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Am looking for a better smartphone and maybe a better service provider. Motorola Bionic on Verizon has done the following:
1. Turned itself off
2. Locked up. Needed to remove/re-install the battery to recover
3. Powered itself back on as soon as it was powered off
4. Put calls through to voicemail with no record that a call was received, usually when there was a good signal
5. Lost 4G signal and needed a reboot to find it again. This goes hand in hand with:
6. Not stepping down to 3G on loss of 4G

It also takes > 2 minutes to boot up. And I need the extended battery for 8 hours of service.

#3 has been a problem with Verizon and AT&T regardless of the phone (both HTC and Motorola Android & iPhone 3G)

I mostly use the device as a pocket PC, and rarely get texts or phone calls - but when I do they are important and time-sensitive.

Your thoughts, please?

Comments

[susandennis]

If you do go to Sprint, you might get a better deal by doing a 2 year contract on one of their free phones. Then swap out the free phone for the EVO 4G (they will add $10 to your plan for 4g-ness whether you get 4g in your area or not).

I was shocked, when I swapped out my broken EVO for a used one that they let me get insurance on the used one. I think it's like another $7 but worth it, IMO.

They have a couple of newer EVO models (3d and some other one, I think) and they might be worth looking at. I paid $100 for my used EVO, btw.