One, I'm hearing increasing discontent among Alltel customers. Many who are ticked off, who DO NOT want AT&T, who are ready to switch to Verizon. I want to make this very clear - AT&T could not be giving you a better offer. For almost everyone (except LG touchscreen owners - but with no offense, you bought one of those pieces of junk Alltel billed as a smartphone despite having no smartphone features...) you can get a phone much better than your existing phone. For free, with no new contract. You can keep your Alltel plan. And, by all accounts I've heard, the coverage and speed will both be substantially better than the existing Alltel network - AT&T is pouring a LOT of money into their new network in our markets. I really do not understand why anyone feels slighted in any way by this transition. I did for Tour/Bold/Desire owners - until AT&T added some very nice new replacement choices for those phones. LG touch owners - yeah, okay, you have reason to be annoyed. But you're really the only ones from what I can tell. Oh, and anyone still using a bag phone or Telular-style system.
I do want to make one thing clear to anyone who has any doubts - current performance of your friend's iPhone here has NO RELATION to the performance of the new AT&T network. Many people seem to think they're going to get the same (terrible) level of service that AT&T customers here get today. That is not the case. AT&T bought our Alltel markets as part of a major effort to change their reputation for poor rural coverage and network performance issues. They're pouring millions of dollars into massive network upgrades here, and they're hiring contractors with a reputation for doing things right. In addition to that, they're also working on their much-publicized network problems in New York and San Francisco. AT&T wants to be the best, and we're part of the first phase of that. One guy I know in rural Nevada (already converted) is seeing better coverage than he had with Alltel AND his data speeds (due to lower network load) are substantially faster than when he is in Los Angeles.
Two, I'm asked a lot "which free phone has the best camera" - so I decided to get on Flickr (and other sites when necessary) and find some images taken. I chose Flickr because they're "real-world" use by people who tend to be photo enthusiasts. I tried to get seven pictures from each phone, but this wasn't always possible. Only the Samsung Rugby II
could I not find any images from. This is probably due to the target market for this phone. My favorite choices are the Samsung Captivate
for the high-end phones, a tie between the HTC Aria
and the Palm Pre Plus
for the mid-range phones, and the Nokia 6350 for the basic phones. This is based purely on camera, nothing else, and based only on the images I found online. Anyway, here's what I found:Samsung Captivate:
RIM BlackBerry Torch:
Samsung Focus:
HTC Surround:
LG Quantum:
NO SEARCH RESULTS ON FLICKR! Therefore, here's a couple links to reviews with samples:
RIM BlackBerry Curve 3G:
HTC Aria:
Palm Pre Plus:
Samsung Eternity II:
NO SEARCH RESULTS ON FLICKR! Therefore, here's a link to a review with samples:
Samsung Strive:
Nokia 6350:
Pantech Link:
NO SEARCH RESULTS ON FLICKR! Therefore, here's a couple links to reviews with samples:
Samsung A777:
NO SEARCH RESULTS ON FLICKR! Therefore, here's a link to a review with samples:
Samsung Rugby II:
I could not find any photos I felt reasonably sure were taken with the Rugby II!
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