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The Captivate is quite expensive. I was considering the Samsung Sunburst or the Solstice?Badger_Fan wrote:How about the Samsung Captivate? It's an Android phone on AT&T that is getting decent reviews.
I recently got a Captivate after trying to decide between it and the iPhone 4. I already had ATT so I didn't get that great Amazon deal on the phone for new customers. I got mine at Walmart for a little under $150, which is much cheaper than through ATT. After reading fairly extensively through a ton of forums on both phones and looking at them in the store I thought the Captivate would better serve my needs. I am not big into gaming on a phone, therefore that was not an issue for me. I am very pleased with the Captivate so far. It has a ridiculous number of free apps and is highly customizable. I get the best reception with it on calls than I have ever had, and web browsing is crazy fast via Wifi. The 4 inch screen is very helpful for reading web pages and forums without having to zoom in and out. The coolest thing for me, though, is the Swype keyboard technology. I can text and input web addresses and the like so much faster using the Swype method than just using the traditional methods. It almost never makes mistakes, which makes using the phone much more efficient. So far I am loving the Captivate.Badger_Fan wrote:How about the Samsung Captivate? It's an Android phone on AT&T that is getting decent reviews.
The Captivate looks awesome, but I am not going to spend $199 for my next phone when all the one's I mentioned above are free.toonarmy wrote:I recently got a Captivate after trying to decide between it and the iPhone 4. I already had ATT so I didn't get that great Amazon deal on the phone for new customers. I got mine at Walmart for a little under $150, which is much cheaper than through ATT. After reading fairly extensively through a ton of forums on both phones and looking at them in the store I thought the Captivate would better serve my needs. I am not big into gaming on a phone, therefore that was not an issue for me. I am very pleased with the Captivate so far. It has a ridiculous number of free apps and is highly customizable. I get the best reception with it on calls than I have ever had, and web browsing is crazy fast via Wifi. The 4 inch screen is very helpful for reading web pages and forums without having to zoom in and out. The coolest thing for me, though, is the Swype keyboard technology. I can text and input web addresses and the like so much faster using the Swype method than just using the traditional methods. It almost never makes mistakes, which makes using the phone much more efficient. So far I am loving the Captivate.Badger_Fan wrote:How about the Samsung Captivate? It's an Android phone on AT&T that is getting decent reviews.
I already am paying $15/mo for data with my current phone, so that will stay the same. Any phone I use will need this. No the 3GS is not free ($99). That was the only one in my list that wasn't free or minimal cost. My monthly phone bill has been $60/mo or $720 per year. You are right, another $100 or so will only increase my annual cost (for the first year) by 14%, but that doesn't mean I want to spend an extra $100-200 if I don't need to.wco81 wrote:3GS is free?
Any smart phone is going to require spending at least $15 more a month for data on top of voice and text plans.
That works out to $360 more over the life of the 2-year contract. Add in the voice plans, tax and texting plans and you're probably spending at least $1400 over those 2 years.
So whether your upfront cost is 0, $100 or $200, it's relatively a minor part of your total costs.
Are there differences among phones to affect the quality of the experience? Are those differences worth up to $200 more over 2 years? That's less than $10 a month.
The Captivate is only $99 if bought thru a 3rd party site, like "letstalk.com", which I have read some bad stories about them,wco81 wrote:3GS is last year's model while the Samsung Captivate just came out this year and compares to the iPhone 4. That is surprising if it's already $99 (though Android phones seem to drop in price or get buy-one-get-one promos fairly soon after release).
iPhone has better selection of games.
