Good bye, but not forgotten

good luck with the new phone, hope you enjoy it. I haven't looked it up lately but last I saw it wasn't coming in 4g?

I love my first gen droid, it may be underpowered compaired to the newer droids but it still gets the job done. I quit using my physical keyboard about a couple of months after getting it, I recently downloaded a swype type keyboard that I like. The stats sound good for the phone, I want something like that but with 4g which we have here where I live, I am not eligible until feb so I have some time. you wiull love the gorilla glass, there is no need for a screen protector on it.

Well Wulf, best of luck to you with your new device.  Here's to no glitches   I have often thought of going by way of DROID but just not sure about the cost.  I have the old data plan for 10 bucks and I am afraid it will jump if I switch.   Keep us posted as to how well the transition goes for you.

yeah the screen is super scratch proof, my phone has had several unfortunate falls onto concrete and the screen is still flawless. All smart phones have bad battery life because there is so much going on in the background with apps etc. A few things you can do to help with bettery life is turn the screen brightness down a little that is usually the number one user of your battery, also get an app killer to kill apps you don't need to be running all the time, I bet if you look at whats running the amazon music store that comes pre-installed is running, unless they quite including that one in the newer phones.

That's true there's a lot of "behind the scenes" stuff going on w/ a smartphone, so it's battery is always being consumed.  That's amplified with a 4G LTE phone, which is 1 of the main reasons I stayed away from 4G right now (along w/ the fact that there are no 4G phones w/ a physical kb and 4G isn't available in my home, although it is 3 mi. away).  I downloaded the app "Juice Defender" today, so I'm hoping that helps w/ the battery life.

I had to LOL at what I assume is your typo "bettery".  But that's pretty appropriate b/c a better battery would indeed be a bettery! 

I tried to help out where I could but these forums are really good b/c of members like you.  I learned a lot from you folks.  I joined Android Forums to learn tips and tricks w/ my D3 and Android in general.  If you see me there (same username) give me a shout-out.

I do like the D3.  The worst things about it are the poor battery life and the blurry/bluish pics it takes (yet video is very good).  About 4G, I checked out a 4G phone a month ago at the local VZW store, which is barely within the 4G area, and ran the Speed Test app on it.  I was blown away that it got 30+ Mbps download.  That's much faster than my home Internet!