Phone upgrade; need recommendations

Supergeek

Supergeek

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I'm currently with AT&T, and I'm eligible for a phone upgrade. I'm well past my 2-year committment, but I get a good rate through them; $65 total for two lines.

We need new phones (wife and I) and we're willing to make a new 2-year committment to AT&T or Verizon or whoever, and I'd like some or all of the following if possible:

Plan:
- Comparable price per month, with some texts included (we hardly text at all)
- No extra price for GPS services

Phone:
- MP3, regular headphone jack, media controls accessible without opening up a flip (flip or non-flip is fine, I just need controls accessible if flip)
- GPS
- Decent coverage in US, especially in Denver

Crazy shit I'd like to have but is pie-in-the-sky:
- Android w/o a data plan
- Decent camera

Help me WickedFire, OT failed me; is there any combination of phone and provider that will get me what I want?
 


I would definitely check out Howard Forums, it's one of the BEST cellphone forums out there. If you have time I would check out carrier specific discussions concerning plans. I have managed to save an outrageous amount of money though retention plans (Special plans for customers who threaten to quit). While I am a Canadian and I haven't checked out the American forums I'm sure the same deals should apply and should be even better since you don't have a monopoly raping the GSM market.

I plan on purchasing the Samsung Galaxy S which is a great phone, definitely one to check out. Gawker surprisingly produced a decent phone comparison which shows all the android phones to be hitting the market soon.

If you are planning on having the phone for a while I don't see why anybody especially an affiliate marketer shouldn't get a smart phone. Data access all the time to see how your shits doing? Perfect. GPS, high-def movies watching and video capture, ridiculously useful apps are only icing to the cake.

TL;DR Check Howard Forums for cellphone plans to save you money and to avoid getting a crappy phone. Comparison for the latest and greatest smartphones
 
EVO if you enjoy charging your phone...battery life is terrible on that phone, Droid X is much better with battery life for the same phone basically.

Droid X is pretty cool. Feels cheaply built compared to HTC or Apple phones though...



And you will never find an Android/Blackberry/iOS phone sold without dataplans these days, verizon even likes to charge an extra 10$ a month for people to use phones like an enV 3 these days...
 
Since you are eligible for the upgrade at ATT, I'd go with the iPhone4 or 3GS.

You can get the 3GS for $99 or iPhone4 at $199. Best for MP3, IMO.
 
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HTC Desire. Hands down.

Screw iphone 4.
 
pat J said:
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HTC Desire. Hands down.

Screw iphone 4.
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Have you seen the Samsung Captivate on AT&T? The Hummingbird processor destroys the Snapdragon. :thumbsup:

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I don't think either can be purchase without a data plan though, which would probably put Supergeek over the budget mentioned above.
 
Netphase said:
Have you seen the Samsung Captivate on AT&T? The Hummingbird processor destroys the Snapdragon. :thumbsup:

I don't think either can be purchase without a data plan though, which would probably put Supergeek over the budget mentioned above.
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From what i have heard, HTC desire has a crappy 3D chip compared to other phones. But i don't know. I think it is fast enough for everything i'm doing. Playing quake on a smartphone feels kinda.. meh.
 
Don't get the new iPhone it's slower than the 3GS, has worse reception and takes way more than 49 minutes to coerce into bed
 
I got the Samsung Galaxy (the T-Mobile Vibrant version) and it's great. The screen is freakin amazing, it comes with Avatar on an SD card, it's gorgeous. I'm pretty happy with it so far, big upgrade over my G1.
 
dchuk said:
I cannot fathom why you would want an android phone without a data plan. Might as well get a Razor and use an ipod for tunes
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I don't want to carry multiple devices around. I know there are non-smartphone phones out there with mp3 capability, headphone jack, etc.

GPS functionality w/o a data plan is definitely possible, too. There are apps that will let you download maps, routes, etc ahead of time.
 
bizzykehl said:
Don't get the new iPhone it's slower than the 3GS, has worse reception and takes way more than 49 minutes to coerce into bed
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You aren't making its chips sizzle fast enough then.

On a serious note though - I wouldn't get an iPhone 4 either. Aside from the two cameras, there really isn't enough difference between it and the 3GS. I'd wait a year and let Apple get the bugs worked out.
 
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