Comments on: Should You Buy or Hold in Today’s Smartphone Market?

By: Glenn Beeson

Glenn Beeson — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:01:15 +0000

Waiting for all the obvious reasons coming up. I have no phone presently and not in much of a hurry; I am curious to see how this summer shapes up.

By: Montevale

Montevale — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:56:26 +0000

Everything on the market today is pretty good… well almost everything.
This “pretty good” thing makes it horrible to choose a device for the long run, so don’t expect this to be a long term investment as things will shift faster than your contract with the provider. Don’t get yourself in the corner with a three year contract as you will regret this in a year.
We are seeing different camps and I mean different camps of devices like we have never seen them before. Each camp has it’s strengths such as audio, keyboards, email, enterprise features, capacitive screens, web integration etc however NONE deliver a COMPLETE product they are all coming too SHORT in one area or another.
One can actually justify carrying an iPhone alongside a Blackberry to cover the aspects of email, music and other what not iPhoneBerry do better than one another.
There are of course some die hard followers in both camps that would refuse to do this for the sake brand loyalty and the usual proof to the world that it can be done with the hands tied behind their backs.
Unfortunately right now every single one of the existing devices comes with a set of ropes that required to be put on prior use… but of course you choose your own color.

By: ophelan

ophelan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:54:33 +0000

I will be finishing out my contract on a AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser / TyTn II) this summer. I’m closely watching the market now, and am currently interested in the Palm Pre, a new 3rd generation iPhone, or perhaps the HTC Touch Pro 2.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:06:32 +0000

I’m on hold as well. I’ve been a Palm lover since waay back, the 680 I thought was the end of the Palm line but the Pre has me curious as does future Android phones. I need a physical keyboard no on screen poking for me.

Nice to have choices ain’t it?

By: John in Norway

John in Norway — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:04:09 +0000

Wake me up when someone comes out with something better than my Nokia E90.

By: Griffon

Griffon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:58:42 +0000

Big thing that killed the 3g for me was the service cost increase. Talk about insult to injury.

By: Josh Smith

Josh Smith — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:29:23 +0000

I’m hoping to upgrade late this year but I doubt Verizon will have anything worth buying let alone getting at NE2 pricing. Sprint may be a go with the Pre but I’d really like another Android phone. If only T-mobile and At&T could get another 2-3 towers in my area it’d be easy to switch.

So yes, hold off for now is what I’m telling people unless they are a minimal needs user that has a specific need.

By: HSK

HSK — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:19:09 +0000

Lee – just make sure you can actually make a call with it and get a 3G signal before you port. It is a great device, but ATT’s service needs to get up to speed in many areas.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:07:02 +0000

Make that – not stick with what works – whoops.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:06:06 +0000

I’ll buy the new iPhone when it is released, and even pay an early termination fee on my existing one if necessary. I have been so burned by Palm in the past with their crappy Windows Treo models that I wouldn’t care if they invented sliced bread – I won’t be burned with another of their products ever again. The iPhone has its flaws, but the app store is brilliant and there is no shortage of business productivity software and endless amusements for me to play with. Plus I now always have music with me too.

I see no reason to stick with what works – and works pretty well at that too.

By: Jose R. Ortiz

Jose R. Ortiz — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:08:56 +0000

no holding off for me. i just got a bold although i’ll probably be picking up htc’s touch pro2 and s522 when they become available. i’ll only pick up the pre if an unlocked gsm version becomes available at some point.

By: T1 Rex

T1 Rex — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:46:17 +0000

This is the reason people don’t upgrade operating systems either. Too much grief when they are happy with what they have and are heavily invested in using. One difference with smartphones is that cellular contracts expire every couple of years, often giving you the option to get a new carrier subsidized phone cheap or free.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:02:33 +0000

i’d like more android smart phones to be available.

By: Luscious

Luscious — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:36:43 +0000

Definitely on hold – awaiting WinMo 7 on HTC Touch Pro 2.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:28:21 +0000

I have been in a holding pattern for over a year. For me, it’s a choice between the new HTC Magic G2 (or whatever it will be called), new iPhone or Pre.

By: Bcreekski

Bcreekski — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:16:09 +0000

I am trying to wait for a WM 6.5 (leaving the BB world) but really like the HTC Touch Diamond that just hit Verizon. I am elgilble for “new every two” so waiting is requiring some extraordinary patience