wow I am shocked that the HTC one is not coming to verizon. It looked like a promising alternative to the S4.

Originally Posted by 6er If they learn how to put an micro sd slot in I would

I dunno who you were quoting (apparently you didn't feel it was relevant to quote), but my Samsung S3 has a micro sd slot.

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I'm sure it was to the post above his recommending a Nexus device. In which he responds he would if it only had a microsd slot.

Originally Posted by ITDEFX wow I am shocked that the HTC one is not coming to verizon. It looked like a promising alternative to the S4.

Whoa...no Verizon? There hasn't ever been a better time for HTC to release a good phone, then they don't release it on one of the largest mobile companies? I wonder if Samsung has some sort of exclusivity agreement with them to prevent the HTC from being carried. If those rats at Verizon try to charge me and my wife an upgrade fee to get our next phones, and don't waive it, I'll walk right over to ATT and see about the HTC or G4.

Originally Posted by berzirk Whoa...no Verizon? There hasn't ever been a better time for HTC to release a good phone, then they don't release it on one of the largest mobile companies? I wonder if Samsung has some sort of exclusivity agreement with them to prevent the HTC from being carried. If those rats at Verizon try to charge me and my wife an upgrade fee to get our next phones, and don't waive it, I'll walk right over to ATT and see about the HTC or G4.

Well my wife got hit with an upgrade fee 2 months after she got her Iphone 5 :( When I called to Verizon to explain this shit, they said it's for the video tutorials and tech support and I said this is bullshit because I can watch youtube videos and that the Iphone is so simple a Monkey can operate it... ended up taking half off the upgrade fee.

So not only did we get a 30 dollar upgrade fee charged to her account (thanks best buy for not telling us about it), she lost her unlimited data (expected) and her 12% data discount which verizon never said we would lose. This pisses me off.

yeah cell companies do everything they can to remove that kind've stuff.

Sprint got me a couple years back with a forced account change, a month later an exec apologized saying some accounts were incorrectly in the system and the upgrade was not mandatory. Sprint? sorry, your account is changed now, BTW don't forget if you cancel you owe us $350.

that's telecoms companies for you. they don't give a .

Originally Posted by ITDEFX wow I am shocked that the HTC one is not coming to verizon. It looked like a promising alternative to the S4.

The HTC One may not be going to Verizon, but something similar to it probably will come to Verizon. Like how instead of getting the One X like the other carriers, Verizon got the Droid DNA.

Honestly I feel like I got screwed when I got the Droid Charge two years ago...it's like almost everything before it and after it got ICS and JB updates. At this point I am concerned about getting a phone that will have enough OS updates to make it last til the next upgrade.

I wouldn't say before it, I don't think the Fascinate ever got ICS. I still remember having that POS....shudder.

Anyone that is concerned about getting OS updates should just straight up get a Nexus or iPhone. Those are the only models that get quick, consistent, and "long-term" support. Every other manufacturer just waffles it and if they don't, then the carriers will unless one wants to c-mod.

I'll give Samsung a little credit, they've been doing better with the updates. they recently just updated some of the older Galaxy S2 models to Jelly Bean. Granted it's not the very newest version (that's 4.4.2 I think), but It's better than they've done in the past.

Yeah they only really do that with the flagship Galaxy series though. So they are a somewhat safe bet. They still do the usual release + drop support on plenty of their other non Galaxy phones.

I just tell people that they should be happy with the phone as it is when they buy it, because that may never change. Expecting updates and bug fixes shouldn't be such a big deal , but it seems like it is.

The Droid Charge got an update but no OS update...ever since then it feels slower than before.

I've still got my Charge somewhere. That was the replacement I received for suffering through the Fascinate.

I am wondering what I can do with my two droid charges in wifi mode once I get the S4?

Originally Posted by ITDEFX I am wondering what I can do with my two droid charges in wifi mode once I get the S4?

I've used my original Droid as an alarm clock since getting the Thunderbolt which in turn has been replaced with the Stratosphere, Droid RAZR, and now Galaxy Note 2.

They should make nice paperweights.

I was reading on life hacker somewhere that if you just use GPS mode, it can still track you on Navigator but the maps will be blurry until you enable data..meh.

My nephew loves my old Samsung Moment. He only just recently broke it after having it for a couple years. He would play "maps" all the time

Even more amazing is how easily entertained 3/4 year olds are.