Smartphones

[OakLeaf]

I should note that DH's iPhone 3GS is noticeably quicker since the iOS 6 update. FWIW, at least some of the new-found speed is the OS and browser. Normally a major firmware update would not be a good thing for a piece of antiquated hardware, but this is another thing Apple seems to have got right.


I should probably also note that I don't like to be shopping for a new phone when the one I have is only 28 months old, but that seems to be the way of technology these days. A phone is inevitably going to get dropped and wet, and you either get an iPhone with a sealed case and you're stuck with the battery and memory it comes with ... or you take the risk with something else. My phone is still working, but there are some dead pixels in the screen, sometimes it just acts weird, the aftermarket battery is getting long in the tooth and would need replacing anyway, and I don't want to wait until the phone dies completely and possibly be stuck without a working phone for however long it would take me to get a new one.

I've never considered a Blackberry - even when they first came out, I was already in my late 30s or early 40s and there was no way I could see that little screen.

I'm pretty much settled on the HTC Incredible 4G. I need 1X coverage since I don't spend all my time in coastal cities (although I should probably find out whether the Motorola Razr M will roam on domestic AT&T GSM networks ... that might still give me coverage where I use 1X now). It's one of the smallest phones out there, and I'm used to the HTC Android skin already. Now I just have to get past my reluctance to replace a device that's barely two years old. At least there are decent, easily accessible phone recycling programs.