Leroy, I wouldn't waste your time bothering to reply to droid2drummer's posts as they have a lot of the bitter fanboy after-taste to them. Not to say I'm not as guilty; I bought a Droid3 when my OG finally bit the dust, but more for the physical keyboard than brand loyalty (my fat thumbs have a difficult time with on-screen keyboards, Swype or no-Swype...or similar type-assists).
Thank you for your post, OP. It's a breath of fresh air to see someone post a reply on a new phone, and at least try to keep their bias out of it as much as possible. It's posts like yours that I look to to help me make my own purchasing decisions; I like to believe I've made such decisions on facts, and not someone else's flight(s) of fancy.
I agree that at least in recent months, Moto doesn't seem as focused on quality as they once were. I replaced my OG two times before my upgrade became available, and both times were faults of my own. I only used my upgrade because the last D1 decided to up and not be able to receive a 3g/1x signal one day, which could have also been my doing as I'd rooted it just days before, and may have messed with the wrong setting. Since then, I've had 3 D3s, all of them with quality issues. First phone was fantastic other than there was a loud, annoying, static-like hiss when in a call and not on speakerphone or using a headset. The second phone's touch screen would randomly decide to not work, and sometimes just as randomly decide to work again. I even had to go into a VZW store twice because the first time, the problem would appear when nobody was around, then disappear as soon as I got someone's attention. This third phone is a bit slow and stuttery at times, and while I have no definitive proof, I get the feeling the previous owner rooted it.
EDIT: just wanted to point out that the D1 replacements were over an 18-month period, with about 9-12 months before the first replacement. The D3 replacements have all happened within the span of 5 months, with the first being in the first week or two of ownership.
Anyway, just my two cents....or $0.10, I guess as it is a bit long-winded (sorry about that).
Thank you for your post, OP. It's a breath of fresh air to see someone post a reply on a new phone, and at least try to keep their bias out of it as much as possible. It's posts like yours that I look to to help me make my own purchasing decisions; I like to believe I've made such decisions on facts, and not someone else's flight(s) of fancy.
I agree that at least in recent months, Moto doesn't seem as focused on quality as they once were. I replaced my OG two times before my upgrade became available, and both times were faults of my own. I only used my upgrade because the last D1 decided to up and not be able to receive a 3g/1x signal one day, which could have also been my doing as I'd rooted it just days before, and may have messed with the wrong setting. Since then, I've had 3 D3s, all of them with quality issues. First phone was fantastic other than there was a loud, annoying, static-like hiss when in a call and not on speakerphone or using a headset. The second phone's touch screen would randomly decide to not work, and sometimes just as randomly decide to work again. I even had to go into a VZW store twice because the first time, the problem would appear when nobody was around, then disappear as soon as I got someone's attention. This third phone is a bit slow and stuttery at times, and while I have no definitive proof, I get the feeling the previous owner rooted it.
EDIT: just wanted to point out that the D1 replacements were over an 18-month period, with about 9-12 months before the first replacement. The D3 replacements have all happened within the span of 5 months, with the first being in the first week or two of ownership.
Anyway, just my two cents....or $0.10, I guess as it is a bit long-winded (sorry about that).
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