iPhone 5 or Galaxy S III

My dear wife, my oldest and I are due for new phones soon. My honey has had her eye on an iPhone since they came out. Problem is, we are with T-Mobile and they don't sell the iPhone. ( That's another story entirely ). We are due for a renewal soon and that usually comes with a new phone. I know my honey is getting the iPhone, that's a given. My honey deserves it. My oldest is going to get a new phone too but that choice will be easy. Most likely iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S. That choice depends on the deal at the time. Myself on the other hand will be going by choice and by cost. I don't want to spend more than what we spend on the  iPhone for my honey but if I can save some money I will do that as well. Its not easy putting down  money for 3 phones with Christmas right around the corner. So I am looking at the Pros and Cons of the iPhone as well as the Galaxy S III. I am also comparing them price wise, which right now they are about the same.

The two devices are really good. Good cameras, solid devices, and good software. The iPhone has been out longer and is more polished at the moment but the S III is a very strong competitor. 

Along with the phones is the choice of Carrier . Verizon or AT&T. I know that Sprint has the devices as well but around my travel area Sprint does not have the best of signal. Right now, Verizon has the best signal compared to AT&T but they are also more expensive. Do I risk the chance at dropping a call but saving a few dollars. Hmm.. What a thought that is... Everyone knows that you pay for that answer at the moment you need the phone the most.

So help me out readers.. what are you thoughts.. iPhone or Galaxy S III.. Verizon or AT&T...

iPhone  or SII

My Cellphone Service Let Me Down...Again

I have had T-Mobile for a number of years. My family have have used these phones on their service: Motorola V360, a Motorola CLIQ, LG G2X and an HTC G2. Each phone has had their issue towards the end of their life cycle.. With the V360, if you were on Bluetooth and the other person put on their speaker phone, you could not hear them. The CLIQ started rebooting on its own after a year. The LG G2X hangs at times and needs to have the battery removed to clear it. The HTC G2 ran down my battery so fast in 4G that an extended battery was necessary and I can not use 4G all the time. These issues have come, except for the V360, towards the end of the phones life cycle. The phones are used so often you have to expect some things to go wrong with them. But, the service should work no matter what. I have found that T-Mobile is not always the best at giving you a strong signal. I am sure that you can say that about Verizon, Sprint and AT&T at times but I don't subscribe to them so I cannot say for certain. I can say that during this past weekend storm and during the time we had an earthquake in South Eastern United States, the people around me with Verizon service were talking but I could not get a call out, or see available service. Just this past weekend my family and I were traveling towards Atlantic City and were stuck in traffic. Power-lines were down, trees were covering some of the roads, traffic was every where. So I turned to my trusty phone with GPS and maps.. NO SERVICE. .. OK, so I tried my GPS on the Cell Phone, but it would not work because it had no service. ... Hmmmm... I looked over and the car next to us and see people on their phones... Verizon customers... I see other people on their phone and complaining. .They were on T-Mobile and Sprint... I tried and tried and tried restarting, going back and forth from air plane mode and also trying to get on WIFI for a minute to use WIFI calling but nothing.. Luckily one of the teens in the car had a bedazzled Verizon phone.. She had a good signal. She was able to get online and get directions for us. She had 2 bars, where we had none. It was embarrassing. 2 hours later, when we finally got signal, it was only 1 bar.. no data.. 1 additional hour and we were in a place that gave us 4 bars and data.. Too late.. I don't want that again. Not for a second time during a time that I really, really needed it to work. When my contract is over, I need to switch. My family is too important to me. Some might think its over kill and I am over reaching but put yourself in my shoes.. If your in a bad place and need help, where do you turn to now a days.. Not to a pay phone. ( Just try and find one ) You turn to your cell phone. Remember, without a signal, your cell phone does you no good at all.

Thanks for the good times T-Mobile, but soon we will be parting ways. I won't be going to Sprint and no way am I going to AT&T. So I hope Verizon has some good phones coming up soon, cause I am gonna be a looking.. Could be an Galaxy III or an iPhone, but only time will tell.

NEXUS ONE with a Keyboard...is this in our future

The is soo much talk about the NEXUS ONE. I for one have the Motorola CLIQ but the NEXUS ONE does look like something I could use, if it had a physical keyboard. Well, apparently it just might get one. Google Engineering VP talked of an enterprise version that could have a keyboard and longer battery life. .. and there could be more devices including a budget model.

Check here for more of the story and click here to see the NEXUS at google.

About the Motorola Cliq for T-Mobile

I have had a T-Mobile Wing mobile phone for quite some time now. Of my share of mobile phones, this has been the most versatile and does everything I need. It has its quirks now and then but it is OK. With more Android phones available and their multitude of downloadable apps along with the phones potential, I am leaning towards getting one of them. I like the G1 and the MyTouch but what I want is the Motorola CLIQ.

What does the Motorola CLIQ have that would move me away from a Windows Mobile Phone, let me tell you. It has MOTOBLUR. This allows streaming of your social networking feeds to your handset in realtime. It has a 5Megapixel camera for clearer shots. ( I wish it had a flash as well but that is not a deal breaker for me.) It comes 3G and WIFI capable, has Bluetooth Connectivity and a Full Qwerty keyboard. The keyboard is a must have for me right now. From my understanding of T-Mobile 3G speeds, when they go up to the 7.2Mbps, this phone will be able to take advantage of it.Check out the video below to see the CLIQ in action.

What you get in the box besides the phone is a 1400mA battery, Charger, USB Charger, Stereo Headset and a 2GB SD Card. A 2Gig card is not bad to start with but if you plan to take many pictures, listen to lots of music and more, your gonna want to get a bigger card.

Check out TMOBILE.COM or MOTOROLA.COM for more spec info.

One more thing....... the CLIQ is available for pre-order starting 10/19/09.