What phone have you got?
What network are you with? Is your tariff decent?
Are you an Apple/Samsung person? Or other, like an HTC, Nokia, Sony etc.
Are you awaiting to upgrade to the highly anticipated iPhone 6 later this year?
The Samsung galaxy S5 came out last Friday, it has double the camera quality of an iPhone 5s along with a giant display screen size.
What do you look for in usage of a phone? Cheap bill, lots of memory, high internet data? etc
I have an iPhone 4s - works for me.
This thread is like a survey, but, still interesting.
Over to you.
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Phone is quality, best on the market (not used the S5 - so that could be even better!)
#candid
Calls/Texts/Data in 11 countries are included in my contract - and those countries include Denmark and Sweden, where I work at times. So that sealed the deal as far as networks go.
When I work out here, I actually work for Sony - and that's where I fell in love with the Z1 when I was playing with one. Truth be told, never thought of giving a Sony phone a try before; was always a HTC or Apple man.
Previously I had a HTC Wildfire and then an iPhone 4. I preferred the iPhone because things "just worked" - but by the end of the 2 year contract I had major regrets and found myself wanting to go back to Android. So far I've been chuffed with my phone.
Now I have a HTC with o2 and have found it to be about ten times better - almost always get a signal of some kind.
EE. Worst network in the history of the universe.
Work phone, so can't change provider.
Brilliant phone, always had the Galaxy... Dont see the fuss with the iPhone and nor do I like Apple's attidute that they came up with every idea for Smartphones and that they'll sue anyone who uses the same thing
Don't see the fuss with iPhones. iOS is totally illogical and the screens on them are too small and have much lower resolutions than leading Android handsets.
Work phone Samsung Galaxy Note 2 on O2.
Both of the same generation of Samsung kit but the S3 now runs like a dog with two legs and drains the battery way too fast.
Due for an upgrade in a couple of months and it can't come quick enough. Unsure whether to go for Samsung S5, HTC One M8, Sony Xperia Z2 or the Note 3. Alternatively there's the Google Nexus 5 for the pure Android experience.
I think the 'fuss' isn't about the iPhone as such, it's whether you buy in to the Apple ecosystem or not. Phone, OS, iTunes, iCloud, computer and its OS all from one provider so, as someone else said, "it just works". Or phone from one place, OS from google, computer from somewhere else etc. Individual parts may be cheaper and better (or worse) than the Apple equivalent but you do not have the advantage of the synergy. There is also the issue of software for the iPhone has to be approved by Apple whereas android allows almost anything. For some that's good, for others that is bad. For me with an iPhone 5s (on EE) and an iMac having everything altogether works really well and I don't have the issues of viruses etc. on the phone and computer that you get with Windows and android.
Also have an ancient Motorola clam - how nice it is to have a small light 'phone in your pocket! It's got a PAYG Lycamobile SIM. In the main I use it when abroad because the roaming charges are much better.
A few years back I made the mistake of buying a Samsung Galaxy S wifi 5.0. This does everything a smart 'phone would do but without the 'phone capabilities! It's an expensive MP3 player really and that's what I got it for. I should have got a smart 'phone instead. Now I've got to wait till its battery dies to replace it. :-(
I guess had I not been tied to the iPhone 4 for so long, and I had a more recent iPhone, I would've felt more comfortable upgrading iOS and getting some of the new features and the new look. As it does look very good - and as I say, things "just worked" largely.
I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Android though - seems a lot easier to customise and "make my own". There's also some really cool accessories, that are generally cheaper and more widely available than for iOS. All the apps that I originally moved back to iOS for are now available on Android, or there are equivalents.
Plus I had more of a say in which phone I bought, the variety of Android handsets is awesome. So when I do upgrade in two years, if I want a different style of phone, there's a good chance I can keep all my existing apps and stuff; and that was a major concern of mine. In the end though - it worked fine with some software I got with the phone; which took your iTunes library and grabbed your iPhone backup from it - before extracting all the data you may want to transfer.
I like the idea of smart-wear too, and saw Sony were doing Smartbands which looked pretty cool - so that kinda sold me.
I'm no fan boy so I can't really argue for either or that strongly, purely personal preference at that point in time! Give me a few months I'll probably regret this and want to go back to iOS!