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Buying a new phone? What phone do you have & Why did you choose it?
Do you prefer payg or contract?
I think it's about time I invested in a new phone. My phone is a samsung galaxy y, the memory is rubbish, specs aren't that good but then again it's a budjet smartphone I have owned for two years. I never been on a phone contract. Contract seems affordable, but the fact you have to pay a certain amount for your phone every month seems a bit off putting for me. Payg seems expensive, but then it's a one off cost then top ups, so in the long run it seems a bit cheaper for me. I use my phone mainly for the internet and mostly use my houses wifi anyways. I defo don't want to buy a Samsung or iphone. I have heard Windows phone is fast and actually reliable. But tbh the lack of apps and personalistion puts me off from windows phone a bit. I don't think Windows phone would be that bad though, considering I don't use many apps. I'm thinking, as I don't want a new budget phone with limited specs, I might as well get a 1 or 2 year old smartphone that was decent or high end when it was released. I'm thinking of getting a Nexus 4 or something. I need to watch more reviews though. I would most likely get an Android, I might end up getting a Windows phone though. |
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I own an iPhone 4s and has been the worst decision I've ever made. Power button broke within 3 months, crashes constantly and extremely unreliable signal.
I never had any of this with my android phone so when contracts due up in October I'll be switching to a samsung galaxy or Sony Xperia |
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I've got a Moto E. It came with a Tesco mobile contract. For a cheap phone it's actually pretty good and it gets good reviews except for the camera.
My old phone was a ten year old Nokia so it's like something straight out of the future to me. Things have changed a lot. |
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I had a second-hand Sony Xperia SP, but I tried to remove an annoying speck of dust underneath the screen. Long story short, I damaged the ribbon cable, and hosed the touchscreen.
I've replaced it with a second-hand Moto G. It may not be as fast as the Xperia SP spec-wise, but it still handles what I've thrown at it adequately. I like the fact that it comes with almost stock Android, instead of the crap other manufacturers add to their phones. |
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I got the Moto G, Upgraded from a Nokia lumia 620. I wouldn't bother with windows phones, the app store on it is appalling, and the battery use (at least for my phone) was awful, Really liking the Moto G so far, especially because I can sync up all my google chrome stuff/gmail stuff, on my laptop, tablet, and phone, it's pretty handy. I got the 16gb 3g version, which you can find on amazon, there's no micro SD input, so I went with more memory than getting the 4g 8GB version purely for memory sake (I have a lot of music.)
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I had a Samsung S2 then upgraded to a Samsung S4, I bought them both used from ebay, outside of samsung the Moto G is supposed to be a good budget phone, but I dont like its navigation keys being on the screen, it just makes the small screen even smaller.
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people like to bitch about iPhones, but I was bought a 4s and it hasn't had any problems. Very reliable, quick and pretty.
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I've had my Huawei Ascend G300 for about 2 years now, no probs so far. I'm with giffgaff on PAYG. At the moment it's £12 for a month of unlimited internet, but I think prices may be going up this year. They have various plans to choose from, £5 - £20 per month of credit/data. Here's a link:
http://giffgaff.com/goodybags |
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Whatever the latest Nexus is.
iPhones are shit, Windows Phone is shit (though Nokia have made some pretty solid phones in the past so maybe it would be worth suffering through Windows Phone to get one if they're still good?), and almost all non-Nexus Android phones come with crap firmware which never gets updated (so then you have to jump through the hoops to put better firmware on, when you could have just bought a Nexus, which already has good firmware out of the box). |
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I like the customisability of my moto g. I just got a bugdroid case, it makes my phone look more colourful. I might get a few shells in the future so my phone doesn't always look the same. |
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Androids do of course give you more control and room for customisation...but I'm not that interested in "apps" and such tbh. I just use my phone for texts, facetime, podcasts and occasionally music. When I'm messing around with software I'll use linux on my laptop. but each to their own |
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get a blackberry. they have a full proper keyboard on them even if its really small its better than touchscreen imo. with touchscreen you can't feel the keys. its like typing on a flat screen. there is no sensory feedback. you can't feel the keys. i think touchscreen will really kick off when you can feel textures and stuff.
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HTC one.
Sound is terrible. Great camera Battery awful But fast |
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Terrible sound with front speakers ?
Idk but from reviews on htc one m8 I have heard the opposite, good sound, not so good camera. But good internet. |
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Oh no the speakers are amazing But when you use the Jack is iffy .
If you have to use your headphones for any reason |