Well I went and did it today! I plunged myself into the app loaded world of android phones. I finally upgraded my old phone from over 2 years ago. Two years is like 4 years in phone time. I just deactivated my Motorola iC902. Now my iC902 was a very solid phone. It was rugged enough to survive being dropped several times. And by several I mean like at least 50 – 75 times. It took nice 2.0 megapixel pictures with a flash. Phone call sound and quality was just fine. It was great for texting, mobile email, GPS, music, you name it. All things but browsing the web or net or whatever the kids call it these days. It was able to browse the web okay but not even okay enough to support Pandora mobile. That should tell you something.
So my carrier is Sprint and it has been for some time. Originally I started with Nextel and my loyalty was with them for most of that time before Sprint bought Nextel out. I would guess I was with Nextel for around 6 – 7 years or so and with Sprint since then. After a long time of comparing phones online I had narrowed my selection down to two phone options. Funny enough those two options were the HTC Hero and the Samsung Moment just like the title of the article says. Imagine that. Well enough of the small talk and kaffeeklatches.
Like I said I had spent much time online comparing all the Sprint phones and decided it was time to visit as store and compare the phones in person. First, I was very impressed with the Hero. I liked the feel and the design of the Hero. The keypad was a little awkward with my initial trial. I noticed the nice 5 megapixel camera and that was very cool. But what I didn’t notice was a flash. There is no flash on the HTC Hero. I’m not sure why there is not a flash. For me that was a deal breaker. I really was headed to the Sprint store to purchase the HTC Hero but then backed out. I was able to check out the Samsung Moment. It was pretty nice as well.
The Samsung Moment was at first a slight bulkier than the HTC Hero but I attribute that to the slide out full qwerty keyboard. I normally was against a slide out but it was easier to use initially than the HTC Hero virtual keypad. Also the Samsung Moment has a virtual keypad if you wish to use it. The only down side I see is that the Samsung Moment only has a 3.5 megapixel camera. But it does have a flash to take full advantage of the camera. Now my old phone had a 2.0 megapixel so this is still a 150% upgrade on my camera. So to me this 3.5 mp camera with a flash is better than a 5 mp camera with no flash. That’s just my own opinion. Other than that the Samsung Moment seemed just about as good as the HTC Hero but then I received a call.
It was my friend who is a Sprint Tech. He is the guy that I rely on for all my cell phone questions. I mean he is really into cell phones and the current tech stuff. He was into cell phones and working with cell phones even when we were just finishing high school back in the late ’80s -’90s. He knows cell phones for sure. He is what I would call an expert on cell phones especially spring. I think he even told me he helped develop some phones. I had called him earlier and asked him which phone to get. Well he was sick at the time and I had to leave a message. His timing was perfect. I was just about to start purchasing a Samsung Moment. He told me that the processor speed of the Samsung Moment was one of the only phones that will be able to handle the next media push. You know what that is. That’s right TV. The Samsung Moment has an 800 MHz. So the phone will be able to handle basically anything that could be thrown at it. My tech friend confirmed it. I was happy with the selection and the guys at the store hooked me up on my plan and activation charges. Good work. I’m satisfied so far. Now if I could just figure out how to call someone.
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