rave about your verizon phone here please

snoopy3319

I'm due for an upgrade in February and no idea which phone to go with. I have the enV2 and love it right now, so I'll be keeping it as a backup. I'm looking to upgrade to a smartphone, though, so let me know what you love. Thanks!

MrsBrownsFan

I would recommend a BlackBerry...I have the Tour and love it!  If you are just starting in the world of smartphones, I think the Curve is cheaper and would probably be enough for you.  And the new Curve has wifi, which I think is a nice new feature.  However, it hadn't been released when I got my Tour.

snoopy3319

I'm leaning towards the newer curve with the touchpad rather than the roller ball. I wasn't all that impressed with the Tour. I couldn't figure out why it was better than the curve. You might be able to fill me in. Also, is the wifi important since you have to buy the data plan anyways?

enkeli224

I have the droid eris, and am enjoying it immensely.

DeniseandBrad

we slaves to the verizon. We have the 8800 curve and the blitz in our family and the 8830 curve. I hate the phone bill but love the phones

MrsBrownsFan

The wifi is nice because using the data connection to surf the internet drains the battery faster.  So if you are in a wifi hotspot, it can use wifi to connect, thereby making your battery last longer.  And the wifi connection might be faster than the data connection...I am not sure.

KERJF

moto. droid and i LOVE it. easy and fun to use.

snoopy3319

Good to know about the wifi. I'm nervous about battery life. I'm used to getting almost a full week out of my phone, and it gets a lot of use. Not looking forward to the phone bill, but it's got to be done at some point. Thanks for the advice ladies.

enkeli224

I was used to the week-long battery life of a regular phone as well.

I am, admittedly, having trouble adapting to the crappy battery life.

MrsV2005

In the past year I've had the Env3, which was fine as a regular phone but I got the purple curve (8530?) for Christmas and I ADORE it!

I don't know how it compares to the tour, but the BB OS is probably the same on both so you can expect to find the same apps for either one.

DH has been running a windows smartphone OS for several years and they're just as good.

I'd say do your research on which OS you want, and then narrow down your preferences based on that. I think no matter which way you go, you'll want to get used to charging your phone every night. There are ways to increase battery life, you'll just have to work at finding them out depending on which way you go.

 

 

annael415

enkeli224:

I have the droid eris, and am enjoying it immensely.

 Love my eris also!  Had the Moto Droid for a weekend, but the size and weight was too much for me.

Ms_Matched

I am no help, I have and love my EnV2 as well.