Soon time to upgrade, what phone? (Android)

[Mike41793]

I just got the Droid Razr and IT.IS.AMAZING!! Battery life is twice as long as an iPhone, the phone is LIGHTNING fast, and it's reinforced with Kevlar, along with an otter box it's damn near indestructible. Oh and the price just dropped down to 99$ last week

Im looking for a smart phone though, arent the razors like those flip phones or am i thinking something completely different here???

[suzuki4life]

Holy S*&%...are you kidding???

nope, my S2 sat on the shelf with a $650 tag on it. I use my phone more than my TV, laptop, and DSLR. And a $700 price tag is a mere fraction of the price of all of those, it makes sense to me to invest on what I use most.

I shopped around and found it with renewal contract for $100 at Radio shack. I do not let price tags shy me away from a purchase. I use them as a starting point and then I shop, shop ,shop for better.


The S2. I'm still very new at the apps. My wife claims she is in love at first touch. Simple things are much different than my EVO and I will have to adapt. The keyboard is backwards to anything I have ever seen. I've ordered the large chinese batteries from ebay to give them a whirl at a $13 "upgrade" (we'll see how this goes). I'm actually very shocked how well the stock battery holds up. In good service areas+ wifi at home, I am getting over a day out of the stock battery(compare this to 13 hours with my Evo). I pulled my SD card from my Evo for my S2 since they have internal memory and no SD. But they have an SD slot.(S2) In good service areas, the phone is crazy fast. The antenna is sub Evo. If I couldn't get service(or very little) with the Evo, the S2 has no prayer or chance. The S2 enables wifi, 4g etc 100 times faster than my Evo. Power button is on side compared to on top with my Evo. Bypassing front screen requires a full side to side swipe which is awkward. The apps are weird compared to the Evo. Time will tell but I am confident the S2 will be up for the challenge.

[suzuki4life]

Im looking for a smart phone though, arent the razors like those flip phones or am i thinking something completely different here???

shop plans and prices THEN shop phones.

We pay $144 for two phones (evo and s2) through sprint for unlimited data but have limited minutes...

Same plan for two 4s would be over $220. That is the cheapest plan/carrier in our area for our needs.

If super budget is your needs, i would shop the various pay as you go phones. Ranging from $35+ a month, they're hard to beat. Less speeds, less in the phone options but unlimited.....to each their own. But I've considered it myself.

[Mike41793]

shop plans and prices THEN shop phones.

We pay $144 for two phones (evo and s2) through sprint for unlimited data but have limited minutes...

Same plan for two 4s would be over $220. That is the cheapest plan/carrier in our area for our needs.

If super budget is your needs, i would shop the various pay as you go phones. Ranging from $35+ a month, they're hard to beat. Less speeds, less in the phone options but unlimited.....to each their own. But I've considered it myself.

I think i wanna try something different from the iphone 4s when i go. $144 sounds way better than $220 for 2 4s's lol.
I too use my phone for EVERYTHING, all day too. So having a strong battery is important. My iPhone 4 has a pretty good battery, now but id like it to last longer. By the time october rolls around there will probably be a whole new series of phones out for me to choose from haha. Im definetly gunna shop the plans first though like you said, thats a good idea.