Samsung Moment vs DROID

[TypoKing]

I am currently looking at these two phones. The DROID uses Verizon and the Samsung Moment uses Sprint. Sprint seems to have a cheaper cost per month but only slightly. Anyone have any thoughts on this.

 

[zerocool84]

Well of course phone to phone the Droid is better. Has better specs all around. The only thing better on the moment is the keyboard.

Sprint is much cheaper for the same service not only slightly cheaper:

$70 unlimited calling to any mobile phone/data/text/gps

vs

$120 unlimited calling to any mobile phone/data/text/gps

 

[rudeguy]

I know a couple people using the Moment and they have no complaints. If you could post a little information about what is most important to you, we can help a little more.

 

[TypoKing]

Thanks guys. The two most important things to me are price and connection quality. I know people who have AT&T and its a major pain to talk with them on their cell phone.

 

[rudeguy]

<canned response>Cellular is still a tower based system so you can't judge the signal you will get in the areas you want to use your phone by what others tell you.</canned response>

From my experience, there is nothing wrong with Sprint's coverage. BUT that does highly depend on the areas that are important to you.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Well of course phone to phone the Droid is better. Has better specs all around. The only thing better on the moment is the keyboard.

Sprint is much cheaper for the same service not only slightly cheaper:

$70 unlimited calling to any mobile phone/data/text/gps

vs

$120 unlimited calling to any mobile phone/data/text/gps

That's sort of misrepresenting the plans. Sprint is still a better deal but you cleverly added the words "to any mobile phone" to make Verizon seem like a worse deal.

Here's what you actually get:

SPRINT
450 anytime minutes
Unlimited calling to any mobile phone
Unlimited calling after 7 PM and on weekends
Unlimited text messages
Unlimited data
$70/mo (but you can get it for $60/mo if you sign up for the EPRP plan; you can find instructions online)
+$20/mo for 900 anytime minutes
+$30/mo for unlimited anytime minutes

VERIZON
450 anytime minutes
Unlimited calling to Verizon phones
Unlimited calling after 9 PM and on weekends
No text messages
Unlimited data
$70/mo
+$20/mo for 900 anytime minutes
+$30/mo for unlimited anytime minutes
+$5/mo for 250 text messages
+$10/mo for 500 text messages
+$20/mo for unlimited text messages

So basically, with Sprint you won't be paying for as many minutes of talk time because calls to any mobile phone are free, and nights begin at 7 PM instead of 9 PM. You also get unlimited text messages thrown in for the same price.

And you can easily get discounts with Sprint. EPRP is one option; a credit union member discount (you can be a member of ANY credit union) is another. Many people also have corporate discounts, depending on where you work. Same goes for Verizon but EPRP is something anyone can do.

The other thing is that if you ever want to add a second line, Sprint is a MUCH better deal. For two-line plans, this is what you're looking at:

SPRINT
1500 shared anytime minutes
Unlimited calling to any mobile phone
Unlimited calling after 7 PM and on weekends
Unlimited text messages
Unlimited data
$130/mo ($110/mo with EPRP)
+$40/mo for 3000 shared minutes
+$60/mo for unlimited minutes

VERIZON
700 shared anytime minutes
Unlimited calling to Verizon phones
Unlimited calling after 9 PM and on weekends
No text messages
Unlimited data
$130/mo
+$20/mo for 1400 anytime minutes
+$30/mo for 2000 anytime minutes
+$50/mo for unlimited anytime minutes
+$5/mo per line for 250 text messages
+$10/mo per line for 500 text messages
+$30/mo for unlimited text messages on all lines

So if you want 1400-1500 minutes, unlimited data on each line, and unlimited text messages, Sprint is still $130, but Verizon is $180. Verizon lets you go a la carte if you want; you can go with 250 or 500 text messages on each line, and that saves you $10-$20/mo. And maybe you can live with just 700 shared minutes. In that case you'd be looking at $140-$150/mo for two lines with data on Verizon. Still more expensive than Sprint and you get less.

Verizon has better phones, though. If I could get a Droid on Sprint, I'd do it in a second. I like the Moment's hardware keyboard, but there are so many great software keyboards for Android that it's not entirely necessary. But you are paying a lot extra for those better phones. Sprint will be getting the HTC EVO 4G this summer, which should be amazing and will help them catch up in the phone selection department.

 

[TypoKing]

That's sort of misrepresenting the plans. Sprint is still a better deal but you cleverly added the words "to any mobile phone" to make Verizon seem like a worse deal.

Here's what you actually get:

SPRINT
450 anytime minutes
Unlimited calling to any mobile phone
Unlimited calling after 7 PM and on weekends
Unlimited text messages
Unlimited data
$70/mo (but you can get it for $60/mo if you sign up for the EPRP plan; you can find instructions online)
+$20/mo for 900 anytime minutes
+$30/mo for unlimited anytime minutes

VERIZON
450 anytime minutes
Unlimited calling to Verizon phones
Unlimited calling after 9 PM and on weekends
No text messages
Unlimited data
$70/mo
+$20/mo for 900 anytime minutes
+$30/mo for unlimited anytime minutes
+$5/mo for 250 text messages
+$10/mo for 500 text messages
+$20/mo for unlimited text messages

So basically, with Sprint you won't be paying for as many minutes of talk time because calls to any mobile phone are free, and nights begin at 7 PM instead of 9 PM. You also get unlimited text messages thrown in for the same price.

And you can easily get discounts with Sprint. EPRP is one option; a credit union member discount (you can be a member of ANY credit union) is another. Many people also have corporate discounts, depending on where you work. Same goes for Verizon but EPRP is something anyone can do.

The other thing is that if you ever want to add a second line, Sprint is a MUCH better deal. For two-line plans, this is what you're looking at:

SPRINT
1500 shared anytime minutes
Unlimited calling to any mobile phone
Unlimited calling after 7 PM and on weekends
Unlimited text messages
Unlimited data
$130/mo ($110/mo with EPRP)
+$40/mo for 3000 shared minutes
+$60/mo for unlimited minutes

VERIZON
700 shared anytime minutes
Unlimited calling to Verizon phones
Unlimited calling after 9 PM and on weekends
No text messages
Unlimited data
$130/mo
+$20/mo for 1400 anytime minutes
+$30/mo for 2000 anytime minutes
+$50/mo for unlimited anytime minutes
+$5/mo per line for 250 text messages
+$10/mo per line for 500 text messages
+$30/mo for unlimited text messages on all lines

So if you want 1400-1500 minutes, unlimited data on each line, and unlimited text messages, Sprint is still $130, but Verizon is $180. Verizon lets you go a la carte if you want; you can go with 250 or 500 text messages on each line, and that saves you $10-$20/mo. And maybe you can live with just 700 shared minutes. In that case you'd be looking at $140-$150/mo for two lines with data on Verizon. Still more expensive than Sprint and you get less.

Verizon has better phones, though. If I could get a Droid on Sprint, I'd do it in a second. I like the Moment's hardware keyboard, but there are so many great software keyboards for Android that it's not entirely necessary. But you are paying a lot extra for those better phones. Sprint will be getting the HTC EVO 4G this summer, which should be amazing and will help them catch up in the phone selection department.

Thanks for all that info. Now I am temped to wait for the summer for the new phone. Oh well it it would probably be pricey anyways where I can get a Moment now cheap.

 

[Deeko]

<canned response>Cellular is still a tower based system so you can't judge the signal you will get in the areas you want to use your phone by what others tell you.</canned response>

From my experience, there is nothing wrong with Sprint's coverage. BUT that does highly depend on the areas that are important to you.

Yep. Around my old neighborhood in Seattle, I got significantly better coverage with T-Mobile than Verizon. You never know until you try.