[Poll] Are You Finally Settling on a Phone This Year?
I stuck with my G1 for a long time when it first came out, but that’s because I kinda didn’t have a choice – it was the only Android phone out. The HTC Hero, HTC Magic and the Motorola DROID – among various Samsung products – were all tempting offerings, but not enough to get me to switch carriers or pay for unsubsidized. I was even a bit skeptical about the Nexus One.
Then the HTC EVO 4G came out. I paid $200 to get out of my contract and switched to Sprint for the phone. After many great months of rooting, ROM’ing and modding, the Samsung Epic 4G grabbed my eye with its Super AMOLED display and 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor, not to mention the hardware QWERTY keyboard I had been missing from my G1.
That affair came to an end when America’s first autostereoscopic 3D phone, the HTC EVO 3D, was released. I upgraded to that phone, but before this I contemplated switching to Verizon before the tiered data cut-off date. Unfortunately, they didn’t have the sort of phones I was looking for.
The Galaxy S II is finally near release, but it’s taken so long to get here that I am now waiting for the Nexus Prime. But even with the Nexus Prime on its way, I’ll more than likely buy the Samsung Galaxy S II unsubsidized. Hell, I almost used my upgrade on a Motorola Photon 4G, and I planned on selling both phones to get the money to fund all of this switching. I clearly have a problem, my friends.
But I believe I’ll finally slow down once I get some good ol’ stock Android back in my life. If Ice Cream Sandwich is everything I’m hoping it will be and if the Nexus Prime hardware impresses, I’ll be set for a long time.
Are any of you like me? Even if you don’t actually buy phones as much as I do, have you been waiting and waiting for the perfect time and phone to upgrade? And if so, do you think you’ll find true, Android love by the end of the year? Or have you already gotten your long-term phone to keep you nice and warm until your upgrade is up?
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