Help me choose a phone

[Barrister]

I drank the cool aid and got the iPhone 4.

Please tell me you got the 4S.

Nope.  The 4 is just fine.

Not really...

[HVC]

The 4s only has a better camera and speech rec, doesn't it?

[crazy canuck]

The 4s only has a better camera and speech rec, doesn't it?

Pretty much.  There is some kind of voice activated system on the 4s which is nice I suppose.

[Barrister]

The 4s only has a better camera and speech rec, doesn't it?

"only"?

It also has a much stronger processor (same one as iPad2).

[HVC]

Unless CC plans on needing more detailed phone pictures the 4's camera is more then enough. As for the processor are there even games out there that need it? And even if there was I don't see him playing them.  For calls and the Internet it's unnecessary. You did good CC also, FaceTime is pretty cool.

[derspiess]

Like I said - Windows Phone might be an interesting option down the road.  But today it's probably a bad bet unless there is some specific feature you really like about it. 

I think WP7 is a pretty safe bet right now.  MS is *very* committed to developing the platform and for many things, it's already "there".  It has by far the most innovative interface of any mobile OS, the best Exchange support for email, calendar, tasks, etc., best office apps, Zune music/video and Xbox Live.

I can't give up Android just yet because the freedom of a rooted Android device is just too addictive.  My ideal phone would dual-boot Android and WP7

MS has a cool WP7 web demo you can do with your iOS or Android device.  Just go to this URL on your mobile browser: http://aka.ms/wpdemo

You mentioned early Android phones - well from what I read early Android phones weren't very good, and didn't allow you to upgrade to the latest version of Android for the most part.

Android phones are better than they used to be, but the first generation wasn't bad.  And I wouldn't say OS version compatibility was any worse than it was/is for early iPhones.

[katmai]

Android snooping on you?