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

I have always been a fan of IPhones but seriously considering changing over to Samsung. I currently have a iphone 5 and with this being dated now it's the perfect time to make the switch. The only thing I think I'll miss is FaceTime. So my question is apart from FaceTime what CANT you get on a Samsung S5 that you get on a Iphone 5, 5s, 6, 6+

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

never had an iphone but im pretty sure i can make video call if i wanted too

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

I just bought the iPhone 6 and to be honest I'm disappointed, there's not enough of a leap of tech for my liking, and I've gone from the 4 straight to the 6, I'm on my second samsung tablet though and I'm impressed so who knows that might be the way to go

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

Will keep an eye on this thread as getting my first smartphone soon. I've no idea what to get though?

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

My lad just got the Galaxy note 4

He thinks it's the dogs danglies

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By *entleBeastMan
over a year ago

carshalton

Android phones are now head and shoulders above iphones, specifically HTC and Samsung, they implement new technology far earlier than Apple can and obviously there is the huge cost difference. Better apps, more functionality. Android phones generally all use the same charger as well

I once loved Apple products, but they have lost their way and are now purely fashion icons (none of this applies to Apple computers btw which are the nuts)

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

I went from iPhone 5 to samsung s5.

still on the fence about which I prefer. I find the s5 laggy at times but this can prob be fixed with an sd card.

I think most apps can b used on Apple and android. And android is easier to put and manage music on

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

Xperia Z series

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

When IPhones first came out they seemed good and you'd have thought there technology would have got better and better but recently they just seem to be out for the money! Nothing's really changed and they'll bring out the next phone next year most likely with a bigger screen and a a better chip *yawns*

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

Definitely Samsung they interact with all kinds of other technology easily, whereas iPhone only interacts with apple stuff. I've always found Samsung's so much easier to use and they're making some great phones right now.

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

Samsung all the way.

Apple products are just brought by pretentious twats

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


"Samsung all the way.

Apple products are just brought by pretentious twats"

hahaha

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Samsung all the way here, I upgraded last May from an Ace2 to an Ace3, now they have the Ace4 on offer for £100, may get one next week

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


"Samsung all the way.

Apple products are just brought by pretentious twats"

or Samsung bought by those who cant afford iphones

yours sincerely

A pretentious twat...

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By *oo hotCouple
over a year ago

North West

Mrs H was an Apple fan but just changed from the iPhone 5S to Galaxy Note4 and loves the Samsung. She liked the simplicity of Apple and in fact welcomed the restrictions to such a degree that she was initially overwhelmed with what the Samsung could do. More than anything she (and I to be fair) love the size and clarity of the screen.

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By *ratty_DamselWoman
over a year ago

Greater London

Samsung is generally much better, I think. I dropped my Samsung Galaxy S2 in a mop bucket recently so a friend gave me her old iPhone 4. No bloody comparison tbh - Samsung all the way.

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By *overs14Couple
over a year ago

norwich

We've both always had iPhones and wouldn't change.

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By *ratty_DamselWoman
over a year ago

Greater London


"Android phones are now head and shoulders above iphones, specifically HTC and Samsung, they implement new technology far earlier than Apple can and obviously there is the huge cost difference. Better apps, more functionality. Android phones generally all use the same charger as well

I once loved Apple products, but they have lost their way and are now purely fashion icons (none of this applies to Apple computers btw which are the nuts) "

Totally agree.

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

I have a iPhone 5 but use to have a Samsung. Without doubt the Samsung is the better of the 2

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Coincidentally, I bought a Samsung TV a few weeks ago and that's brilliant as well

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

samsung has to be the best. Chelsea won't wear shit

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

I moved from an iPhone to a galaxy s5 after I phones being the same time after time.

I personally think it's much better.

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By *oo hotCouple
over a year ago

North West


"Coincidentally, I bought a Samsung TV a few weeks ago and that's brilliant as well "

Samsung seem to be making everything these days. We have even got a Samsung fridge!

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By *hyllyphyllyMan
over a year ago

Bradford

What is FaceTime and am I missing out on something?

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


"Xperia Z series "

Not sure on that one. Great camera and loads of cool features but had 4 xperia z and all went back faulty oh has a sp and this hashould gone back 3 times. So not to good for us on the Sony front.

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

I got Samsung but not overly impressed! I'll be looking at HTC next, have had one before and still works. Have no experience of iphones

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


"Xperia Z series

Not sure on that one. Great camera and loads of cool features but had 4 xperia z and all went back faulty oh has a sp and this hashould gone back 3 times. So not to good for us on the Sony front. "

I strayed from Samsung and went to Sony....3 times its had to go back, cant wait to get shot of it, Im using my old Samsung now grrrrr

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By *hyllyphyllyMan
over a year ago

Bradford

The one annoying thing about my s4 is the headphone jack no longer works.

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

HTC1 pissed on both

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

Well I ised to have a samsung it broke easily I swapped to iphone loved it. Paul has had 2 consecutive htcs both broke he's now just ordered a iphone. My son is also on a iPhone.

We're not pretentious twats but we love them for there usuability how easy they are to work and how robust they are. We also have ipads and like the fact they work along side each other

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

Pretentious twat here

However, dropped my 4 the other day and it's held together with duct tape at the mo.

Tbh I'm fed up with iTunes.....

My MP3 player is a non-phone Galaxy and I love the drag n drop from Windows File Manager without having to jump through hoops!

Plus I can bung a large Xd card in it when it runs out..... I've just had to delete about 200 pics (mainly filth) coz my iPhone wouldn't take any more pics!...full

So an Android device would store all my music (iPhone can't) plus, shock news, make phone calls

Not definite but looking

Brothers kid had an Amazon phone for Xmas...said its brill.... Think it was amazon...I had to recheck coz I didn't know they were doing phones

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By *edsBonkingMan
over a year ago

Near MK


"Samsung all the way.

Apple products are just brought by pretentious twats"

Really ?? Lol

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By *edsBonkingMan
over a year ago

Near MK

iPhone all the way here. Nothing else comes close

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By *onytbone74Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford Essex

Samsung all the way, Iphones are cheap and crap and break too easily. Love my Samsung galaxy s5, so cool you can even turn off televisions in pubs when they are showing football... wins hands down every time.

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

samsung household here

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By *asmanian TigerMan
over a year ago

lala land

Samsung note 2 user and it is the best phone I have used period

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By *ussypussWoman
over a year ago

South Birmingham waiting for the bf to come back after crimbo

Having always been an avid hater of all thing Apple, it's Samsung all the way for me. I had the S2, S3 and now the S5 ... love it, love it, LUUURRRVE IT!!!

My kids (grown up sons) aren't quite as bothered about the Apple/Samsung feud so both have HTC One M8's which they love.

Basically, as someone has already said, Android phones are just as good, if not better than iPhones, so as long as you find one you like the aesthetics of, you can't really go far wrong

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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago

not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds)

My two little ladies have iPhone. They like them.

I've a Sony. I've spent more time ringing the customer services than anyone else.

Samsung or HTC is most likely to be my next smartphone

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

just get what you feel suits you, being a pretentious twat I love my iPhone 6, does what it says on the tin perfectly for me, Apple stuff always has done for me. I use android for work and it's always being looked at by the IT department for some reason or another...... Nuff said

Yours..... Pretentious twat

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

I've had an iPhone since they came out, purely because I'm one of those apple freaks but to be honest it's shite, apps run slow or not at all, it freezes sometimes when txting, the camera is crap for taking pics (yes I know I should use an actual camera but who does these days) and I'm charging the bloody thing almost twice a day, when my contract is up, I'm seriously gunna have a look and see what's out there, got another year to wait yet though

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ


" you can even turn off televisions in pubs when they are showing football..."

STEP AWAY FROM THE PHONE

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

harrow

I have an iphone 5s and will be upgrading in sept for the new iPhone

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By *ipsTeaserCouple
over a year ago

here and there, thereabouts

We thought the camera was the weak point of the Samsung so went with a Sony z3 for Tigs. She is pretty happy with it and the camera does seem very good. A lot of people are migrating from IOS to android at the moment. I love my windows phones though lol. I really like android 5 though its really starting to feel sick now.

My gripe with android is that there is no guarantee that the Samsung device will get the latest version of android which I would expect it to

Bugs

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By *p4itguyMan
over a year ago

Daventry

Never had an iphone always favouring Samsung. Know people that have iphones though. Both do pretty much the same stuff all be it in a slightly different way.

To me it's horses for courses. It all depends what you want out of it.

I tend to favour the Samsung due to the pricing plus the more open nature of a lot of the apps and easier interaction with pc/laptops.

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


"Samsung all the way.

Apple products are just brought by pretentious twats"

What a stupid thing to say. Idiot.

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


"Samsung all the way.

Apple products are just brought by pretentious twats

or Samsung bought by those who cant afford iphones

yours sincerely

A pretentious twat...

"

Thanks!!

We only use Macs because they are far superior to all the other shite out there but we both use Samsung's and wont be changing any time soon. Iphones just seem to be the massive let down of the Apple range, they just seem to be hard work compared to the Samsung

From the Pretentious Twats

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

So many times I hear of people just doing the slightest of drops with their iphone and screens cracked. My Samsung fell out of my hand and dropped down the stairs which weren't carpeted and other the battery and casing coming off nothing happened. That's another thing you can replace the battery, put in an sd card but can't with iphone. The Ace 4 looks great bought ginger it for xmas and fantastic camera! Samsung all the way

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

I have a Samsung S3, just got upgraded to a HTC Desire.

I would have either of these phones over an iPhone any day.

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

Love my Samsung Galaxy S4

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

when looking at any phone, I look at the internals. That is, the processor, ram, and storage, then things like the camera and actual size and style of the phone. The iphones are so far behind its amazing, Yeah they have a decent look but they that is all they are - superficial.

EG. I had a motorola Atrix, bought it over 5 years ago and was equivalent to the first iphone. It was as fast, if not faster than the iphone. It had a fingerprint reader 5 years ago! Smooth as silk! Only replaced it as I dropped it earlier this year. The Iphone introduce in in the iphone 5s... and everyone thinks it's a new thing! It doesn't even work that well from what I hear?

Have a look around at what phones are actually available. the choice is endless. Dont buy something commercial. Buy something that will last, that will suit you and will be worth it's money.

(I got the xperia z3 compact - it blows the i6 out of the water). Cant believe you simply cant expand the memory on the 6! pff

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

I'm throwing a spanner into the works. Neither iPhone or samsung, but I would go for a HTC.

I got my first iPhone which was the 5 the day it was launched, loved it and can see the appeal of iPhone. However, hate iTunes, hate can't expand memory and battery life not great.

This time I went for Samsung S5. Nice phone but too plasticy, doesn't feel like a phone in your hand.

So got a HTC one m8, by far the best phone ever had. 95% metal body, which not only looks good but also feels good in hand. Large screen with front facing stereo speakers. Twice the spec of iPhone 6. Camera is great, features such as 360° pics and 3D pics. Twin rear lenses which means can take some decent pics and do what would normally do with an slr camera.

But at the end of the day it's your own preference.

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

Samsung every time x

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By *inkyCouple1927Couple
over a year ago

Newcastle

I was pondering this recently, was due an upgrade from iPhone 5 and considered Samsung almost to the point of making a switch. What kept me with iPhone was iMessage and photo stream...

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By *histler21Man
over a year ago

Ipswich


"I have always been a fan of IPhones but seriously considering changing over to Samsung. I currently have a iphone 5 and with this being dated now it's the perfect time to make the switch. The only thing I think I'll miss is FaceTime. So my question is apart from FaceTime what CANT you get on a Samsung S5 that you get on a Iphone 5, 5s, 6, 6+"

Got the i4 and S4mini. The i4 was fantastic until I put iOS7 on it

Prefer the Apple interface over Android (notwithstanding iTunes...). But the S4 is a nice phone.

I'm tempted upgrading to the i6 though and still be able to facetime the grandchildren.

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By *evaquitCouple
over a year ago

Catthorpe


"Xperia Z series "

This.

I'm in the process of updating from an iphone 5 to either the iphone 6 or the Xperia Z3 or 2, the latest one anyway and still can't quite make my mind up.

(him)

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville


"Xperia Z series

This.

I'm in the process of updating from an iphone 5 to either the iphone 6 or the Xperia Z3 or 2, the latest one anyway and still can't quite make my mind up.

(him)"

they have designed the z3 for the iphone users to get all their contacts/tunes transferred over easily.. it comes with a cable - never used it though. The z3 does update a lot in the first few months... irritatingly so, but does calm down - but it does annoy me. Nice fast phone - put an sd card in and it's blazing

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

We've all got Samsung S4 minis and they are fab. Would never consider going over to the dark side. Once you're there you can't get out and it's very expensive.

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

Iv a I phone 4 once contract is up I'll never have another I phone . Nightmare to set up way to complicated . Think il get a Dora like me nans !

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

Samsung Galaxy S4

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By *eedelightsWoman
over a year ago

London

Getting used to iPhone 5s but I am a dope with technology

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By *evaquitCouple
over a year ago

Catthorpe


"Xperia Z series

This.

I'm in the process of updating from an iphone 5 to either the iphone 6 or the Xperia Z3 or 2, the latest one anyway and still can't quite make my mind up.

(him)

they have designed the z3 for the iphone users to get all their contacts/tunes transferred over easily.. it comes with a cable - never used it though. The z3 does update a lot in the first few months... irritatingly so, but does calm down - but it does annoy me. Nice fast phone - put an sd card in and it's blazing"

Thank you vey much for that, swaying in the Z3 direction for sure, the more I think about it the more it makes sense.

Apologies for the thread high jacking.

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


"Samsung is generally much better, I think. I dropped my Samsung Galaxy S2 in a mop bucket recently so a friend gave me her old iPhone 4. No bloody comparison tbh - Samsung all the way. "
if it had been s Samsung S5 it would have still worked after being in the mop bucket as they are waterproof...I find Samsung more durable than Apple...Niece has broken 3 iPhones in the time i have had my S5

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

I've had the Samsung note now for years I'm on the note 3 now, I love them I've never had any faults on any of them the battery life is a good day of browsing, you can open up 3 apps at a time without any sluggishness which is great as I often have utube or Spotify listening to music while browsing the web, it connects to my tv perfectly and my pc and it comes with a full manufactures warranty for 2 years.

I've got great big hands so the size has never bothered me but my wife thinks it's too big

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By *omightMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Went from apple to s5.

found the iPhone easier to use.

The s5 can be used for much more things links up lot better with other tech.

Better apps for watching any tv show film or channel on the Samsung.

found it better on samsung after you get used to it and learn to use all the options it has.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville


"Xperia Z series

This.

I'm in the process of updating from an iphone 5 to either the iphone 6 or the Xperia Z3 or 2, the latest one anyway and still can't quite make my mind up.

(him)

they have designed the z3 for the iphone users to get all their contacts/tunes transferred over easily.. it comes with a cable - never used it though. The z3 does update a lot in the first few months... irritatingly so, but does calm down - but it does annoy me. Nice fast phone - put an sd card in and it's blazing

Thank you vey much for that, swaying in the Z3 direction for sure, the more I think about it the more it makes sense.

Apologies for the thread high jacking. "

by all means look around at whats out and coming out - I got my from Clove, with a free car charger and case for £345 a few months ago. Got a waterproof 64gb samsung sd for £25 from the bay

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By *ike4362ukMan
over a year ago

Cheshunt

I've got an S4 and a Note 8 tablet, both excellent bits of kit. I also have an IPhone for work. I hate the IPhone, the mapping system on it is crap, and it just seems fiddly to use compared to the Android phones.

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over a year ago

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