Droid X / Incredible now, or 4g in 6(?) months?

[SKC]

I'm looking to move back to VZW (coming from iphone 3g, have been out of contract for some time). I know verizon is rolling out 4g soon in San Francisco, but read that the handsets won't be out till mid next year. Any thoughts on whether it'd be worth it to use the new every 2 (I have an existing line on the family plan) on the DX/Incredible, or better to hold out and wait an uncertain period of time for the new crop of 4g phones ?

 

[CurseTheSky]

The Droid X is a complete smash hit, similar to the original Droid. You don't see a phone this popular very often.

I'd buy now. The X is still very new, and the only newer choices currently out / out soon are the Droid 2 (which seems inferior), and the Samsung Fascinate (some love it, some hate it). On the other hand, every review of the Droid X that I've read has been positive.

 

[pm]

I like the tags.

It depends on how happy you are with your iPhone 3G, how much you want a new phone, whether you are in the city center of San Francisco, and how much you really want the new 4G/LTE data speeds.

I think there will be an LTE phone out a lot sooner than next summer. I would guess that they will have a marqee Android or iPhone handset ready to go when they unveil new LTE/4G network later this year or early next year. I can't imagine that they will launch service and not have some really cool phone ready to tie into it.

Still, LTE/4G is just faster data and service is likely to be concentrated in only the city centers initially and Verizon has a great reputation for reliability but it seems unlikely that the launch will go perfectly, so there will likely be initial issues. If you aren't too upset about 3G data rates, there's no need to wait. There's nothing really magic about LTE.

If you want to wait, I would make an educated guess than between mid-Nov. and late Jan. Verizon will have a big event where they talk about how they have the most advanced network in the world and they will have some amazing 4G Super Droid or iPhone for you to use on it.

On the other hand, the new Droid X is pretty awesome too and you can get it now and the service is pretty rock-solid. It depends on how much you really want a new phone.

 

[Anubis]

I agree with pm, this holiday season VZ should let us know about all of that. Hell maybe they will make that Droid Pro rumor real

 

[AMDZen]

The verizon iphone might support LTE when it comes out, who knows. There will always be something better coming out though, if you are itching - get the Droid X. If not, wait for christmas season for the latest round of Android phones. They saturate the market with them so you know there will be knew ones coming out every month or so.

 

[pm]

As AMDZen said, there will always be something better coming out.

I was thinking about - it's about 6 months to the rumored LTE launch - that's about 1/3 of an upgrade cycle (you can generally get a new phone every 18 months). If it was me, I wouldn't wait. There's always something new around the corner. If it was like a month away, that's one thing, but Verizon doesn't even have a firm date of a launch.

I'd advise getting the Droid X now - it's what I would do.

 

[SKC]

Thanks for the advice all. For those interested - I've been happy with my iphone but it's getting a little long in the tooth. AT&T in the bay area (where I am) has improved but verizon is still noticeably better, and I've been fighting the upgrade itch for a while - successfully up to this point but with the announcement of the DX recovery bootstrap, I don't know now. Droid 2 reviews were not impressive, and the Incredible's battery life is lacking (although Froyo may change that).

I've seen and played with the iPhone 4.. while it's very nice and polished I like the ability to load custom ROMs.

Tech progress is such a double edged sword.

 

[pm]

You can get one and try it and then return it if you don't like it. You have several weeks to decide.

 

[SKC]

good point, think I will try this. Thanks again

 

[DivideBYZero]

5G will be better.

 

[s44]

It depends how much you're excited to get raped on the data plan. LTE will involve at least the 4g monthly surcharge on the EVO.

 

[SKC]

capped/tiered pricing FTL, have to figure that in as well

 

[gsaldivar]

For me: Unmetered 3g > Metered 4g

 

[disappoint]

If you want to wait, I would make an educated guess than between mid-Nov. and late Jan. Verizon will have a big event where they talk about how they have the most advanced network in the world and they will have some amazing 4G Super Droid or iPhone for you to use on it.

On the other hand, the new Droid X is pretty awesome too and you can get it now and the service is pretty rock-solid. It depends on how much you really want a new phone.

5.5" Super Amoled screen, 1280x720 resolution. RGB laser lit projector capable of 1920x1080 res built in. Laser projected full sized virtual keyboard. Perfect speech recognition to make the keyboard obsolete anyway (Droid X comes close to this already) Quad core 3.0 ghz snapping turtle kimodo dragon microprocessor. Full HD 1920x1080 60fps video recording. Canon 1D sensor. 10-1000mm f2.8L USM lens Actually creates frozen yogurt and tea, earl grey, hot when told to do so....and yet still, there will be....this:

I don't care. I want the iphone5 instead. Do you have any in stock? Does it come with the weefees? and the geebees?

Why? Why do you want the iphone?

Because it is an iphone and it's the best. It has apps.

 

[SKC]

I agree re unmetered 3g vs metered 4g.
FWIW: http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010...rk-on-november-15th-handsets-on-black-friday/
Not sure how reliable bgr.com is though. Droid X on order from verizon (thanks for the input); not shipping till early September though so if anything comes up between now and then hopefully it'll be changed.

@Disappoint you forgot the 5.5" super daylight amoled screen that folds into a 2" form factor. I am disappoint.