FabSwingers.com forum: which phone upgrade?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

at the moment Ive a blackberry torch and im always accidentally sending it back to factory settings. I do like that it has a keyboard has well has the screen to press. But Im now considering an iphone.

Does anyone have any useful advice re: which phone to get before i phone t'he phone company and get bombarded with info? I dont have other gadgets so do everything from my phone.

Advice gratefully received

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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago

Bristol

Going from Blackberry to iPhone is like travelling in time from 1970 to 2013. Just do it!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

HTC one. Android knocks spots of iPhones.

Shame as they could be amazing if they listened to customers reviews.

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By *limBobStretchedPantsMan
over a year ago

Newcastle

iPhone 5 I would recommend. People say the battery doesn't last but all you have to do is remember to close your apps lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Going with htc also love mine

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By *ercedes62Woman
over a year ago

Northampton

Im like you have a BlackBerry at the moment and been in the shop twice and can't quite make up my mind.

Thought i would wait for the Z10 and my son said its rubbish so now wondering what to get.

Perhaps the new HTC 1 or Samsung - decisions

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just changed from an iphone 4 too a samsung galaxy 3 so much easier to use & more compatable with other phones & devices tbh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"HTC one. Android knocks spots of iPhones.

Shame as they could be amazing if they listened to customers reviews. "

I have an HTC One-X and its fantastic, the only real competitor to it is the Samsung Galaxy 3 in my opinion...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ive got a I phone 4 s and best phone I've ever had, when got up grade of I phone 5 I sold it as So happy with I phone 4 s, I've dropped it in full bath of water it still works n dropped down flight of concrete stairs and it got small crack.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Im like you have a BlackBerry at the moment and been in the shop twice and can't quite make up my mind.

Thought i would wait for the Z10 and my son said its rubbish so now wondering what to get.

Perhaps the new HTC 1 or Samsung - decisions

I've just upgraded from the s3 to the HTC. Had always had HTC previously but had decided to try the Samsung. much prefer the HTC.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a sony xperia and much prefer it to either the blackberry or the I phone.

Both of which ive previously owned and both of which I smashed by dropping within the first week. Had my sony for over 3 months, it too has been dropped and yet it still works and not even a crack in the screen?!

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By *ercedes62Woman
over a year ago

Northampton

"Im like you have a BlackBerry at the moment and been in the shop twice and can't quite make up my mind.

Thought i would wait for the Z10 and my son said its rubbish so now wondering what to get.

Perhaps the new HTC 1 or Samsung - decisions

I've just upgraded from the s3 to the HTC. Had always had HTC previously but had decided to try the Samsung. much prefer the HTC. "

Thanks always nice to get an opinion think i might head in the same direction

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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago

Bristol

"HTC one. Android knocks spots of iPhones.

Shame as they could be amazing if they listened to customers reviews. "

Simply not true. Know many people who have switched from Android to iPhone, not one of them would go back.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Lol im more confused now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"HTC one. Android knocks spots of iPhones.

Shame as they could be amazing if they listened to customers reviews.

Simply not true. Know many people who have switched from Android to iPhone, not one of them would go back."

I had an iPhone 4s. I hated it, I couldn't connect to people via Bluetooth unless they also had a iPhone, they're fragile and the user interface is clumsy. I went straight back to Android and haven't looked back...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"HTC one. Android knocks spots of iPhones.

Shame as they could be amazing if they listened to customers reviews.

Simply not true. Know many people who have switched from Android to iPhone, not one of them would go back."

I know plenty that have. I review gadgets and do reviews. I get to play with many phones. I have always wanted to love the iPhone's but they just don't listen. There are things that android have embraced that if iPhones did they could be amazing.

I also detest how they are not easy to use with other gadgets..and the price. Why would I pay more for a phone that does less than my phone does.

Not one person I've converted to android would ever Go back. But I am talking top spec Android phones not mid range.

Even my teenage daughter has been swayed.

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By *imal75Man
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

Go for a an Iphone 5 Easy to use and so so fast

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had an htc desire hd and it got replaced 3 times in 18 months was the biggest pile of crap ever got an iPhone 4S now it's wicked love it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I had an htc desire hd and it got replaced 3 times in 18 months was the biggest pile of crap ever got an iPhone 4S now it's wicked love it

see my hd is still being used by my daughter and it's never failed. It's the operating system I have issues with. Although iPhones do seem very fragile if dropped. But that I think goes with most phones.

some people love iPhones, some don't. Same with androids or windows phones.

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By *iggamanMan
over a year ago

London

"at the moment Ive a blackberry torch and im always accidentally sending it back to factory settings. I do like that it has a keyboard has well has the screen to press. But Im now considering an iphone.

Does anyone have any useful advice re: which phone to get before i phone t'he phone company and get bombarded with info? I dont have other gadgets so do everything from my phone.

Advice gratefully received

Samsung Galaxy S3 best phone out don't get caught up in the iPhone hype don't get me wrong good phone but not as good as the Galaxy reason i know this is i just upgraded from my Blackberry torch myself and did alot of research in the process there both great phones but Galaxy is slightly better i think and would recommend it to anyone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Does anyone have any useful advice re: which phone to get before i phone t'he phone company and get bombarded with info? I dont have other gadgets so do everything from my phone.

Advice gratefully received

sadly the s3 is now quite outdated. S4 comes out soon. My new phone came out Thursday. I couldn't wait for it in black.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Go into a 3 Mobile shop and have a play about with the phones on display. You'll know then what you want and best suits your budget.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i had an original iphone, a 3gs and a 4s, while my 3gs was in for repair i borrowed a htc hero from a mate to see me through, an ancient phone i know but it showed me how much less restricted android phones were than iphones.

When my 4s went wrong i switched to a galaxy s2 and ive still got it, it totally kicks arse with iphones.

Did you know that the iphone 5 is just a galaxy s2 underneath but with apples own proprietry graphics chip and a tweak to support lte and .1 faster processor speed?

The next phone i get is going to be the galaxy S4 because that looks like the true next step in phone, dont think ill ever go back to apple, not unless they do something really different

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By *iggamanMan
over a year ago

London

Does anyone have any useful advice re: which phone to get before i phone t'he phone company and get bombarded with info? I dont have other gadgets so do everything from my phone.

Advice gratefully received

sadly the s3 is now quite outdated. S4 comes out soon. My new phone came out Thursday. I couldn't wait for it in black. "

S4 is not evan out yet and i really don't think you can call the S3 outdated at all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

S4 is not evan out yet and i really don't think you can call the S3 outdated at all

Phones get outdated very quick. I've had my s3 sometime now and the latest phones have better processors and much improved battery life. The s3 was and still is a good phone but it's still outdated compared to the newer ones.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My daughter has a htc one and has only had it 7 months n we had to send it to get repaired, guy who picked up package said dont tell me it's htc the amount of phones I've had to pick up is unreal, he said also could keep him in a full time job just picking up the htc phones alone, my son in law has a galaxy tab dropped phone screen shattered, think a lot of time is how u treat it lol.

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By *ruitWoman
over a year ago

near kings lynn

S3 keeps me happy x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sony Xperia. Love it, but it was a toss up between the Sony and Samsung Galaxy, but the Sony was the at the time I needed a new phone. Good luck cos its a minefield of choices out there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have the S2 and love it. Upgrade due in November and will get the S4. I would never buy any 'i' products... Emporers new clothes come to mind

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By *iggamanMan
over a year ago

London

S4 is not evan out yet and i really don't think you can call the S3 outdated at all

lets just agree to disagree then because untill the S4 is out the S3 is still the latest Samsung out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The s3 was to big and the s4 bigger still

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Best to go to a shop and play with the phones - personally I love Windows Phone 8 but if you love apps it's not a great choice. I only use my phone for net browsing, text, whatsapp, photos and the occasional phone call! If you want the latest and greatest games and apps etc better with an iphone or android. I got rid of my 8mo old high end (at the time!) android handset a few weeks ago tho cause it was so unbearably laggy. Mr did the same with his Galaxy Nexus!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

S4 is not evan out yet and i really don't think you can call the S3 outdated at all

lets just agree to disagree then because untill the S4 is out the S3 is still the latest Samsung out "

it is the latest Samsung, but I upgraded and new phone is a lot better. And I don't trade up from phones I like without finding something else I like.

The s3 is a great phone. Just that in the world of gadgets it's quite old now. I loved mine, but am for now super happy with the HTC one that came out on Thursday. (The m7 edition not the old one.)

I think it in the end comes down to personal preference. I'd be hard pressed to ever swap from HTC again. Got tempted away by the s3 but not for long.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love my HTC

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By *eal_Dick_TurpinMan
over a year ago

Exeter

opinions on phones (or anything else) are like assholes, everyone has got one, all different.

*I* have an SGS3 and a Note2, because that suits me, it won't suit anyone not after the same things as me.

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women tend to buy iphones and stick with them, because they are perceived as being reasonably trendy, and because women have little interest in controlling their own phone or opening the bonnet to work on the motor.

men tend to buy HTC / Samsung and look at stuff like "can I change the battery" and "can I stick in an SDHC card"

some men are interested in anything they do not own and control, so it isn't just apple vs android, you can split android in to factory/carrier stock android, and rooted / AOSP / custom android.

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what you should REALLY be doing is comparing carriers and contracts, you can get almost any phone you want for similar money on 3 all you can eat, and it is very very very instructive to sit three or four phones from different carriers next to each other and run speedtest.

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By *iggamanMan
over a year ago

London

"I think it in the end comes down to personal preference "

couldn't agree more

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By *umourCouple
over a year ago

Rushden

Two month old S3. Traded up from an HTC Desire HD and would never go back. Tried an I-phone and realised how they keep people coming back! Like BlackBerry, they seem to have a convoluted menu system and when you get used to it, others seem difficult.

My S3 knocks spots off of the Desire, both on battery life and on speed. I can also change the battery, unlike the I-phone. It also has a card slot unlike the I-phone and the HTC current range. Lastly for me. I can connect to almost anything, anywhere. .. totally unlike the I-clones. (No, not a typo)

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