Atrix VS Incredible S VS Iphone 4 VS HTC HD7

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Feroze R

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I'm currently with Bell Canada and I NEED a new phone now since my current phone is HTC Touch that's running windows mobile 6.1

It is SLOW

Among the new ones that I'm considering, I'm stuck between the following.

-) IPhone 4 :- has the most number of apps and common among my family and friends. Thus, facetime would be nice.

-) Motorolla Atrix:- Looks really cool. Best screen resolution, fast processor. Plus its screen is 4.0". Really cool accessories that come along with it.

-) HTC's INcredible S :- 8.0 MP camera, that's it. Otherwise, I'd def choose Atrix over this.

-) HTC's HD7 :- The only reason I want this phone is because it has a 4.3" screen; and I really do want a bigger screen. Plus, given that its windows I'm guessing it might sync well with my MS outlook 2008. But windows doesn't really have as many apps. That is one of the main reasons why I'm unsure about it.

I'd really appreciate if you guys can share your good/bad experiences with me in case if you've used any of the phones above. I plan to make my purchase within a week (unless I have a good reason to delay the purchase any further such as an amazing phone coming out in month ).

Thanks
 
HD7 doesn't sync with Outlook. Its one of those Microsoft inconsistencies.

All are perfectly fine. I don't find any to have any serious show stoppers to say you shouldn't buy.

If you want my personal preference, I would say the Atrix if you absolutely want speed, and enough speed to run you for all the years to come. Plus it has the qhd display on the 4" screen, so it has the most "balance" in all the displays. The HTCs you listed have equal to bigger screens but resolutions are lower than the Atrix. The iPhone 4 has higher resolution than the Atrix but smaller screen.
 
One thing I might like to add is that the 5mp camera for the Motorola Atrix might be better than the 8mp for the HTC Inspire (Desire HD), looking at the reviews. The 5mp on the Atrix appears to be among the best 5mp cameras so far.
 
I'm not a fan of Moto Androids. I'd take the iP4 if you're not a big phone/tech person. They tend to just work and never really need any attention paid to them. If you want a lot of customization and flexibility, I'd take the HTC IncS. I'd not jump on first gen WP7 hardware; I like the platform and where it's going but second gen looks to be much nicer.
 
WP7 is great - especially if you want a phone that is intuitive, fun, and easy to use...

It syncs with all popular e-mail types and exchange (naturally)...

It also has 15000 apps since November and growing...xbox integration, zune, bing, etc

Good luck with your choice...
 
No need to boast about apps. Apple has over 400,000 by now, and Android has over 300,000 and fast climbing in raw numbers. Even Symbian has over 40,000 apps.
 
Thanks a lot guys.

Looks like Atrix is the best choice. Does anyone have any comments about its reception? Is it good enough? Reception of my current HTC TOUCH sux.
 
I don't see a lot of fart apps on the Android Market. Actually, there is very little. In contrast I find WP7 apps to be very unfeatured. Twitter for WP7 is a stinker compared to Twitter for Android and Twitter for iOS.
 
Are you kidding me? My boss almost put his Atrix through the wall because of the wonky Exchange sync and messages going to the wrong person bug. My iP4 maintenance is "close all the apps and restart the phone once a week" and even that is just because I want to, not because of any issues.
 
The iPhone 4 requires "scheduled maintenance" aka iTunes sync to regularly backup their contacts and other information. I've seen iPhone users screaming when their iPhone broke or gets stolen and they forgot to backup their contacts. With Android, contacts backup is real time and transparent. If you're on a trip and you made new contacts, but before you get to a desktop, your phone is stolen minutes after you made a new contact, just get a new Android, login with your account, and everything is restored in minutes. Even the last contact made minutes before your phone is stolen is restored.

And you don't need to go kill apps explicitly, since the OS does it transparently.

I can't use a phone for business that cannot work as a flash drive which I can connect to any PC and transfer files.

iTunes brings its own maintenance issues, one that requires frequent upgrades. Right now I have to upgrade iTunes. Again.
 
My contacts and calendar entries are backed up through Gmail as Exchange, or MobileMe if I prefer. And the WHOLE device gets backed up through iTunes; including old text messages and settings in addition to all of my apps and their states (game completes, etc). TitaniumBackup can do that on Android, but it's root access and saves locally. So if you aren't good about copypastaing the folder to somewhere on your computer, you'd be kinda SOL if you lost your Android as well. And at least I GET upgrades on my iPhone, instead of carrier approval after the OEM gets around to it. How many devices are running 2.3 officially? How many iPhones are able to get the newest update from Apple with a few minutes in iTunes?

Don't get me wrong, there's a lot I like about Android. But it feels like a typical Google venture; awesome start, great features, but feels like a beta program (like Gmail for the longest time). It's getting better as it goes along, and I would be very interested in a good IceCreamSandwich HTC phone if the hardware is up to my preferences, but I can't in good faith recommend it to people who aren't technologically competent over an iPhone, simply because it requires more user management and tech savvy to operate.
 
Yes, your backups have to use Exchange or MobileMe. But you have to set it up. In Android, you don't have to set it up. You get a data connection, you log in, and you start "phoning". The backup on contacts and calendar already occurs transparently, seamlessly, without notice or conscious intention.

Copy pasting to my computer? You do know I can move my pictures to Picasa for example without using a PC.

Now try this. Move 6000 files to the Android SD card, vs. trying to sync 6000 files via iTunes to an iPhone. Tell me how fast it takes or how slow it takes.

Frankly I got iOS 4.2 on my iPod Touch. Do I really care about iOS 4.3? Not really. Compared to the Android updates, where this is significant changes to merit or want the update, there is nothing to make me desire the latest Apple update. The only reason why I update my iPod Touch at all is because the annoying messages it gets up when I connect iTunes on it. One day I just gave up and pressed yes. The updates decreased my battery life and overall, my iPod Touch is less "music player" friendly than before. I find it very lamentable that in comparison at least Google and its handset OEMs got at least the smarts to make music player controls right at the lockscreen now, and by a simple flick of the notification bar.

Updates on Android happens on many levels. In fact, a lot of the updates associated as an OS update on IOS would not require an OS update on Android at all. For example, Android Market. If there is an Android Market revision or update, its pushed to any phone with at least Android 1.6. There is no OS update needed. You just launch the Android Market in its old form, it would go white for a moment, and suddenly becomes the new one. Its like "magic".

This goes with many of the core apps on Android: GMail, YouTube, Google Maps, Flash and so on. Even Google Search. They are all updated separately via the Market. No OS update is required to get the latest version.

As a matter of fact, OS security details are handled by the Android Market, not by the OS. They are pushed into the phone, whether you like it or not, or even know about it. It doesn't require an OS update to implement the latest security features.

The iPhone has many flubs by itself. At least a few times my wife came to me in panic why her iPhone display is all "blown up". It seems that if you tap a certain sequence of touches, the display would magnify and there is no easy or obvious way to get it back. In fact the answer turned out to be:

Triple tap with three finger tips.

Like who would you figure this crap? Oh, I had to google it on my Android being too far from a computer to get an answer.

Frankly, even the iPhone requires a certain level of technical competence. I'm not saying Android doesn't require technical competence either. But anyone who is looking for a smartphone should have some technical competence, just like anyone buying a laptop. Its a technological device. It requires it. As I said before, none of these are game killers. There are always certain annoyances in one platform or another, but nothing that I would say is a game killer.
 
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