning new technology and I am totally useless for most things beyond message boards and aim... is it going to be a pain in the ass to switch from being an ipod user to a droid user?
Do you actually use your ipod a lot? I commute 2 hours a day by bus and train, so being able to have an iphone is pretty great since I listen to music constantly. However, it doesn't work like a normal ipod. You can't just select a few songs to add to it, you have to create a new playlist and sync the whole thing again, which makes me incredibly lazy about adding music.
The service isn't fantastic. I lose 3G a lot. ATT just doesn't seem capable of handling massive amounts of data. Now, there's a rumor that Verizon will be getting an iphone -- no idea when, but I'd wait for that, if possible. Also! The 4G iphone has been leaked, so I'd definitely wait on that :)
I've never tried a droid so I have no idea, but I will say I'm probably switching devices once my contract is up.
@ribbons- I'd say I use my ipod an average amount. I use it when I work out (and I have a workout playlist) and I have a dock at home I put it in when I'm cleaning or cooking. Right now my car is super old so I don't use it in there but when I get a new car I'm hoping to get one I can plug an ipod into so I don't have to listen to radio. I get tired of hearing the same 4 songs over and over and over...
I love my Droid!!! I have the HTC one which doesn't have the pull out keyboard, but that wasn't important to me. The on screen one works just fine. There are a ton of free apps (including a starbucks finder that uses your gps signal to tell you where the nearest starbucks is at all times!)
LOL...i have an iphone and I love it. And I have no complaints about AT&T where I live. It's pretty good, service-wise.
I don't use my iphone as an ipod replacement though. I use it for phone, email, and applications. No music. Cuz if i start using it to work out, it SUCKS the battery away (i can easily eat up the battery during the day, just playing on it), i'd probably be more likely to break it.
There about a zillion apps for Droid that let you transfer and edit your mp3 files. I had the USB cable still from my BlackBerry, so all I have to do is plug my phone into my mac with my usb cable. Then I use DoubleTwist (the app above) to drag and drop files onto my phone. It works for video too.
iPhone! iPhone! iPhone!
I always think of the droid as the phones for people who can't afford the iPhone. Which means that everyone prefers iPhone! Hahaha.
In all seriousness I love my iPhone. My friend was looking into getting an iPhone and couldn't see paying the monthly fee (which I really don't think is that much in comparison) and ended up getting the droid. She seems to like it?
I think service depends on area. Which if you gets better service? You with AT&T or FI with Verizon?
@gerbera. The Droid and the iPhone are the same price. So your theory is a little wacky.
And you still pay a monthy data plan on the Droid, so that's the same price too.
@IlikePink,
I was kidding.
Corgi will understand my humour. 
I never looked into the Droid but that was my friend's reasoning in getting the Droid because she said the monthly rate is cheaper than the AT&T monthly rate.
BTW, Corgi, if I'm reading it correctly it looks like Verizon is running a buy one get one free on the Droid phone!
And if you're in school AT&T offers 20% off on your monthly bill.
ETA: I found THIS rate comparison
Shoulda known better to take my flaky friend's word on Droid being cheaper! I really don't know why she got a Droid then because she really wanted the iPhone!
@gerbera- they are actually the exact same price for the phones and the plans (verizon is a little cheaper for us bc of a corporate discount, but thats not usually the case). But I do know what you mean about a droid being an iphone-lite or something. I think thats what is maybe holding me back because I feel like all RATIONAL signs point to getting a droid. It seems to do everything the iphone does + some things it doesn't + better service. The only thing it can't do is surf online while talking on the phone, but I don't see me doing that much. But the thing I'm stuck on is "I want an iphone" haha. For a totally emotional/nonrational reason, which is not like me. But I do worry about getting a droid and having continuing iphone-envy for the next 2 years!
I have an itouch so I'm really familiar with the Iphone interface. I have a Droid as a cell phone. I like the droid, but it can be clunky - the touch is not as responsive and it sometimes freezes which can be a drag. However, you have to take into account that it's a much newer technology than the iphone and given that it's really great. I like the alerts that allow you to see if you have new e-mails, messages, etc. without taking you out of what you're doing. It also allows multitasking which Iphone doesn't. I do like the Iphone interface better, but that's partly because I'm just more familiar/comfrotable with it. It didn't take me long to learn to use the Droid though - it's really intuitive. And Verizon is just lightyears better than AT&T. I think Droid is the way to go.
Also maybe wait to see the new iPhone that is coming out. Some marketing exec from Apple "Accidentally" left a prototype at a bar in silicon valley, and it looks cooler than ours. We're thinking about updating when it is time.
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