Holy crap

[Mylt1]

Originally Posted by z0mbiexx

the day before my brothers line was going to cancel we went in because he wanted the droid i was just like yeah whatever... and they gave us both droids and a new contract when my line still had over a year to go... no $20 or anything just straight out upgrades all round.

my local VZN store is a PITA to deal with. tried the upgrade thing with them before and it didnt work.

[banden]

Originally Posted by cg83

if you like the droid, check out the eris, its just as nice if not better

Eris is half the resolution
Smaller Screen
Slower processing (2.315 Mflops/second versus Motodroids’ 4.507)
Eris doesn't have 2.0 (yet)
Droid has 16gb storage included vs 8 on eris
Navigation
Keyboard

Pros for Eris:
Sense UI
physical send and end buttons
save $100
light weight

I wouldn't say the Eris is 'Just as nice if not better' but I also wouldn't say it's a bad device. It's shmexy and sleek. I was mostly disappointed with how thick the thing is... it's really quite fat. Sense UI is pretty nice too.

[banden]

Originally Posted by Mylt1

my local VZN store is a PITA to deal with. tried the upgrade thing with them before and it didnt work.

When's your contract expiration date?
When's your upgrade date?
What plan is your phone on? (Is it a secondary line? 9.99)
What phone do you have now?

[JonV]

Originally Posted by Mylt1

my local VZN store is a PITA to deal with. tried the upgrade thing with them before and it didnt work.

Try telephone support. 1) if your first rep doesn't budge you can try a couple times for different reps as from what i can tell they don't update your "permanent record" with phone calls results and 2) they can usually turn to their supervisor for assistance and often the goal is to make you happy so they can get on to the next call.

I missed if you currently have a data plan but Banden was right that their number one goal is to sell data plans, not keep you stuck on a dump phone.

[Mylt1]

Originally Posted by banden

When's your contract expiration date?
When's your upgrade date?
What plan is your phone on? (Is it a secondary line? 9.99)
What phone do you have now?

my account says i have 13 or 14 months left before an upgrade but it says 10/10 for upgrade.
main line. AMERICA'S CHOICE II FAMILYSHARE PRI 500, TP.

[DPrynce]

I considered HTC but family member found good deal on the moto droid and the keyboard is something I really don't know how I could live without. I have been using Swype which is a very handly tool but there are times when I just MUST have the keyboard. Well worth the extra money imo so hopefully HTC will realize this and put one in soon.

[z0mbiexx]

Originally Posted by DPrynce

I considered HTC but family member found good deal on the moto droid and the keyboard is something I really don't know how I could live without. I have been using Swype which is a very handly tool but there are times when I just MUST have the keyboard. Well worth the extra money imo so hopefully HTC will realize this and put one in soon.

ever since I've gone 2.1 and the kb light doesn't work I've learned to master the onscreen keyboard in portrait and landscape with minimal errors.

[jimnutt]

Originally Posted by cg83

if you like the droid, check out the eris, its just as nice if not better

No keyboard, half VGA display, Android 1.6. Hmmm.. not my definition of better, but hey, if it works for you.

[z0mbiexx]

my GF likes the eris better then the droid... but mostly because of all the cool htc widgets...