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What's the Best Phone: Dare vs Voyager vs iPhone

Noah Kravitz
Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
by Noah Kravitz, Senior Editor, Consumer Products and Services
yfz450lrd from YouTube asks:

Would you say the dare is better than the iphone and the voyager?

Thanks for your time, your reviews are awesome!

Noah answers:

Thanks for the email and the kind words - glad you like the reviews.

I'm going to do a review comparing Dare to iPhone and Voyager.  It's hard to say which is "better" - it comes down to personal preferences and network coverage.  Dare and Voyager run on Verizon which in many (not all) areas has better voice and data coverage than AT&T.  In my house, for instance, Verizon phones get solid EV-DO high speed data coverage but I can't get a good 3G signal on iPhone via AT&T. 

Beyond that, I think Dare is a great phone, and I personally own and use an iPhone so obviously I like it, too.  Dare has a great camera and is nice and compact, while iPhone has the best screen and Web browser available on any phone out there.  Voyager is a bit bigger and thicker but has a ton of features and a real QWERTY board that's easier to type on than the other two. 

Personally my pick is iPhone, but that's in part because I can use it unlocked with T-Mobile's cheap Internet plan.  You could make a good case for either of the other two as well.  If you text a lot, I'd say go with Voyager.  If you want a great multimedia phone with the best camera, Dare's the obvious choice.  If you want the most fun user experience and want to be able to add the most applications to it in the future - or if you want the best one for Web browsing - I'd say iPhone.

I hope that helps some - they're all great devices and it's honestly a matter of personal preference.  There are rumors about a Voyager "refresh" within the next several months - not sure if this would mean a software update or some changes to the actual hardware, but keep an eye out for it!

Cheers,
Noah

 

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008What about the Velocty Mobile 103 that was recently released and is available here: http://www.expansys-usa.com/p.aspx?i=170131 and whose site is: http://www.velocitymobiledemo.com/Products/velocity103/ Any idea when you might review this device?
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Thursday, July 31, 2008i am getting my first phone and i want to get a good one but i dont know wat to get the dare or the voyager i like the dare cuz it has a great camera and is smaller but i also like the voyager cuz it has mobil tv. so can someone help me out plz :)
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008Noah thanx for the info ima go get a dare cuz i like customizing my phone 2 b just like me. do u think my sis should get the Vu from AT&T
chase s
Tuesday, July 29, 2008I'm not sure about some of these other phones. All I know is the iPhone is the best and so is AT&T where I live. I give both a big thumbs up!
(707) 526-9003 Kanu
Thursday, July 17, 2008Thanks
James NoName
Thursday, July 17, 2008He can make calls just fine from inside his house, but locking onto the 3G network is a little difficult. why would you need 3G inside anyway most of us have a wifi router or a computer sitting right there. The 3G network is for people on the go.`
Noah Kravitz
Wednesday, July 16, 2008@John: I can't get a good 3G signal on iPhone at my house - I get a strong voice signal and a strong EDGE signal no problem. I also have WiFi at my house, so the 3G doesn't matter - I can make calls fine via 2G and use the WiFi for data. Actually, my personal phone is a first-gen iPhone so it's EDGE-only, anyway. In any event, I can make calls and use the data just fine for getting stuff done. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
John Maasch
Tuesday, July 15, 2008Noah, you said you can't get signal at your home and you still love the iphone better? That must be one fine piece of plastic you love stroking with your fingers cuz I'd rather have a phone that can actually make calls from home! Then again you probably have any number of phones laying around the house to make calls with. Its just that the rest of us only have one phone to use. By the sounds of it the iphone probably isn't going to be the one we should have if we absolutely have to get some work done!
Robert Smith
Tuesday, July 15, 2008OMG! how can u comparethe iphone and the dare together! Thats just a diss man!

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