I dont want so persuade anyone here but rather just express my opinion.
I bought the OGDroid 2 years ago this coming january and have loved that phone to death. I want to bring up a point about the iPhone first, though.
I had always dreamed of a phone that I could surf, chat, text, basically anything with. I never had the opportunity to get an iPhone, although all my friends had them when they cam out. I wanted one but knew that it was the first of its kind, and like anything being its first, it was lacking a few things. Fast forward to present time a mere 5 years later.
We now have Android and its recent update (GB, speaking specifically about phones for now). What makes this interesting is that its like the little brother to iOS. iOS CHANGED the game COMPLETELY. The freedom to operate like a computer with a workable UI was also captured in Android and I remember getting the update as I walked out of the store with my OG (2.0 or 2.1) I dont remember. What Im saying is that after getting a later start, Android its self has come leaps and bounds just as iOS has. We no longer need ROMS for the things that we once did on the OG. Android ICS has absorbed most of the very best things that ROMS offer. I HATED my D2G I received as an insurance replacement for my OG and was down on android because stock OS wasnt smooth. It was clunky. It did not look nice. I had forgotten the stock design rough and buggy IMO. I got the GB update and I LOVE IT NOW! the OS update completely changed my opinion about my phone! I am just trying to illustrate that coming from flashing ROMS every week to owning an locked bootloader D2G that Android has really com far. These new features in ICS may have been around for a while but that is not the point. The point is that these features are integrated in a working SMOOTH OS. They are all part of a working OS now. That is what is amazing. I say finally we have a product that is a rival to iOS that is consistent, unique, and standalone (no longer comparing it to iOS wishing for a better product).
Hardware features of this phone specifically may be a dissapointment for some but I see it as an opportunity for others. I discovered an app that is called Audiogalaxy after sifting through many many apps including (^3) (cubed), defualt music player, WinAmp, bPlayer, Google Music, and many many more. The reason I am interested in talking about this app is that is succeeded in bringing me a reliable player, plenty of controls, and the new feature to stream and not require local storage which was a pain trying to sync every time. Google Music is now comparable but the idea is that Cloud storage is getting better and better each day. I used to agree that a removable SD card was way better than iPhone lack of removable media. But with cloud storage and streaming becoming such a reliable work of art, do we really need to store 1000's-10000's of songs on our phones? NO. Manage one CLOUD library with a company you prefer and I guarantee that you will be uncomfortable transitioning back to locally stored media management. Some may complain about the movies they cannot carry with them. I say just hold on a few months longer. It is illogical that music will be cloud based and your movies wont be. Just give it time. Who knows, maybe Google already has ditched the default android player and required use of their Google Music player. Another step in integrating an app feature into the OS.
The step that ICS has taken is a necessary step to centralize all the cool features of the 100's of apps we all love. This ios necessary because if the OS itself is nothing special and the programs are what make the experience unique then many will be frustrated an abandon the OS in favor of a more friendly ad feature-based OS (iOS). This phone will change the path for Android will definitely benefit every Android user because it is simply the first phone to run ICS. Dont worry about incorporating custom features into the OS. Thats a benefit for every new user to experience. I for one will still be getting this phone but not for the reasons once thought. I think this phone will have an unlocked bootloader (I AM ASSUMING! DO NOT TAKE MY GUESS AS FACT! I honestly have no idea if it has been confirmed or not) and not because it is a hardware beast. I think this phone is the most future proof and simply dont want to wait to run ICS on the RAZR.
Very long post and I apologize but custom features now found in the OS are a good thing, cloud based strorage makes file management easier and eliminates the need for removable media, and with LTE streaming HD video from cloud storage will soon arrive. Dont Worry.
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