This is a long post, but worth the read if your a phone geek.
With all the hype about the new Verizon iPhone4, I am a phone whore, like to upgrade to a new phone every 12 months or so. I have been with Android since the Nexus-One, and loved it, then bought the EVO 4G last Summer, and fell in love even more, but got bored with it.
Anyways I am open minded to the iPhone, my first smartphone was the iPhone3G. And my Brother has an iPhone4 on ATT for me to play with. After having some sit down time with the iPhone4 compared to my EVO, here are my comments; sure the iPhone has a wicked screen resolution, very sharp and crisp and good colors, and the UI is super fluid and smooth, the overall phone feels very snappy and fast.
But to be honest that is about it. #1 the screen is way too small for me, looking at a webpage on both phones, the EVO had a good amount of the page up, where the iPhone needed to be scrolled left and right to read it, feels like a wristwatch size screen now. And the size of the iPhone, everyone says how it is so much smaller and easier to carry in pocket than the "brick" the EVO is. Bull shit, thickness wise, they both seemed almost the same, we both have cases on our phones, and they felt very close in thickness. And weight, the iPhone is not light like a Samsung Galaxy-S, it is heavy, and felt pretty close in weight to the EVO. It is just the width and height the EVO is larger, but by no means night and day different like the Apple complain about.
And now that I rooted my EVO recently, and installed "Myn's" ROM with a lot of transparent menus and apps, my EVO looks so unique and cool, and with this ROM, the phone is very smooth as flowing water, super fast, with even better battery life. But I also bought a 1750mhz Japanese made battery, not much larger, but seems to hold the charge longer, and it charges up much faster than the stock battery. So I can get by the whole day now, never could before.
Overall I feel the EVO 4G once rooted with a good ROM become a mini laptop or small computer in my hand. And the iPhone4 feels like a Fischer Price toy, not to be rude, it just feels and looks so cute and small, with the little bubble apps, and all. I can now see why I see so many women with the iPhone more than ever. I see tons of Moms and older chicks with the iPhone. And the tech geeks that like to mess around and have a different and unique phone have moved on the higher end Android devices.
But this is just my opinion, I am sure many disagree. I am happy there is an iPhone around, will make Google stay on their toes, and keep coming up with fresh and good ideas for Android. And I hope the iPhone5 is kick butt, they need to just do 3 things to make that phone really bad ass. #1 A larger 4" screen. #2 Add Widgets to iOS. #3 Add Notification system to iOS.
If Apple makes those changes to the next iPhone, I would seriously think about going back. But as it is now, just too tiny and a cute toy, not for me I stay with my custom EVO. And if there is an EVO2 this Summer, with dual core, better battery, and better screen technology, and running the latest Android OS, and new Sense UI, that will be hard to pass up.
With all the hype about the new Verizon iPhone4, I am a phone whore, like to upgrade to a new phone every 12 months or so. I have been with Android since the Nexus-One, and loved it, then bought the EVO 4G last Summer, and fell in love even more, but got bored with it.
Anyways I am open minded to the iPhone, my first smartphone was the iPhone3G. And my Brother has an iPhone4 on ATT for me to play with. After having some sit down time with the iPhone4 compared to my EVO, here are my comments; sure the iPhone has a wicked screen resolution, very sharp and crisp and good colors, and the UI is super fluid and smooth, the overall phone feels very snappy and fast.
But to be honest that is about it. #1 the screen is way too small for me, looking at a webpage on both phones, the EVO had a good amount of the page up, where the iPhone needed to be scrolled left and right to read it, feels like a wristwatch size screen now. And the size of the iPhone, everyone says how it is so much smaller and easier to carry in pocket than the "brick" the EVO is. Bull shit, thickness wise, they both seemed almost the same, we both have cases on our phones, and they felt very close in thickness. And weight, the iPhone is not light like a Samsung Galaxy-S, it is heavy, and felt pretty close in weight to the EVO. It is just the width and height the EVO is larger, but by no means night and day different like the Apple complain about.
And now that I rooted my EVO recently, and installed "Myn's" ROM with a lot of transparent menus and apps, my EVO looks so unique and cool, and with this ROM, the phone is very smooth as flowing water, super fast, with even better battery life. But I also bought a 1750mhz Japanese made battery, not much larger, but seems to hold the charge longer, and it charges up much faster than the stock battery. So I can get by the whole day now, never could before.
Overall I feel the EVO 4G once rooted with a good ROM become a mini laptop or small computer in my hand. And the iPhone4 feels like a Fischer Price toy, not to be rude, it just feels and looks so cute and small, with the little bubble apps, and all. I can now see why I see so many women with the iPhone more than ever. I see tons of Moms and older chicks with the iPhone. And the tech geeks that like to mess around and have a different and unique phone have moved on the higher end Android devices.
But this is just my opinion, I am sure many disagree. I am happy there is an iPhone around, will make Google stay on their toes, and keep coming up with fresh and good ideas for Android. And I hope the iPhone5 is kick butt, they need to just do 3 things to make that phone really bad ass. #1 A larger 4" screen. #2 Add Widgets to iOS. #3 Add Notification system to iOS.
If Apple makes those changes to the next iPhone, I would seriously think about going back. But as it is now, just too tiny and a cute toy, not for me I stay with my custom EVO. And if there is an EVO2 this Summer, with dual core, better battery, and better screen technology, and running the latest Android OS, and new Sense UI, that will be hard to pass up.
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