What cell phone should I get?

Pro HTC


Pro iPhone


I either lost my iphone tonight or it was stolen. Either way I need to get a new phone and not sure what to get.
I was wondering what you all have and if you would recommend it.
Also thinking of waiting until the iphone 5's come out and just get one of those.

- Marc
By Marc | 08/09/2011 10:22 PM | 8 comments
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  • Marc- I am in exactly the same position you are and after reading all these comments am more confused as ever. LOL. Maybe I'll just go back to my old TracFone since it has been extremely reliable and the cost is minimal compaired to anything else. lol.
    craigop 08/14/2011 11:19 PM
  • I have a Verizon Thunderbolt 4g and LOVE it!! Huge screen, lots of available apps, great camera and video,
    it has been very reliable.
    Battery power with these phones IS a problem, as they gobble up the battery quickly...but just have charging cable at work, in your car and at home and get in the habit of plugging in whenever you can.
    Red 08/11/2011 10:43 AM
  • If you are still living in Wilton Manors , I do not recommend any phones from At&T! I had a friend that lived down there and always had problems with his phone. We ould be chatting and his phone would cut out. He went back to the AT&T store with the phone numerous times and they said the problem was fixed. The problem still persisted.
    It turns out, when AT&T took over Bell South, the system was never updated to handle all the latest technology. When everyone was on their smart phones they system could not handle it. He got rid of the smart phone and AT&T and did not have any problems since. I think he went to Metro PCS.
    KinkMaster 08/10/2011 02:43 PM
  • Thanks guys,
    I had an iPhone 3 and it was great at first but as time went by it got slower and sometimes would crash. I remember sometimes the camera and the gps on it wouldn't even loadup.

    2 of my friends have an HTC EVO (Android with Sprint) and they love them. The screen is bigger too. Another friend has an iPhone 4 and loves it. So I go back and forth.
    iPhone 5 will be coming out and may solve a lot of the previous problems.
    Marc 08/10/2011 12:57 PM
  • I would highly recomment AT&T (584 shares) or you could go with Verizon (585 shares), Metro PCS is another good option (1000 shares) or if you are in a rural area you could always choose CenturyLink (356 shares). Sprint is bad, bad, bad (0 shares) and if you want I can also recommend a couple of solid companies in Spain, England or France. My recommendation on Sprint might change later today as it is down to $3.16 a share.
    txholdup 08/10/2011 09:58 AM
  • I second StogieBearVA's comment, but with a (more than) slight emphasis on the HTC's (or pretty much any Android-based phones).
    Don't get me wrong.. I love my iPod Touch, but I am all for open-source software, and consider Steve Jobs to be pretty much iFeuhrer, and am not a big fan of Apple's exclusivity policy (but again, that's a personal philosophical stance).
    That aside, as mentioned already, there are a lot of optional features with other phones while you are stuck with one model with the iPhones.
    Of course, you can always jailbreak your iPhone and enjoy the rebel/alternate app store which Steve Jobs would gladly gas if he could :P
    aliencubby 08/10/2011 08:39 AM
  • a couple of cans and a string......
    fenwaydav 08/10/2011 07:57 AM
  • After having a basic flip, and an iPhone, I upgraded to the HTC Evo (on the Sprint network) and love it. Personally, I prefer the Android OS to the iPhone's IOS. The iPhone certainly has the "Mac fan-boy" fashion statement to back it up, and the OS is decent, but I'm not worried about making a fashion statement via my phone. I went with the Evo (and the Android OS) simply because it's more powerful, more rich in features, and more extensible with apps. And, no - the ability of the iPhone to work with iTunes is no longer a discriminator like it used to be. With services like Rhapsody, you can get all the music you want and actually share it across devices that are not under the control of the OS vendor (unlike Apple's business model). Also, Android is an open OS, unlike the iOS, and Android is not encumbered with petty business arguments like the iOS, such as the inability to view any Flash content on the iPhone because Apple can't (excuse me, "won't") broker a deal with the other software vendors.

    Here's what I think is one of the big factors in making your decision: If your house is already populated with Mac computers and Apple products, adding the iPhone is probably your best choice as it will integrate into that Apple environment without an issue. If you're running primarily Windows and other non-Apple products, whether from Microsoft or the Linux community, the Android OS is a better choice, and I can really recommend the HTC products, particularly the Evo. Also, the Android OS phone vendors offer more product choices - if you want a physical keyboard (a slide out with the keyboard on it), you can get that, but Apple offers no such option.
    StogieBearVA 08/10/2011 06:24 AM