I didn’t leave the house anticipating that I would have a new best friend upon arriving back at home.
I really went down to get a haircut, but the wait was so long, I moved on. I parked a fair ways down the street, so I started walking back toward the car.
Then the Verizon Wireless store jumped out in front of me and wouldn’t let me pass without going in. Fine, I thought, this would be a great opportunity for me to check out the Droid again. (You can read my first impression here)
It wasn’t long before a sales rep found my weak side and started probing with the the right questions. Before long, he informed me that I was eligible for a phone upgrade and that the contract was a non-issue.
Then he really got heavy, he put a Blackberry Bold next to the Droid and started pointing out the features:
Video: The Blackberry seemed tiny and not designed for video. The Droid was theatre like and the sound awesome (it has a real speaker!) Droid won.
Email: The Blackberry wins for execution, but the Droid is designed to work with my Gmail account. Access to my calendar and email is just a click away. Droid narrowly won this one.
Web Browser: The rep informed me that the browser on the Droid was more robust than the Blackberry, which he said was an add-on. Droid was designed for web browsing, so it wins hands down.
Camera: Droid has 5mp camera vs a 3mp camera on the Blackberry. I think the Blackberry wins for quality here, the Droid camera just doesn’t take as sharp of a picture as the Blackberry, despite the larger censor size. Blackberry wins.
Apps: The sales rep pointed to the “Market” icon on the Droid and asked me to find a few apps that I liked. Then he asked me to find a few apps that were similar for Blackberry. I couldn’t and discovered that the open source Android OS has a lot more apps available to it. The rep smiled. Droid Wins.
I then asked about price. For $75/mo, I can have full functionality, including 3G, wifi, unlimited data and text, and email. Sold!
So that is how a Droid came home with me. It is my new best friend and I am happy that I adopted one. In my mind, the iPhone’s market just shrunk.
Grab your new friend and buy a Droid!
