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Upgrade from HTC Incredible to.. what?

I have an HTC Droid Incredible that I've had since.. oh.. the first weekend it came out. I absolutely love it, in theory. It's getting a little glitchy (restarting itself, changing screens a lot, etc) but in general it's still a good phone (minus the battery life - I can't get a full day out of it).

I'm up for an upgrade at the end of this month and am stuck with what to upgrade to. I am normally an Apple person - I have a MacBook Pro, an iMac, two iPods, two iPads, and my husband has an iPhone -- but there are things I worry I won't like about the iPhone, namely:

-no intrinsic G-chat application (and I use gmail talk all the time)
-the Android is built for gmail, which is awesome, as it's my primary email account

-no automatic upload to Facebook/twitter/etc when photos are taken (as opposed to going into FB)

-no "menu" button - I hate the single button when I play around on my husband's iphone

Everyone else though says "oh, get the iPhone!". But it still seems to me like Android is better?

What would YOU recommend I upgrade to? I don't get the point of the 4g - I don't use my phone as a phone that often. What's the point?

I think HTC has the Rezound, but I also don't use my phone as a music player (I'm a runner so I use a cheap shuffle so that I can replace it if it gets wet, etc)

What I like about my phone:

-turn by turn directions

-google intelligent

-gmail chat

-camera (though I'd like two-way/front-facing, which incredible doesn't have)

-good web browsing

-flawlessly brings 3 other email addresses (on top of my gmail one) to my phone

thoughts?

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Ann154

All the new smartphones that are added from this point forward will have the 4G LTE network connection. At least point it is being used for a faster data connection.

I upgraded from a HTC Droid Eris to the HTC Thunderbolt to a Galaxy Nexus.

If you like the HTC Sense UI (user interface), the HTC ReZound is a option.

The Galaxy Nexus has the latest version of the Android Operating system and its integration with Gmail and all things Google.

The Motorola DROID RAZR Maxx has a battery that just can't be beat in a fairly slim phone.

In the end, the choice is yours to make.

demmo86rt

Basically any Android phone will have the features you are looking for and, even if you go to a 4G phone, your data plan won't change. There is the Incredible 2, which is basically an updated version of the Incredible (my wife currently has that and really likes it) or, as suggested, the Rezound is a good 4G HTC phone (that's the one I have and love it), so it will feel very familiar as well. If you are concerned about keeping up with the latest OS version, the Rezound will probably have that a little longer than the Incredible 2, and the Rezound has a bigger, HD screen, as well as a faster processor, but of course is bigger and quite a bit thicker. I would suggest, if you are not totally sure, going into a store and playing around with a few different phones to see which one you like and what feels comfortable in your hand.

reallyniceguy

I highly recommend a 4g smartphone. Top end phones are the razor maxx and the nexus phone. I love the motorola phones because you can get the lapdock for it. You have to see it in action.

With that said, I like the razor because its thin and it ahs the smart actions. Its a really smart phone.

The iphone is good however its outdated. I dont see what people like about it. 3g, small screen no widgets. Its a great product and works well but android has gotten way better in the last couple of months. Razor all the way. The droid 4 looks pretty good too.

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