Which Droid should I get on Verizon?

[Littlelebowski]

Why aren't people using the Nexus?

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Why aren't people using the Nexus?

T-Mobile, already outdated by a huge margin, phone made by Samsung

[TehLlama]

Based on this thread and what was available, I picked up a Droid X and set my mother up with a Droid 2 Global.

The DroidX is fantastic, the huge screen works extremely well for me, and once the crapware got punted battery life is a pretty acceptable 2 days.

The camera has a great CCD, but the glass is a big limitation: obviously a point and shoot camera will take better pictures with half the rated megapixel CCD.

I didn't like the Droid2G, but it's ability to take a RUIM/SIM is what my mother needed, and the slide-out keyboard works for her. I wouldn't recommend it, but that's because it is such a thick phone with a small screen, and seems to run slower despite having a faster processor than my X.


Since I don't live in an NFL city, I'm not expecting any significant 700MHz LTE rollout until early 2012, and realistically I don't expect that backbone to reach out into my neck of suburbia until my next contract is coming up anyway.

I am still actively waiting for the first 7" tablet (presumably LTE protocol along with 802.11.n) that can be used along with an external hard drive and full size keyboard (with dock, or however). This would allow my wife to run it as a standalone tablet, as well as use a portable USB hard drive to store classwork, reference material, and more mainstream: media and documents.


Verizon has done a brilliant job with their LTE rollout - capping actual usage to keep the network fast, and allowing the phones to hyperband with their 850MHz to keep data transfer rates high - early adopters can bankroll their new hardware.

The new every 20mo is also well used - dangling a new phone 4 months of any alternative will help minimize outgoing churn on their end, so if they keep this up after the million or so subscribers move over just to get an iPhone-CDMA2k unit they'll be set.