After going back to my Motorola Milestone/Droid...

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I left my Nexus S overseas (FML), so I had to come back to this phone.

Thankfully I kept up to date with Milestone development (somewhat), so I had an updated CM6 on it. I know CM7 has been long out but previously when I used it, GB is unusable on a 256MB RAM device. You may think it is, but once you move to a 512mb device, you'll never come back. Thankfully, some people over last summer compiled an updated CM6 with Gingerbread features, and even keep updating it with the last update in December.

I kept somewhat updated so I put my SIM card in my Milestone/Droid and it was good to go.

Few things:

1) 3.7" screen is pathetic. With the 854x480 resolution Moto used its less wide than my iPod Touch. I CANNOT type on this phone after coming from a 4" device. As well as I can type on my iPod Touch which is a 3.5" screen, I CANNOT type on this Milestone AT ALL. While I dealt with this problem before, the problem is magnified given that I've been spoiled by a larger screen.

2) I like the IPS color reproduction. My 2 friends were showing off their Galaxy Nexus phones, but the screen was so bluish. I'm pretty sure my calibrated Nexus S would look nicer. The only advantage is high PPI I suppose.

3) My original complaints about a slow device stand. Even at 1.1ghz this device is very unusable. 256mb device is pathetic. I spend 2 minutes loading Google Maps everytime. Last Friday I forgot to write down the cross street of some restaurant before leaving home, and usually I have no problem mapping on my Nexus S. I spent 2 minutes in the rain trying to load Maps before I pulled my battery and did a reboot. The device is marginally usable after boot but after a day the memory is overloaded.

I'm so frustrated I cannot wait 2 more weeks to get my Nexus S back. Fuck it. Expansys just shipped my SGS2 despite my half ass attempts to cancel the impulse buy. LOL.

 

[zerocool84]

I went from a Samsung Moment to a Nexus S and they feel so entirely different. In all honesty, Android phones sucked before mid 2010. Low amounts of RAM made them horrible since we know Android needs a decent amount of RAM to run better.

 

[Red Storm]

lol, why don't you just get an iPhone already? It's almost to the point where if I see a post from you I auto assume it has something negative to do with Android or an Android phone. I know that's not fair, but it is what it is.

Seriously though, you seem to love iOS and your iPod Touch, so why not just get an iPhone and enjoy the OS full time?

 

[trmiv]

I was using an iPhone 4S and sold it to get a Galaxy Nexus. It took me two weeks between selling my 4S and getting the Nexus, so in that time I had to go back to my Droid 1. I echo pretty much all of this. It's amazing how far devices have come in a short time. My Droid 1 was excruciatingly slow for most tasks. Although the screen is technically smaller, it's waaaaaaay easier to type on the 4S than the Droid. Of course the Galaxy Nexus is damn easy to type on as well.

Happy as a clam on my Galaxy Nexus though!

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

lol, why don't you just get an iPhone already? It's almost to the point where if I see a post from you I auto assume it has something negative to do with Android or an Android phone. I know that's not fair, but it is what it is.

Seriously though, you seem to love iOS and your iPod Touch, so why not just get an iPhone and enjoy the OS full time?

Because I have this disease that forces me to wake up to XDA and check for a new Kang every morning... its bad.

Edit: Actually I thought about this for the last 5 minutes. I have an iPad 2 and I use it happily without it jailbroken. While my iPod Touch is jailbroken its quite slow too. I probably could just buy an unlocked iPhone 4S (goddamn its a lot of money) and live ok too.

 

[Red Storm]

Because I have this disease that forces me to wake up to XDA and check for a new Kang every morning... its bad.

Edit: Actually I thought about this for the last 5 minutes. I have an iPad 2 and I use it happily without it jailbroken. While my iPod Touch is jailbroken its quite slow too. I probably could just buy an unlocked iPhone 4S (goddamn its a lot of money) and live ok too.

If I already had an iPad and an iPod Touch, I would get an iPhone simply for the sake of cohesion.

 

[TheStu]

I pulled my OG iphone out of a drawer the other day to play some angry birds on it. Turned it off and put it back in the drawer after 5 minutes. The screen size and resolution are just so crummy compared to my Surround, and it is laggy and slow to boot. Some of these old devices just cannot keep up after a while once you are used to newer ones. And since the apps keep updating, there is no nostalgia value yet either.

I would pull out a Palm Pilot from time to time to play old games on that, and put together a PIII, Win98 box to play old games on, but with these smartphones man...

 

[ponyo]

Because I have this disease that forces me to wake up to XDA and check for a new Kang every morning... its bad.

Edit: Actually I thought about this for the last 5 minutes. I have an iPad 2 and I use it happily without it jailbroken. While my iPod Touch is jailbroken its quite slow too. I probably could just buy an unlocked iPhone 4S (goddamn its a lot of money) and live ok too.

How is iPhone 4S lot of money and not Galaxy SII from Expansys? Unlocked 16gb iPhone 4S is only $600 direct from Apple. Unlocked Galaxy SII from Expansys is like $500+. Why fight it? You know you love iPhone and iOS. Why use something you don't like for the sake of $100?

 

[shortylickens]

Old Shortylickens would have said something sarcastic and been permabanned.

 

[soccerballtux]

Cm7 is unusable yes. Uninstall cmstats and the equalizer app thatvruns in the background. Install supercharger multitasking setting and you should be fine.

 

[soccerballtux]

The on screen keyboard issue you're having is due to Motorola choosing a crappie digitizer. It is very imprecise. There are dead zones every half centimeter due to the low resolution sensor layout they chose. If you hit a key on the dead zone you're sol. I'm not sure why they haven't fixed this yet it still exists on their larger screened phones its just less an issue because the screens are bigger.

 

[soccerballtux]

You can also try project elite 6.5. I kept going back to it over Cm7 because the droid just wasn't really supported anymore and there were always quirky little bugs.

 

[notposting]

Because I have this disease that forces me to wake up to XDA and check for a new Kang every morning... its bad.

Edit: Actually I thought about this for the last 5 minutes. I have an iPad 2 and I use it happily without it jailbroken. While my iPod Touch is jailbroken its quite slow too. I probably could just buy an unlocked iPhone 4S (goddamn its a lot of money) and live ok too.

Just buy a Windows Phone!

Also...yeah. My OG Droid is now my bedside clock. However, I don't think it's the screen size as much as the shitty Android keyboard. The Trophy only has a 3.8" screen and it is light years ahead of the Droid when it comes to typing. About the only thing I do with the Droid is play Robotek now and then when I forget my phone and put the kid down for a nap.

Droid is so slow now...then again after fondling and groping the new Android phones at Verizon, they still stutter and lag. Just ditch Android and go to a superior platform :awe: iOS or WP7!

 

[runawayprisoner]

How is iPhone 4S lot of money and not Galaxy SII from Expansys? Unlocked 16gb iPhone 4S is only $600 direct from Apple. Unlocked Galaxy SII from Expansys is like $500+. Why fight it? You know you love iPhone and iOS. Why use something you don't like for the sake of $100?

iPhone 4S is actually $650... and after tax, you're looking $700 in the eyes.

Unlocked Galaxy SII can be found brand new on eBay for roughly $450 up front. Even down to $350 now if you're in luck with local Craigslist. So the difference is actually over $200. I can definitely see how it's a problem.

 

[Red Storm]

iPhone 4S is actually $650... and after tax, you're looking $700 in the eyes.

Unlocked Galaxy SII can be found brand new on eBay for roughly $450 up front. Even down to $350 now if you're in luck with local Craigslist. So the difference is actually over $200. I can definitely see how it's a problem.

30 seconds on CL found a couple new 4S's for $550.

 

[trmiv]

I sold my used but pristine (in case and screen protected the minute it came out of the box) 32GB 4S with 3 cases and unused screen protectors for $575. I think I under priced myself a bit though, but still.

 

[sygyzy]

No offense but I think it's funny that you specified you sold your phone with three cases and screen protectors. Unless they were actually quality cases, like from Incase, I doubt they added much to the value. Why would anyone have three cases to begin with? Let's not even touch on the screen protectors.

That's like saying "I sold my 4Runner with all-weather mats, and a sheepskin seat cover for $16,000." Who cares?

 

[runawayprisoner]

30 seconds on CL found a couple new 4S's for $550.

They're very likely not factory unlocked. Notice my original statement applied to the factory unlocked version of the iPhone 4S.

 

[trmiv]

No offense but I think it's funny that you specified you sold your phone with three cases and screen protectors. Unless they were actually quality cases, like from Incase, I doubt they added much to the value. Why would anyone have three cases to begin with? Let's not even touch on the screen protectors.

That's like saying "I sold my 4Runner with all-weather mats, and a sheepskin seat cover for $16,000." Who cares?

One Incipio NGP, one CaseCrown Metallic Glider, one Magpul Executive Field case. The screen protectors were Incipio and SGP Steinheil Ultra Crystal. It wasn't crap stuff. If you're planning on buying a case and screen protector for your phone, why wouldn't it matter?

 

[podspi]

People need to start realizing that unlike PCs, a 2+ year smartphone is pretty old... That being said, I am still on the OG DROID, and if you set it up correctly it's bearable. Right now I'm running stock froyo rooted without too much trouble. The touchscreen isn't that great, but typing onscreen with SwiftKey works great, and the OGD does have a physical keyboard...!

My girlfriend is still using a DROID Eris. now THAT is painful...

 

[Bateluer]

No offense but I think it's funny that you specified you sold your phone with three cases and screen protectors. Unless they were actually quality cases, like from Incase, I doubt they added much to the value. Why would anyone have three cases to begin with? Let's not even touch on the screen protectors.

That's like saying "I sold my 4Runner with all-weather mats, and a sheepskin seat cover for $16,000." Who cares?

I asked this same question when Droid Life ran a short editorial on the Androidify Cruzer Lite cases being sold on Amazon. They were running a Buy 2, Get 1 free sale on them, and going by the comments, lots of people were buying three and then bragging about getting such nice cases for ~7 dollars each. Mindboggling to me why they'd need three cases.

I bought one such case myself.

 

[trmiv]

See you're not thinking in the iPhone user mindset. Seriously go to an iPhone forum and go to the accessories section, it's 90% about cases, 5% about screen protectors and the other 5% about other stuff. So many people on these forums buying way more cases than three so they can change them out on a regular basis. Don't ask me why. I only had three because the first one was too slippery for my tastes, the second one had camera flash back issues in certain light, and then third one was juuuuust right.

For my Nexus I found the Diztronic case and it's perfect, so no need to invest in any more until this one starts to wear out.

 

[ponyo]

Buy two get one case free isn't even a good deal. You can get similar TPU case without the Android robot logo for little over $5 shipped. Don't get me wrong. I like Android but a case with little robot picture is little too cute and nerdy.

 

[Insomniator]

Ha I went from a pixi to a rezound... the difference was quite astonishing.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

People need to start realizing that unlike PCs, a 2+ year smartphone is pretty old... That being said, I am still on the OG DROID, and if you set it up correctly it's bearable. Right now I'm running stock froyo rooted without too much trouble. The touchscreen isn't that great, but typing onscreen with SwiftKey works great, and the OGD does have a physical keyboard...!

My girlfriend is still using a DROID Eris. now THAT is painful...

Yeah but I would think the difference between a 3.5" in 3:2 is not that big of a deal. It's a few mm at most, but that few mm affects how I type. I feel like my fingers are too big for the buttons.

You would think its bearable but once you go to a 512mb device, you would NEVER come back. It's like all the elitist SSD folk saying they'll never go back to HDD. You're right. 13 seconds boot to desktop on my 4 year old MacBook Pro is amazing. Anyhow, I digress. The physical keyboard on the OG droid was horrible. They improved it marginally on the Droid 2 and the Droid 3 really got it down nicely. However I'm one of those fast texters who don't look when I type (at least on my iPod Touch and my old Nexus S), but with the OG Droid I feel like I'm messing up all the time or something, and there's no way I'd be faster on the physical keyboard. I watch my friend who insists on using his physical keyboard on his G2, and he's typing at a snail's pace.