Getting bored with iPhone...whats the best current phone?
Scoobyh1
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Hey guys,
Bit disappointed with the iPhone 5 recently, the battery is absolutely rubbish and lasts a few hours and that's it.
I also wish the phone was as big as other phones, iPhone is a little small for me.
Also I really would like 4G and unfortunately I cannot get that on iPhone as I'm with O2.
I think I need an upgrade.
So what's the best phone at the moment?
Need some answers to some questions though, I have all my music on my iTunes, is it easy to transfer? Do Android have its own software to store my music so I can listen to it on my computer aswell? Is the Battery Life good or at least better than iPhone? I also have a lot of data so will need a mininum of 32GB? Will it be possible to transfer over?
Thanks guys!
Bit disappointed with the iPhone 5 recently, the battery is absolutely rubbish and lasts a few hours and that's it.
I also wish the phone was as big as other phones, iPhone is a little small for me.
Also I really would like 4G and unfortunately I cannot get that on iPhone as I'm with O2.
I think I need an upgrade.
So what's the best phone at the moment?
Need some answers to some questions though, I have all my music on my iTunes, is it easy to transfer? Do Android have its own software to store my music so I can listen to it on my computer aswell? Is the Battery Life good or at least better than iPhone? I also have a lot of data so will need a mininum of 32GB? Will it be possible to transfer over?
Thanks guys!
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And then the fact you dont get 4G is nothing to do with the iphone 5, its capable of 4G.........
He mentions the battery as well as other things he doesn't like about the iphone 5. Why did you only pick up on one?
Its nothing to do with the capability of 4G. It's to do with the iphone 5. Every other 4G phone seems to work on any 4G network in the UK...
In answer to the OP, I assume its a toss up between the S4, the HTC One and the new top end Nokia.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/10145537/Which-Galaxy-S4-wins-battery-life-test.html
There are many different ways to manage your music on it. I haven't got around to sorting out my music yet, I'm currently using Amazon MP3 player which had all my previous purchases once I signed in. I'll probably end up using Google music at some stage.
I used to be a Nokia fangirl before, but now converted to Android. Loads of free, and cheap apps from Google playstore, and Amazon to be had.
Does it really matter if its a long list or whether they came out before or after? Don't try and turn this into an argument now. It was apples failings on the iphone 5 that stop it using certain UK 4G networks.
The 5S however will sort this i reckon.
In fairness the only device not workable on uk networks is the iPhone 5 that is marketed for this country anyway. Though in theory someone who kept the iPhone 5 for a few years may eventually be able use on 4G when O2 and Vodafone refarm 2100MHz as I expect 900MHz is there primary 3G spectrum.
in fairness it wasn't just the uk market but it was the european market they didn't factor in at all even in europe 1800MHz is rare for LTE or they just finishing refarming now. The phone was factored in for the asian markets as the bands it works on the main lte bands there.
lol i only missed the size part out.
And i wasnt aware that there are certain 4G enabled phones that dont work on every network.
There isnt. Its only the iphone 5 that wont work on all of them.
Not likely to be the best phone though - maybe best value for money but not the best overall.
That remains to be seen. Especially looking at the latest Nexus 7.
If not then the Galaxy S4 (can have 80gb of space (16gb phone and 64gb SD card) and also a battery you can swap.
I think it's certainly relevant when phones came out, in relation to when the 4G networks became available, yes.
I don't think it was a failing on their part at all, as until very late into that phone's pre production, it didn't look as though 4G was going to be launched in the UK until this summer, by which time there would be a newer model out.
Actually I think it is a failing on there part as they didn't even sort it for many of the european countries a lot having LTE networks already up and running.
No its not! Not even remotely.
There were 4G phones out at the same time the iphone 5 came out. Apple chose NOT to include all frequencies for some odd reason even when they knew 4G would arrive this year and some people would then be stuck with a phone that cant be supported on some 4G networks since not everyone with an iphone 5 will update it this year.
is that phone any good
heard sony high ends phones are still behind the samsungs and htc's.
when is the next htc one or samsung galaxy coming out?
when's the next nexus coming out?
what's all this talk with batteries on android phones?
what you have to change them every year?
I would say late next month or early November. That's when the next Nexus usually appears, but the rumour mill is late this year, there hasn't been much word on a new device at all yet. It's not even clear which manufacturer Google has chosen either.
So either the next Nexus has been kept under wraps for now, or Google is planning something different for this Autumn. I wouldn't be surprised if they changed their strategy this year.
They might be holding back the new Nexus to let the price drop Nexus 4 compete with the iPhone 5C round the corner. Google obviously slashed the price to compete with Apple. It's plausible it could come in January like the Nexus One did.