Portable Telephony Devices

[Sam Hill]

I'm with giffgaff on a sim only deal and it's great value. Runs on the O2 network thingy so there's rarely an issue with connection, even in Scotland. Even buying my phone from there (unlocked) was cheaper than it would have been from Apple.

[Kimstermagnum]

My phone contract is up at the end of the month. Looking at the Samsung A5 with my current being the S3. The only smartphones I have ever owned have been Samsung (But it does piss me off the amount of software preloaded onto it) and I tend to shy away from change. I am not really sure what a comparable phone is from other manufacturers though, there are so many phones out there!

[SHOUTY]

Get a Windows phone, you'll hate it.

[pyjames91]

I tend to shy away from change.

G27

[Bye_Jr]

If you like android and don't want bloatware any of Google's Nexus range are great choices.I have a nexus 5 and its fantastic. Because it's not a 3rd party phone I don't have all that Samsung/HTC/Sony crap you don't need and can't uninstall, and when you buy it it's unlocked so you can get whatever you want. I've got a sim-only contract with 3 where I get 200mins, unlimited text and 25GB of 4g for £17 a month.

[ajokay]

If you like android and don't want bloatware any of Google's Nexus range are great choices.I have a nexus 5 and its fantastic. Because it's not a 3rd party phone I don't have all that Samsung/HTC/Sony crap you don't need and can't uninstall, and when you buy it it's unlocked so you can get whatever you want. I've got a sim-only contract with 3 where I get 200mins, unlimited text and 25GB of 4g for £17 a month.

And it works in America, clearly!

[Bye_Jr]

If you like android and don't want bloatware any of Google's Nexus range are great choices.I have a nexus 5 and its fantastic. Because it's not a 3rd party phone I don't have all that Samsung/HTC/Sony crap you don't need and can't uninstall, and when you buy it it's unlocked so you can get whatever you want. I've got a sim-only contract with 3 where I get 200mins, unlimited text and 25GB of 4g for £17 a month.

And it works in America, clearly!

Yeah, 3 have a "feel at home" program where you can use your phone abroad at 18 different countries for no extra cost

[camp_bell]

My Nexus 5X arrived!*

It's all very lovely and clean, way less laggy than my trusty Motorola, and the fingerprint reader is pretty mind blowing. However, apparently USB C is way more common than I realised, so I currently have no way to connect my phone to my PC until I buy a USB C-to-USB adaptor.

Ultimate first world problem, I know.

*Got sent back and refunded, so I went and bought it from Argos like I should have in the first place

[HFG Ben]

So my HTC has outlived its usefulness, being that I have pretty much hated the phone since I got it.
Rather than get the now smashed screen fixed, I am opting for paying out the remaining 6 months and upgrade earlier. No second guessing myself this time, going with the new Note 7. Have it preordered already and getting a free Gear VR to go with it. Yay!Have been using my Note 2 since I broke my HTC and glad I am going back to the Note range. Would have probably tried to keep the Note 2 until upgrade were it not for the fact that the kids have been using it to play games on while I had the HTC and now I can only take calls when on speakerphone or bluetooth.



Oh yeah

[HFG Ben]

Erm... yeah...

Not much luck with these phones recently! Although mine has not exploded in the 3 days I have had it so far
Now have to see what the process will be for the recall. Oh joy. Still, at least they are doing something about it rather than sweeping it under the rug

[GremlinWon]

Time to get yourself an iPhone.
I've been an android lover for years but I'm starting to sway towards the iPhone SE I think it was called.

[Bye_Jr]

Time to get yourself an iPhone.
I've been an android lover for years but I'm starting to sway towards the iPhone SE I think it was called.

That's a bit likegoing on one bad date with a girl and saying "whelp, I better go gay"

[craighypheno]

What does this have to do with Android? It's clearly a hardware issue, not an Android software issue.

[Kimstermagnum]

Time to get yourself an iPhone.
I've been an android lover for years but I'm starting to sway towards the iPhone SE I think it was called.

That's a bit likegoing on one bad date with a girl and saying "whelp, I better go gay"

Here's a man who has played the field.

[Bye_Jr]

That's a bit likegoing on one bad date with a girl and saying "whelp, I better go gay"

Here's a man who has played the field.

I am a wild, untamed stallion please don't tell my girlfriend

[GremlinWon]

I've had all sorts of phones. Don't read into it like it's "one bad date"

Samsung have had this problem more than once. I've avoided Samsung phones not for even that reason but for the amount of unwanted shite you get on it from the factory. Android is great, I love my Sony Xperia Z2 but that phone is 2 gens old of the phone and it works fine and actually specifications wise isn't far off the Z5.

If i decided to buy a new phone now, I'd personally take an iphone of some sort. No bloatware, easy to use OS, literally compatible with everything, apple pay completely ruins android pay and the like.
This is all opinion based though.

[camp_bell]

No bloatware, easy to use OS, literally compatible with everything

I think I have a suggestion for you.

[GremlinWon]

I actually did have one not too long ago.

[Sam Hill]

If you want a phone that you'll have to charge twice a day when it's new and every hour after a few months go for an iphone. Although you should probably avoid putting it in your pocket as it'll probably burn your leg when it overheats even on standby.

[GremlinWon]

The iphone SE lasts a day fine and doesn't overheat...

[DanThorn]

They're absolutely fine if you turn off all the shit (auto updates, parallaxing, bluetooth, auto brightness etc). Mine lasts two days easily with the amount I use it; that said if I wanted a phone for more than just checking Twitter and browsing Reddit I'd go for Android because there are just so many more possibilities and customisation options. I don't want to put that sort of time and effort into a phone though (I upgraded my 4S to a 5S a few months ago because I refuse to pay more than £20 per month), so I stick with Apple like a filthy casual

[pyjames91]

When my Iphone 5S got to the end of it's contract and I was offered an upgrade, I just couldn't find a reason to justify it. The newer phones didn't do that much more than what my 5S did and there was no reason for me to continue spending huge money on another contract. As a result I just kept the phone and paid a sim only contract, which has saved me so much money.

My battery was indeed messed up by the end of the contract though. I'd be lucky to get to the end of the day with it alive, which is to be expected from a two year old cell. As a result, I just went to a local shop and had the battery replaced for £20. Now the battery life is literally as good as new and lasts a good couple of days if I don't play games, which I don't really do any way.

T'was the best phone decision of my life.

[HFG Ben]

When my Iphone 5S got to the end of it's contract and I was offered an upgrade, I just couldn't find a reason to justify it. The newer phones didn't do that much more than what my 5S did and there was no reason for me to continue spending huge money on another contract. As a result I just kept the phone and paid a sim only contract, which has saved me so much money.

My battery was indeed messed up by the end of the contract though. I'd be lucky to get to the end of the day with it alive, which is to be expected from a two year old cell. As a result, I just went to a local shop and had the battery replaced for £20. Now the battery life is literally as good as new and lasts a good couple of days if I don't play games, which I don't really do any way.

T'was the best phone decision of my life.

Until Apple releases the new iOS, which will then slow your older phone to a halt "because it's not optimised for the new operating system"

[D0n M4730]

Until Apple releases the new iOS, which will then slow your older phone to a halt "because it's not optimised for the new operating system"

The simple answer there is: don't upgrade the OS. My iPad 2 was already getting a bit slow on iOS 8, so when iOS 9 came out I didn't do the upgrade as I reckoned it would kill it. I reckon it was the right decision.

[GremlinWon]

It's not just Apple that have that marketing tactic though. It's all the companies that do it. Samsung and HTC are probably the worst for it