Time for new phone: IP4 or Android 4g?

[TheSaint]

My BB is dying.

I have VZW service.

I dont think i can wait until IP5 is released.

So, my choices look to be Iphone4 or the HTC Thunderbolt or the Samsung Charge.

Any opinions?

[SmootsDaddy89]

Wait like a month or two and get the Galaxy S II

[Darth Biscuit]

IDk about the Galaxy S II that smoots is pimping, but I played with the Thunderbolt and Charge at the Verizon store the other day, with 4G on and they are impressive. I don't care for the Charge's overall shape, but it really doesn't matter that much.

[bleys]

Wait like a month or two and get the Galaxy S II

my eyes were opened.. never even heard of it.

based on what I've read, it has all the best attributes.. dual core processor, 4g (IIRC), smooth screen, latest software upgrade (gingerbread), etc..

I wanted the X2, but when I read about the issues with camera and a few issues with the touch screen..

this is now what I'm waiting for.. especially if it comes with 4g.

IDk about the Galaxy S II that smoots is pimping, but I played with the Thunderbolt and Charge at the Verizon store the other day, with 4G on and they are impressive. I don't care for the Charge's overall shape, but it really doesn't matter that much.

it's pretty much a Thunderbolt, but much more fine tuned.. Thunderbolt's only benefit is 4g.

[Darth Biscuit]

Yeah, I just looked up the Galaxy S II as well... looks really nice.

[TheSaint]

excellent...will it be 4G?

[TheSaint]

looking at an Android forum, they say it may be Sept? that sucks

[Guest]

excellent...will it be 4G?

With everything else that it has (that I just read) I can't imagine that it won't be 4g. Looks really nice.

[Hawk]

[SmootsDaddy89]

I heard June or July earlier this month, but who knows. Samsung is being seriously tight-lipped about these things. Which usually isn't good.

[The Saltman]

Iphone 5

[SmootsDaddy89]

Also, the original Galaxy S was 4G in Europe, but was software-locked to 3G in the US. Could be the same deal with the Galaxy S II, but again, Samsung isn't saying poo.

The good news is that Samsung probably won't change the modem hardware on the US versions (They didn't with the first one) so HSPA will be unlockable. Not sure about LTE. Verizon users might be SOL if Verizon decides to make the Galaxy S a 3G phone.

[The Saltman]

3g is not very marketable except for the thrifty crowd. Trust me it'll be 4g

[SmootsDaddy89]

ATT literally has no reason not to do it (HSPA is backwards compatible with GSM), but that doesn't mean they will.

Verizon, on the other hand, is in a predicament. LTE isn't backwards compatible with CDMA (their 4G phones have sim cards in them now, if you look), which is why you see phones like the Droid X 2 coming out with only 3G support. Verizon simply doesn't have as much 4G coverage as they do 3G.

Maybe with the Droid X 2 being 3G, it opens the way for the Galaxy S II to be 4G. But it's completely possible that it won't. The Galaxy S was a huge seller on every carrier, and the Galaxy S II looks to be even better. There's no reason to limit your sales when a certain % of your subscribers can't get a 4G signal.