ppazz1101
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Thanks for the opinions. I ended up going with the Fascinate.
I'm a soon-to-be new Android user. I'm considering both the Incredible and the Samsung Fascinate. I really liked the Fascinate at the store when I looked at it. I know about the Bing "issue" and the general lack of enthusiasm for TW. But which device would you guys recommend?
I actually want to say I'm leaning towards the Fascinate. However, I hear a lot of good things about Sense. Is it really that great or can I root and use other launchers to have a better experience on the Fascinate? I've used HTC's interface on my Touch Pro 2 with WinMo 6.5. I know it's not exactly the same, but I'm used to a lot of their design tendencies. It just seems like the Fascinate has better hardware.
How do you like your Incredible? Are any of you considering the Fascinate? What are your problems with the Incredible?
No opinion will go unread in here.
As far as the phone itself physically, it's pretty nice. The deal breaker for me would be the use Bing instead of Google search and no Google maps which means you'll probably have to pay a monthly charge to use VZW's VZ Navigator, which IMHO is not as good as the free Google maps I'm getting on the DINC. If I had to choose Incredible vs Fascinate=Incredible FTW for sure. Don't know why VZW went with Bing, another "dumb" move on VZW's part as far as I'm concerned. Hope this isn't something they will be doing more of on the new devices. Personally I'm a big fan of Google in general especially for this phone. The applications work really well for the most part.
Hey! A fellow Steelers fan.As far as the phone itself physically, it's pretty nice. The deal breaker for me would be the use Bing instead of Google search and no Google maps which means you'll probably have to pay a monthly charge to use VZW's VZ Navigator, which IMHO is not as good as the free Google maps I'm getting on the DINC. If I had to choose Incredible vs Fascinate=Incredible FTW for sure. Don't know why VZW went with Bing, another "dumb" move on VZW's part as far as I'm concerned. Hope this isn't something they will be doing more of on the new devices. Personally I'm a big fan of Google in general especially for this phone. The applications work really well for the most part.
Agree with the above. Thats why I took all the Bing crap off my Fascinate. Adding Google is easily done (with or without root). Put the Dinc and the Fascinate together. Hold them, play around with them, and then compare the screens side by side. I bet you will walk out with the Samsung.
I had one (Fascinate) in my hands last week, like I said very nice phone. Looks great, but I won't be running out to trade my DINC for this new device. By the time my eligibility comes up I will have a bunch of new choices for sure. The DINC still holds up on its own quite well when compared to any other device out there at the moment... that said the Fascinate will surely work out for a lot of people no doubt.