On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Chris Feola <[email protected]>wrote:
> <snip> > Of the phones, the Galaxy has far and away the best screen, but you'll > always find them laying around here because the staff doesn't grab them. > Samsung NEVER updates, so bugs and such never seem to get resolved. (The > GPS STILL doesn't work on the original Galaxy, after more than a year.) > People who have all their music in iTunes trend toward the iPhone here, but > no one is crazy about the 4 the way they were when the 3G came out. > Great info, Chris and everyone else. This brought up an issue that first time android folks wonder about: update. I thought Android phones were "open" so to speak .. so wouldn't you just update by downloading the latest from Google? I realize the mfgrs want to "add value" but I'd prefer the vanilla Google distro, I think, unless there is reason to prefer the mfgr's modifications. Are there particular vendors that are best for plain Google android? > The phone that disappears if you put it down is the Sensation. The screen > isn't as good as the Galaxy IIs in terms of color depth, but it is > HUGE-4.3"-while the phone itself seems incredibly small even next to an > iPhone or Galaxy. You really have to think about it as a small tablet, > actually, with that screen. I use it as my Kindle, do most of my surfing on > it; I gave up both my Xoom and iPad because I'd simply stopped using them. > > That said, it doesn't have a tablet's battery. I get less than half the > battery life I did on the Galaxy or HTC G2; but then, I didn't read books > on either. So we all carry a battery pack that recharges USB stuff. > > It's fast -- dual core processor -- its small, GPS and call quality are > great, and the screen is huge. Recommended. > > cjf > OK, this is another puzzler: wouldn't battery life for a phone be quite important? It may be that I just don't push my original iPhone 2G hard, but it seems to go for a week on just a couple of calls, nearly no SMS, lots of email (yes, even on TMo/Edge .. phone's hacked), modest web, maps etc. Do androids have the same battery life as the iphones? I do know the latest iphone 4s has shorter standby time. So maybe 3G etc drains the battery a lot. I don't want to be on Edge-only if I can avoid it. Thanks again, really a big help; -- Owen
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