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Author: Josh Coffman
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Subject: Re: OT Verizon Smart Phones
Have the the HTC Rezound; my first smart phone. Family has iPhone 4's.
4G/LTE is amazingly fast in areas with good 4G coverage - a serious
advantage of Android has over iPhone.

I switched to VZN from TMO several years ago due to coverage; am happy
enough with them. Currently though, TMO also gets to use ATT towers for the
next few years as part of the compensation for the failed ATT buyout of
TMO. So their coverage should be great. See a TMO store for more info. Plus
an ATT or TMO phone should be somewhat useable overseas, if you travel
abroad enough to care.


On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:13 PM, James Dugger <>wrote:

> With the exception of SF and northern Idaho (never been) your list and
> comments would match exactly to my experience with Verizon.
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Mark Phillips <
> > wrote:
>
>> You can check coverage at http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/pcc.aspx(drill down to the street level).
>>
>> My personal experience....
>>
>> Seattle - great
>> Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Chandler, etc. - great
>> Payson - 4G - I loose connectivity in the mountains on the way to Payson
>> Pinetop/Lakeside/Show Low - 2G/4G roaming - depends on location
>> Greater LA - great
>> SF and Bay Area - great
>> Northern Idaho camping near the Canadian border - no coverage...ATT has
>> some coverage in this area!
>> Driving to Tucson - no loss of signal as far as I remember. Tucson has
>> great coverage
>>
>> YMMV
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 10:49 AM, keith smith <>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> What about service - like out in rural areas. Between here and Tucson.
>>> I like T-Mobile's plan and price points, however I am concerned about
>>> coverage.
>>>
>>> Please share your thoughts.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> ------------------------
>>> Keith Smith
>>>
>>> --- On *Sun, 6/24/12, Mark Phillips <>* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Mark Phillips <>
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: OT Verizon Smart Phones
>>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <>
>>> Date: Sunday, June 24, 2012, 9:22 AM
>>>
>>>
>>> As a point of comparison, t-mobile offers an unlimited voice, text, and
>>> data plan for 2 phones for $140/month. Unlimited data means 2 gb at 4g
>>> speeds, and if you exceed that, they just throttle you back to 2g at no
>>> additional charge. They have lots of good android smart phones available
>>> (no iphones). I have had 4 phones with then for many many years, and I keep
>>> renewing every 2 years.
>>>
>>> Don't go to a franchise store unless you know it is a good one. Go to a
>>> corporate store for best service.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>> On Jun 23, 2012 8:42 PM, "Lyle Tuttle" <<http://mc/compose?to=l.tuttle@cox.net>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> We have two Verizon HTC Thunderbolts - new in Feb 2011.
>>>
>>> $174/month, unlimited everything.....voice, text, data...'
>>>
>>> Have never had it freeze; rebooted on its own once but I think that was
>>> an update.
>>>
>>> Worst problem is battery life.....very short, even with larger battery.
>>> One day will go all day, next day need to charge twice in one day - low
>>> usage.....go figure.
>>>
>>> Did you know verizon has a box that will serve as your phone? $20/mo
>>> unlimited calls in/out......it received via cell signal and you plug your
>>> phone into it.....and US Cellular has a small "deck of cards, only half as
>>> thick" Samsung "hot spot"....$25 for up to 2 gig of data/month
>>>
>>> I learned the above after bad storm left sis-in-law without phone or
>>> internet for 4 days......guess what she has now!!?
>>>
>>>
>>> At 02:12 PM 6/22/2012, James Dugger wrote:
>>>
>>> I have been with Verizion ever since our other carrirer was buoght by
>>> them in the mid nineties. I have had a Driod and currently have a Droid
>>> X. I can't really compare the difference between carriers in dropped
>>> calls but we get are share of dropped calls as well. My wife and son have
>>> the iphone 4s and love it. My wife had an older Droid and it used to drop
>>> calls more than here iphone. Having used both (my wife's iphone and my
>>> Droid X) my comparison would be as follows:
>>>
>>> Screen Freeze
>>> Droid - this happens quite often on both the older and newer Droids
>>> (though not as much on the X)
>>> iphone - rarely freezes.
>>>
>>> Keyboard key selection
>>> Droid - They both struggle (especially in the portrait keyboard) to pick
>>> the correct letter/number.
>>> iphone - Even with fat fingers it is uncanny to me how the portrait
>>> keyboard can still seem to pick the right letter/number
>>>
>>> Text completion
>>> Droid - Okay
>>> iphone - Great slightly faster
>>>
>>> Animatromics (screen responsiveness)
>>> Droid - slight hesitancy at times
>>> iphone - smooth and quick
>>>
>>> I have no experience with HTC however my brother has the Samsung Nexus
>>> II through Version and says that it runs circles around his old Droid, and
>>> is much closer to the iphone with respect to hardware responsiveness and
>>> features.
>>>
>>> Since the versions of OS Android is somewhat splintered across different
>>> devices, there are a couple of other points to consider if an android phone
>>> is your preferred choice:
>>> Google owns Android and Motorola ( Droid ), but Nexus is a Google
>>> sponsored partnership program for application and hardware development for
>>> the official release version of Android by Google. Currently Samsung is
>>> the Nexus partner.Â
>>>
>>> This may have changed and I may be wrong, but it is my understanding
>>> that anything Android with the Nexus name is part of this partnership with
>>> Google.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Stephen <<http://mc/compose?to=cryptworks@gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Android brutally fc's inactive apparently to free space before that goes.
>>> On Jun 22, 2012 9:59 AM, "Eric Cope" <<http://mc/compose?to=eric.cope@gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>> Thats interesting to hear about not rebooting? Maybe the tide is
>>> changing. Someone I carpool with is also constantly having to close apps
>>> because the phone is "out of memory". Does anyone else experience this?
>>>
>>> I think the iPhone forces stale apps out of memory automatically (I
>>> never get an out of memory notice). Can anyone comment on that?
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Stephen <<http://mc/compose?to=cryptworks@gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I forgot.
>>>
>>> On a rooted phone there is an app that will backup your root so you can
>>> switch root on and off easily so you can do some root only tasks and then
>>> unroot for day to day.
>>>
>>> Its called voodoo ota rootkeeper
>>> On Jun 22, 2012 8:46 AM, "keith smith" <<http://mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is very OT.
>>>
>>> I have been with verizon for 8 years. Voice only. It has been 4
>>> years since I upgraded our phones. It is just my wife and I.Â
>>>
>>> We are thinking of going with smart phones.
>>>
>>> A friend suggested HTC phones because of the better quality of speaker
>>> and mic. Voice quality is very important to me.Â
>>>
>>> As it stands we can get unlimited voice for $120/mo, 1000 texts for
>>> $10/mo and 2G of data for each phone for $20/ea/mo. Total is about
>>> $170/mo + tax and fees.Â
>>>
>>> I like verizon because they have always provided top of the line
>>> service.
>>>
>>> I've briefly looked at Straigt-Talk, T-Mobile, and Sprint. My fear
>>> with these providers is quality of the call, availability, and dropped
>>> calls.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on which phone to get? From prior conversations on
>>> this list it seems a Droid phone is the way to go. I don't think I will
>>> ever want to take the time to root my phone, however you never know.Â
>>>
>>> What about phone apps and other things I might not be thinking about?
>>>
>>> I appreciate all the feedback you will provide!
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance for your help!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------
>>> Keith Smith
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