I have a Motorola Q, it works well, but I guess deep down I do have iPhone envy (there, I said it). I looked the the iPhone when it first came out and was very impressed. The main thing that kept me from buying one was the AT&T network. I have Sprint. I don't know which is better, but to change 3 lines seemed to be more than I was willing to do at the time. Oh, and that initial price killed it for me too.
The company I work for has a deal with AT&T. But, in looking at the plans, it would cost me more money for the same thing. Granted I would use less minutes since 75% of the people I call are probably AT&T.
Then the Touch came. Like all the cool phones, it wasn't on Sprint. (Recently the Centro and the Mogul seem to have broken that trend). I started reading it would be out on Sprint soon, then 11/4.
I called around to the local stores to see if they would have it. Most didn't know what I was talking about. One local store did say they would have it.
We wandered over to the mall and there it was. The Sprint guy said it was not a good example since their claw was causing things not to work. I asked about seeing one out of the box, but the guy that had the key was gone. Be back in about an hour. Ouch. He did take it out of the claw for me. It seemed cool, much smaller than I expected.
Wasted an hour and went back. Big line. Lots of people, one actually looking at the Touch.
I ended up paying full price for it. If I like it, I'll return it and commit to the contract. If you pay the contract price and return it, you're still stuck with the contract. WTF? If I don't like it, I'll return it and sit down with someone from AT&T to see if they can meet my needs.
First impression is cool. I played very little with it since I had it. I'm leaving tomorrow on a trip, and will take it and the manual with me. And the charger, not sure how long the battery will last.
More to come.
Day 4 - Post 5
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