You sure your friend isn't an apple fanboy ? :P

Kinda sure the neighbor isn't. I am sure that our population density is really low, so no company invest hevily in towers here. Being in the mountains make matters worse. Hell we just got 3G back in May or so.

Were I live ATT =

Kind of the same here. It is a little better since they upgraded the towers to 3G. The other option is a locally owned company that has great service but is expensive. Plus there phone selection is weak and they have retarded rules/limitations in the fine print.

I guess it is the down side of live in the middle of nowhere :ohcrap:

So... ATT only. Samsung Focus Flash or S (either variant) with win phone 7.5 mango, Samsung Galaxy S II or LTE variant, or Motorolla Matrix 2? I know the Matrix 2 will get ICS in Dec. Not so sure about the galaxy phones. Or is there a slew of new phones to come out that are worth waiting for? Any coming out with the new tegra 3 chips? Gonna ask local friends about the whole motorolla and better signal stuff but I have a hard time believing there is a huge difference between two quality phones. I tend to keep the same phone for the duration of my contract so I want to do it right this time and get a fairly bleeding edge model that still functions ok two years from now.