Aizoon Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 My contract runs out next month and I'm wondering about changing to a different Smugphone. Any suggestions or should I take the easy option and go for the 5? I am getting increasingly pissed off with Apple's arrogance and incompetence - iOS 7.1 is a disaster area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_Lemon Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Go for the Samsung Note 3 pal. I put a thread on here a while back and got some great advice. Nexus 7 is a good phone along with Sony Xperia Z. Never understood the love for iPhones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Go for the Samsung Note 3 pal. I put a thread on here a while back and got some great advice. Nexus 7 is a good phone along with Sony Xperia Z. Never understood the love for iPhones. Is the Note 3 an Android device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Red Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 My phone is given to me and paid for by work so I don't get a choice on what I get. I have the 5s and I can't stand it. If I had the choice I'd get a Samsung if I were you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Red Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 My battery also seems to last about 12 mins before I am down to 5% left. Ah for the days of my trusty old Blackberry - I seemed to need to charge that thing once a week!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Samsung battery life can last ages but only if you turn off the all the gadgets that they insist helps performance blah blah blah I don't need driving mode when I'm not driving!!! Or the bloody GPS The note 3 looks like a good bit of gear and would recommend that over the S4 and S3. The S5 has come out but I can't comment on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 iOS 7.1 has completely fracked up the battery life on the iPhone. It goes from 20% to dead in a fraction of a second. Half of Apple is frantically denying there's a problem while the other half is frantically trying to solve it. I used to work for IBM in their dominant days, and it was exactly the same there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_s Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 If you can stump up the readies in advance Aizoon get yourself a Nexus 5 (Android) direct from Google. http://www.google.co.uk/nexus/5/ And order yourself a sim from GiffGaff. Highly competitive, uses the O2 network and you can change your contract on a month by month basis to suit your requirements. It's a great combination. http://giffgaff.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Exactly what Rich Said, you cannot get anything out there better for the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 I'm planning on doing that giffgaff thing. Anyone got any tips on the best way to get my Samsung Galaxy S2 unblocked? Took it to one of those dodgy high street places last time and they totally buggered up my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 I'm planning on doing that giffgaff thing. Anyone got any tips on the best way to get my Samsung Galaxy S2 unblocked? Took it to one of those dodgy high street places last time and they totally buggered up my phone. Ever tried Cyannogenmod? reloads their Android OS on your device, I have it running on my s4, rooted the phone, installed the new OS, now can have all those lovely apps that need root access that the shipped OS wont give you. and allows you on any network Take a look here for s2 how to http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_i9100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS34Red Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 I'm using a note, wouldn't consider changing to anything else out there. I've used giffgaff before good value but if you try to tether they will cut access to the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Admin Ian M Posted April 18, 2014 Admin Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 I'm planning on doing that giffgaff thing. Anyone got any tips on the best way to get my Samsung Galaxy S2 unblocked? Took it to one of those dodgy high street places last time and they totally buggered up my phone. If it's the same phone you got unblocked before it will already be network unlocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted April 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 If you can stump up the readies in advance Aizoon get yourself a Nexus 5 (Android) direct from Google. http://www.google.co.uk/nexus/5/ And order yourself a sim from GiffGaff. Highly competitive, uses the O2 network and you can change your contract on a month by month basis to suit your requirements. It's a great combination.http://giffgaff.com/ That's interesting. I'll look Into it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 What's the camera like? I've got a Nokia Lumia and I'm not impressed. I see the Nexus has 9mp , so slightly higher res but what is the quality like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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