Buy Friend's Droid X or wait?

[napes22]

I currently use the Droid 1 as my phone. I can get an upgrade now if I wanted to, but I'm not a big Thunderbolt fan. I was able to find a friend who would sell me his used Droid X for 150 (the phone is in great shape).

Should I buy the X off my friend and then upgrade when more LTE devices come out, or just stand pat and stick with the OG Droid? I love the Droid keyboard, but it's such a limited phone at this point in the game.

 

[dezymond]

If I were in your shoes I'd just wait a bit. It's already april pretty much and summer is just around the corner when more devices will be released.

You've held onto the Droid 1 for this long, why settle for an X when you already plan on upgrading to an LTE device?

 

[cwciwatch]

If I were in your shoes I'd just wait a bit. It's already april pretty much and summer is just around the corner when more devices will be released.

You've held onto the Droid 1 for this long, why settle for an X when you already plan on upgrading to an LTE device?

I agree, I would wait. I am personally holding on for more devices. My D-1 is showing its age but still does well enough.

 

[Eiji]

Id suggest spending the bit of cash on your friends X and using it for a few months while you wait for a goos lte phone. A trial run on a phone without a physical keyboard is never a bad thing, especially since the X is getting ota gb in the next few months.

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[Snow02]

And you'll be able to the sell the X for 100-150 easy when you get ready to upgrade.

 

[cnmsales]

Have you tried the TB?

It blows the Dx out of the water and is balls to the wall fast.

 

[matt2783]

I'm pretty much in the same boat as you except I have to wait until August before I can upgrade. I would definitely buy a Droid X for $150 to use for the next few months if I could. It's not like it will be worthless once you you do upgrade to which ever LTE phone you get. You could probably sell it and make your money back.

Although if I were you I would just buy the TB, besides battery life it's an awesome phone.

 

[napes22]

I Thanks for the advice, I think I'm going to buy it. I did however find an Incredible selling for 150 nearby my office on Craigslist.

Outside of the fact that it would be a craigslist purchase, should I go for the X or the Incredible?

Which do you think would have a higher resale value?

 

[matt2783]

I'd go for the Droid X. It's newer, nicer and will be more valuable if you decide to sell it in the future.

 

[napes22]

I havent made the purchase yet, but given today's leak of the VzW roadmap, should I hold off? The Incredible 2 is out end of April, and Bionic says May.

I checked my account today and i'm actually eligible for an upgrade now (July) is if I want to use the New every 2 for the last time. I guess it's not worth spending 150 for 2 months.

 

[Droid Firefighter]

I'm in same boat as you. I'm due in June and I'm going to wait to see the next crop of cool phones. Save the money and put it towards a new phone.

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[napes22]

I actually found out I'm due for an update now, but I dont plan on getting the Thunderbolt.

My option now is to 1) buy the Droid X off contract for 150, sell my droid, and then resell the X in 2 months, or 2) wait for the Incredible 2 or Droid Bionic. The Droid Bionic's 512 ram does scare me a little.

 

[jacobbond]

The Droid X 2 should be coming out later this year too, I would wait for that if you are set on the Droid. There is a lot of cool phones coming out this year though, and some have already come out like the TB, Atrix 4g, etc.

 

[jsummersphd]

Same exact position here.

Buy the Droid X. The D1 was great, but theres no reason to needlessly wait month after month to hear something about a worthwhile LTE Droid. You don't know how long its going to be and the price is right.

Its what I did. Don't regret it one bit.

 

[lerit50]

Wait. Believe me hold on to that D1.. just overclock it to 1ghz and it will run even better.

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