My take on Android vs. iPhone

After months and months of research, I finally broke down a few weeks ago and purchased a smart phone. When I first decided to replace my aging Motorola RAZR, I wanted something that didn’t cost a fortune and provided a basic ‘net experience when i was away from my Mac. After playing around with a number of phones, I narrowed my choices down to theApple iPhone, the Motorola DROID and the Sprint EVO. I went back and forth for weeks, but decided to purchase a Sprint EVO for a couple of reasons:

1. Sprint has the most cost effective plans IMHO. I’m currently paying around $60/mo for unlimited texts, unlimited data and unlimited calls to mobile phones. Comparable iPhone plans would have run me well over $100/mo.
2. The Android, like the iPhone has numerous awesome applications in the application market.
3. Sprint has 4G coverage where I live, and I’m currently getting over 10MB/s of throughput. Nice!
4. I’m not too keen on having to visit Apple when I want to replace my battery.
5. The Sprint EVO allows you to swap out microsd cards at will. This is awesome since microsd card capacities will grow over time.

So far I have been extremely happy with my purchase, though all of the complaints about EVO battery life are spot on (mine lasts for 4 hours with continuous use). I have to keep a charger at home, one in my car and another at my desk. This is kinda annoying, but I’m hopeful Sprint will issue an update to address this limitation. Battery issues aside, you really can’t go wrong with the Sprint EVO. Great phone!

This article was posted by Matty on 2010-08-31 16:28:00 -0400 -0400