I think this will have to be a quarterly update at the rate things are changing in the cell phone world. And to prove I am not biased, this post will show quite a different tune from the posts in the past.
As most of you know, I have been an AT&T customer forever, and I have strongly supported the iPhones as the best phone out there. This has all changed!
The iPhone 4 was amazing! And at that time, the Androids were also taking huge leaps improving their hardware to amazing new heights. The Bionic from Verizon was probably their first really nice droid phone. AT&T finally began pushing out some nice droids, and Verizon finally pushed out the iPhone 4. So now we all have options with the biggest carriers.
It is impossible to keep up with all of the new phones, especially being locked into 2 year contracts. There are new devices coming out every month! So all I can do is give you the latest...
On the AT&T side, I have yet to see the Nitro, but I will say with confidence the Samsung Galaxy S II is one of the best phones I have ever seen! It is a perfect size, incredible screen, 4G compatible, and runs very fast. Yes, I would even go as far as saying this phone is better than the iPhone 4S, Apple's latest version of the iPhone. Apple made a very big mistake when they didn't change the size of the iPhone 4s. With the amount of droids being put on the market every month, the iPhone is quickly falling behind. I have had every version of iPhone, as well as the Galaxy S II with AT&T. As much as I do not like the messy droid OS, the Galaxy S II is the best phone AT&T has.
On the Verizon side, I would have to say it is between the Motorola Razr and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. They are both very similar, and very highly rated. The screen may be the biggest difference. The Nexus is the only phone I am aware of that has a 4.65" screen, while the Razr comes in at the standard 4.3. The Nexus is the newest version of the Galaxy line, an "upgrade" to the AT&T version we just discussed. There is something else that this phone has on the others - Ice Cream Sandwich. What? Finally!!! Google has cleaned up their sloppy OS and given some real competition to Apple's proven IOS. Unfortunately, the camera on the Nexus is only a 5.0 mega pixel camera. The Galaxy S II with A&T has a very nice 8.0mp camera, so why didn't they put that camera in the Nexus? Well, I think they sacrificed mega pixels for the shutter speed. The Galaxy S II had a long pause when taking pictures, while the Nexus has 0 lag. The camera is so fast you barely notice that a picture was even taken.
There is also T-Mobile and Sprint which I have not done a lot of business with. Sprint has done very well with their 4G Evo phone. And T-Mobile also offers a Galaxy Nexus I believe.
And more great news. I spoke with our Verizon reps a year or so ago and they boasted this new 4G (LTE) network like it was the biggest thing ever. (And they were right) Verizon bought up all of the TV towers, all of them, to invest in their wireless networks. They sold off their land line business to Frontier and put $8 billion into the wireless infrastructure. The rep told us we would probably see 4G in two or three years in this area. Here we are, one year later, and 4G live!
That was the last draw. I was a loyal AT&T customer, one of the very last on the account to be moved to Verizon. With the best phone now available (Nexus), and 4G turned on, it was time to make the move. The Nexus is without a doubt, the best phone on the market (for now), and I am getting 11mb downloads with two bars of 4G. I have seen up to 23mb! (My home internet is lucky to get 2mb on its good days) I hear they are seeing over 30mb in CDA on the 4G network!
This information should be good for a few more weeks...until the next phone comes out. We are expecting better things from Apple with the iPhone 5, and the droids are unbelievable now. With ice cream sandwich soon available on many of the droids, they will not have a problem stealing some shares from Apple.
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