Which new phone?
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Hi. It's time to say goodbye to my faithful old BlackBerry. It's served me well, but the poor internet connectivity and limited range of apps has got to me at last, and I think I need to make the change now.
What do you experts recommend? Priorities are
Many thanks for any advice
Dave
What do you experts recommend? Priorities are
- email (I shall miss the BlackBerry's keyboard)
- internet
- wide range of apps
- compact
- light weight
- good battery life
Many thanks for any advice
Dave
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Other than that it would be close between iPhone 5 or Samsung S4.
What about cost?
Contract?
No contract?
Used only in the uk?
Keep present phone number or not?
Best let us know those before you post goes mad
... ill be quoted now by people telling you their phone is easier to use, but after using all platforms... the most simple platform and user friendly for non geeks is still iOS.
At this point you are better of waiting and just getting the S4 LTE-A specially if it is getting Snapdragon 800.
By the time LTE-A is available in the UK, the S5 or at least the Note3 will be out.
my friend has an S4 and the battery life is awful he says, its also loaded with so much bloatware, if you're ok with all that then go for it!
As for the features, you can switch off what you don't want/need.
According to GSMArena http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5125&idPhone2=5451
The Lumia 925 beats the S4 in both standby time and talk time. They must have made some changes somewhere since it does have the same 2000 mAh battery as the 920.
Blimey, I only posted it at 4.00 yesterday afternoon - give me a chance!
Anyway, many thanks everyone for all the responses - helpful, though as expected, there is the inevitable conflicting advice.
In answer to the queries about contract, cost, etc - I'm currently on a Vodafone SIM-only contract, and would like to keep it, which I guess means shelling out a tidy sum for a handset. Which is why I need to do plenty of research and get the decision right, obviously.
Alan1302 wrote: 'Why don't you go the obvious route and get the new Blackberry with the keyboard?'
It would be the obvious route, were it not for the chronic shortage of apps available for the BlackBerry.
But then John_Patrick wrote: 'Can't some android apps be side loaded onto blackberry s now?'
Can anyone answer John's question (and explain what side-loading is)?
Many thanks for all this help - really useful.