I haven't been willing to deal with AT&T's BS to have an iPhone. I jailbroke & unlocked my 3G to work with Tmobile, but they can only offer me 2G speed, which is rather lame, and the iPhone's reception has long been problematic. So when the Droid came out, I paid attention. When the Incredible came out last week, I got one.
The problem (for Droid) remains the same. For whatever reason, ya just don't get emotionally attached to the Droids the same way. Some of it was VERY well executed (Navigation, for example, and voice recognition searches,) but after a week, it was still mostly gadgets that I don't really NEED, and they more than doubled my phone bill.
I did the math. Incredible=$3200 over 2 years' time.
My current Virgin service, with texting and unlimited voice is $57.50 a month (1380 for 2 years.) An iPad 32GB 3G adds $800, 24 months of service at 30 a month (cheaper than any other) is 720... total is 2900 that way, *if* I use the ipad with 3G all 24 months (no contract, my choice.) So I can get the iPad and unlimited talk, texting, etc. for $300 less than the Incredible... Hmmm.
The decision was made at Best Buy. I touched the iPad with my own fingertips, felt how much more responsive the accelo. was, saw web pages show up as proper web pages instead of some squished version or an odd application segment. it was a little smaller than expected, but it was still spot-on. 10 hours of battery life? The HTC Incredible was 3 minutes away from a power-off in just 3 hours' time.
I left Best Buy, went over to the Verizon store and handed it back to them. Cool gadget, but just not worth my money.
I don't have any envy anymore.
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