Smart Phone Help

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Daseal;908477[B

]If you're looking for an android smartphone, I'd recommend waiting if possible. Very rarely is it a good idea to wait for "new stuff" because there's always something new and better around the corner. [/B](that's the story on how my desktop took about a year longer to build than first anticipated!) Within the next few months there will be some really great phones coming out.

When it comes down to it, you have to figure out what features are important to you and focus on those. Display? Camera? Service? Battery life? QWERTY vs Touch keyboard, etc. Once those are established it's easier to point you in the right direction.

?? Did you mean not waiting if possible? Usually my rule of thumb, being a tech guy, I don't purchase the latest and greatest cutting edge thing. I like to purchase what has been out long enough in order to gather enough data about the product to make a better decision. Not to mention that smartphones, tablets, computers, etc...all tend to have their bugs that need working out through customer contact.

As far as features go, I would like a phone with a good camera on it, both video and still pictures. I haven't had a touchscreen phone (I don't own a tablet computer as of yet either) and have only had one QWERTY phone, so my thoughts are touchscreen on the next phone to see if I'd like it better than the QWERTY. Certainly I would say battery life is what everybody would like to have in a phone, and I've read excellent reviews about the Razr Maxx in that regard. I hated the idea of my last smartphone (Blackberry Curve) having to be recharged at luch time, and charged again that night. I DO realize, however, this is common among smartphones, and probably more common depending upon what it's used mostly for.

The point is, I can't really say, outside of battery life, that the phone must have this or that, since most of those features were not present in the phone I currently have. I will say, since Verizon is offering double the data with 4G, I don't want to settle for a 3G phone with half the data limit.