Pick my new phone!

[OneSickPsycho]

So despite the name... the Blackberry Storm is less than water resistant. One of the joys of pool ownership apparently is ruining your phone because you're a dumbass and forgot to take it out of your pocket....

So, it's a $50 detuctible to claim in on insurance... so I might as well just get a different fucking phone... I hated this thing anyway. Here's what I'm looking at:

Palm Pre Plus

HTC Droid Eris

Samsung Omnia II

LG Ally

[OneSickPsycho]

Also thinking about replacing the Mrs' Blackberry Curve with the HTC Ozone... or maybe just get her the newer Curve. thoughts?

Be sure to tell me the WHY behind your decision... I'm gonna order the new phone tomorrow or something...

[derf]

The eris is a pretty good mid range android phone. Its not an evo or a droid but its better than the palm which is thee only other phone I have experience with on your list

[Dave]

The palm is a towering pile of shit. Get the eris

[goof2]

Did you already talk to Verizon about it? I thought most phone insurance deals required you to get the same phone you had previously as long as it is still available.

[Trip]

The storm is waterproof. I have two trips down a river to prove it on mine.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by goof2

Did you already talk to Verizon about it? I thought most phone insurance deals required you to get the same phone you had previously as long as it is still available.

That's IF you decide to use it... I'd rather spend the same $50 and get a phone that I'll actually like.

Originally Posted by Trip

The storm is waterproof. I have two trips down a river to prove it on mine.

Well jump into a swimming pool for like 5 minutes. Then we'll talk.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

That's IF you decide to use it... I'd rather spend the same $50 and get a phone that I'll actually like.



Well jump into a swimming pool for like 5 minutes. Then we'll talk.

Don't know about 5 minutes, but my little adventures in almost drowning during fly fishing weren't exactly short.

[Porkchop]

My best friend has the Palm Pre. I like the thing, but unless you have fingers like a 13 year old cheerleader... no fucking way.

My other buddy has the Eris. Relatively fast. Screen is responsive and bright. Of course no qwerty keyboard. He dropped it once while getting on his 636 and broke it..... pass.

Between the other two, its really what you are looking for. One has the qwerty and the other has the "swipe" texting. The LG phones are always known for reliability and durability. But recently I switched to the Samsung Rogue... which is basically the un-smartphone version of the Omnia, and I LOVE this fucking phone. Those WXGA amoled screens are fantastic.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

My best friend has the Palm Pre. I like the thing, but unless you have fingers like a 13 year old cheerleader... no fucking way.

My other buddy has the Eris. Relatively fast. Screen is responsive and bright. Of course no qwerty keyboard. He dropped it once while getting on his 636 and broke it..... pass.

Between the other two, its really what you are looking for. One has the qwerty and the other has the "swipe" texting. The LG phones are always known for reliability and durability. But recently I switched to the Samsung Rogue... which is basically the un-smartphone version of the Omnia, and I LOVE this fucking phone. Those WXGA amoled screens are fantastic.

swype is still in beta form, but it is available on their website, and it takes 2 seconds to put it on an eris. I have it on my mytouch and love it, its almost a perfect substitute for a hard keyboard, but it does make typing faster unless i dont swype over the right letters, then it never understnads the word you are going for