Monday, December 14, 2009

Which cell phone should my wife get? HTC Moment, HTC Hero. BlackBerry Tour, or Palm Pixie?

Question:

I just need help weighing out the Pros and cons.

Answer:

Here's what I got from all of them and I know alot about phones:



Samsung Moment



Pros:

Fastest processor (800 mhz) for Sprint phones

Physical Keyboard

AMOLED is amazing

Visual Voicemail



Cons:

Battery is the worst out of them all

Bulky and heavy

Slider build quality can come into question with lots of uses

Android 1.5



HTC Hero



Pros:

Sense UI

Visual Voicemail

5.0 MP camera

Solid hardware and amazing trackball but screen is problem



Cons:

No physical keyboard

Pull E-Mail

No flash

Get's laggy

Can get dust under touchscreen

LED display

No proximity sensor, you have to lock it manually



Tour



Pros:

Amazing keyboard

Push Email

Texting is amazing

Personally I had better service on Tour than any of these

Solid hardware built

Best battery out of all the phones

International



Cons:

Freezes

No Wi-Fi

Not a touch screen

Web browser sucks



Palm Pixi (go for the Palm Pre it's essentially a Pixi thats faster and have Wi-Fi, but i'll give you the pros and cons based on Pixi)



Pros:

WebOS -> MULTITASK

Synergy

Small and thin

Keyboard is decent

Solid Build

AMAZING Browser



Cons:

No enough apps

No Wi-Fi

Slower than Pre



It comes down to what you want to use your phone for. If you are a person who sents lots of emails and texts Blackberry Tour is for you, it's battery lasts forever and nothing can beat a Blackberry when it comes to emailing and texting. If you are also thinking of traveling overseas this is the only phone that can work overseas on GSM networks.



If you are a person who like to customize your phone and like apps like the iPhone, go for the Hero or Moment (you can choose between them, basically you'll know once you feel it). Android is amazing and Android 2.0 will be the best. It's open source, there's tons of apps and if you are going to be having this phone for 2 years then Android is the way to go, by 2012 Android will have most of the market in smart phones.



If you like to multitask and like web surfing get the Palm Pixi or Pre. This phone will make your life so much simpler, it syncs up contacts like no others. WebOS hasn't become popular but once the other wireless carriers gets WebOS the app store will be flooded.



Personally I have a Pre, however I am going to switch it for a Tour or Hero, the Moment has the worst battery, even compared to my Pre (my Pre doesn't last a day, I have to carry a charger around, and I text, email, and web surf alot). The only thing that is holding me back from getting a Tour is it doesn't have Wi-Fi. I am at school so I basically have Wi-Fi everywhere I go. If Moment's battery was better I would going for it since I am a big fan of physical keyboards (I had a touch pro before). I am however a big fan of Google. If you do alot of stuff on Google then I would go for Moment or Hero, plus Android 2.0 is going to be amazing. I hope this helps, if you need more info just email me. Source(s): Interned with consulting company that consults with VZW and Sprint, not to mention I am a phone FREAK!

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