Recommend me a smartphone

Galaxy S4. You can't even drag n drop with an iphone-they force you to use shitty itunes! S4 is the perfect size screen and the customisable home screens look loss more polished than a home screen full off apps...
 
inkey$ said:
After nearly throwing the thing out of the window due to wifi drops, overheating issues and the camera having a mind of it's own or adding feedback to pictures, took it into Regent Street store today and my phone that was 10 months old was immediately replaced with a brand new unit. With iOS7 released in a few weeks time it will hopefully restore my faith in this phone a little.

See how long it lasts.

Wish u better luck - other than the camera & poor 3G coverage, my iP5's been faultless.

Every so often I find a new trick of what it does... or a new helpful app. I have everything in folders on one page & when this first came out you couldn't place them at the bottom of my screen - until I saw my daughter had done this the other weekend.

Has saved my bacon too any times - meetings - helpful apps - just a bit of fun. The world wouldn't have been th same without it.
 
original guvnor said:
If it's inside the original manufacturer warranty, as this one was, shouldn't it be another 12 months warranty and a brand new phone? I thought the 90-day warranty only applied to the out-of-warranty "reconditioned" phones that they sell you for £149 or whatever it is now?

I believe 90days or the remainder of the original warranty... Whichever is greater - so i was told...

Although... I had an iphone 4 replaced after 3 months with one off the shelf.. And its warranty was 12 months from when i first registered it on itunes.

Off topic... Just upgraded the wifes iphone 4 with os7.0.... Its not so great on that... Its pretty sluggish now (not massively so- but not as swish as my work phone)

Also maybe beta related but the fullscreen stuff (weather and compass) doesnt format quite right on her smaller screen.
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Xperia Z.

Love it, and have got used to it's oversize format surprisingly quickly.

Big plus was the little app that ports your old iPhone settings etc straight on to the phone via PC (contacts, music and photos) :)

Have accidentally tested it's waterproofness too... :oops:

I think IIRC you were looking for a small speaker too?

I use the NFC on the Xperia Z with a Sony SRS-BTV5

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=srs+btv5&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=31517829560&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=151376517248899418&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_9ij6ugl6vj_e

The sound quality is mighty impressive for such a small speaker and pairing is a doddle. Literally turn on the NFC on your phone and touch it to the speaker. Simples.
 
I have been using my iPhone 5 for almost a year and I am very pleased with it. First and foremost it works very well as my only phone. The few apps that I have all work without any issues and work well.
 
I have the smartest phone of all. None.

My attitude is this. Two minutes after being born. The doctor cut my umbilical cord. Why would I want to have it reattached in the form of a phone. When I'm out. I want to be OUT. If I take a picture. I use a camera.
 
bigdog said:
I have the smartest phone of all. None.

My attitude is this. Two minutes after being born. The doctor cut my umbilical cord. Why would I want to have it reattached in the form of a phone. When I'm out. I want to be OUT. If I take a picture. I use a camera.

Luddite :)
 
I'm in a situation at the moment with my old Samsung Galaxy .

The phone / car Bluetooth keeps dropping and the car with the phone has been into the dealer and they cant seen to find a fault - There are more investigations needed according to BMW Tech prior to a new ComBox but already I hear comments from the Dealers end "Samsung are like that" In other words, blaming the phone.

I like the Samsung Galaxy and would like to upgrade but fear that I just might have the same problem.

What to do, change to an iPhone, with its limitations and the problem of swapping 300 contacts etc or get a Galaxy 4 and just maybe have the same Bluetooth problems in the car?
 
Well my Galaxy S3 never drops calls - so I'd say an S4 wasn't a bad bet.

I've had smartphones since Windows Mobile 5.0/6.0, and presently have an iPhone 4 (Work) and a Galaxy S3 (Personal). The iPhone is frankly, rubbish, but I am looking forward to iOS 7 to solve a few of the gripes. It just makes me laugh that the fixes to my gripes (such as easy access to the Wifi and settings etc) are just rip-offs of how Android does it.
 
TitanTim said:
I've just gone from the iPhone 5, well I'm still using it but running a HTC One along side it and IMHO it blows the iphone away. I've had iphones for years but was just curious about using an Android so decided to get one now rather than wait until the contract on the iphone expires in another 12 months. I bought a SIM Free HTC One off Amazon but had problems as when it arrived I noticed the seals on the box had been broken and new seals stuck over the top. Also when I tried to do software updates it wouldn't do them as it kept saying the phone was running non approved HTC software. I went back on Amazon and read some reviews and other buyers had the same problem so I sent the phone back to Amazon for a refund so I would recommend not sourcing any phone from Amazon. I ended buying a SIM free phone direct from HTC.

Regarding the HTC One its just a very lovely phone, the screen is beautiful, its lightening fast and the quality easily surpasses the iphone which when I received it was completely underwhelmed by its quality. Also after using the HTC and then picking the iphone up the screen feels diddy in comparison. I also love the blinkfeed on the HTC home screen, which feeds live web pages to the home screen. You have a choice of webpage themes, i.e. Motorsport, Fashion, News, Facebook, etc etc there are lots to choose from and it just drip feeds the pages to the screen as a patchwork. I know some people don't like it as you can't switch it off but you can move it to another screen. The camera is brill as well as video, although the camera isn't quite as good the iphones but not much in it. I read alot of reviews on smartphones and the HTC seemed to be the one to go for at the moment and haven't regretted it. Apples operating system is in dire need of a refresh.

Tim.

I am of a similar experience. I had an iphone 4 since its release and I liked it a lot, (but to get to that stage I jailbroke it).

I got the HTC one and it really does blow the iPhone out of the water. Its so fast and and responsive. And the camera is really great in terms of its features such as HTC Zoe, Slow Mo video etc. 1080p recording.

One thing that I have a major gripe about though is the battery life. I'm struggling to make it last a day, and I'm experiencing battery drain even when it's not being used. Whereas the iPhone 4 lasted longer with the same usage. How is your battery Tim?
 
Stuart Truman said:
bigdog said:
I have the smartest phone of all. None.

My attitude is this. Two minutes after being born. The doctor cut my umbilical cord. Why would I want to have it reattached in the form of a phone. When I'm out. I want to be OUT. If I take a picture. I use a camera.

Luddite :)

:rofl: :rofl: Not even close. It's just that when I'm out and about. I see very little of the people. As their faces are always looking down preying to the device in their hand while not looking where they are going. or have the ear buds in. When I see a family at dinner. They NORMALLY go through a meal without saying a word to each other as they all have their smartphones out.

I see more folks not face one another when they talk any more. Most talk to the person in front of them with fleeting glances in between text messages. How many times have you been talking to someone when their phone rings. How many times have you stopped a conversation to answer the cell. Most will just stop talking mid sentence and answer that phone. That is rather rude.

More & more while I've been talking to a young person they will blurt out LOL to something I have said. How about just laughing if it's funny.

I don't mind tech. I do carry a pay as you go for emergencies. I just think that we have become overly fond of tech to the point of it starting to detract from our relationship with each other.

I guess the tech is still new enough that it is still a novelty. And as such. We haven't learned to control it. Instead we let the tech control us.
 
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