This is the equivalent of the 'I hate Sky / I love Sky' crap on the broadcasting forum. As with that, some of it is jealousy, some of it is just that people don't like Apple being so big.

Pretty pathetic really - shows that most have nothing more important to fill their days with.

Well, its £529 right now in PC-World.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/samsung-galaxy-s3-blue-18068783-pdt.html


Or £499 at Carphonwarehouse.

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mob...rc=deal-finder

Or £495 at Argos CLICK

Or £479 from Amazon CLICK

It seems some companys are greedy selling phones for £500 and some aren't. Its just depends which brand is on the handset.

How odd that you would need to spend out your own money on the phone and apps for your job. As the other poster said, why would they not provide you with the phone if it is that vital?

Very strange.

The iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S were all £499 at launch so I expect that will be the price.

I dislike contracts, I would rather buy the device outright and stick with GiffGaff. Where can I find the Samsung Galaxy S3 at hundreds of pounds cheaper?

What Nonsence, high DPI screens are great to look at and read text. Why do you think high quality magazine run into this DPI range?

They don't advertise it so if their customers wouldn't notice if they lowered it they would and save lots of money.

Werent even Samsung showing off a laptop this year with a retina style display?

Self employed? Freelance? Sub contractor? Consultant? I could go on.... You need to think outside the 9-5 world you seem think every body must live in.

It also not uncommon for employees to buy there own "tools" or software then get a refund via receipt. Which is not always convenient.

But anyway, whats "Very strange" about it?

Personally I think that Super amoled HD is better than the retina of the iphone 4/4s.

Especially on a non-pentile screen, but even so I agree they do look better than Retina displays which always seem too washed out.

You can get it for £438 on amazon as well which isn't that bad.

Yeah at this range its all down to personal taste, for example I think the Super AMOLED Plus is better than the HD Super AMOLED due to the 3 sub pixels per pixel rather than 2, it seems to give more realistic colours even if it isn't as sharp because of the lower DPI.

I think all these new high end displays on phones are all good now, I couldn't see me going back to my iPhone 3G screen!

I get this when using my iPad 2 now, I have a couple of mates with iPad 3s and the screen is so much clearer and sharper but its not enough to get me to replace it.

Contracts are not for you but for the majority they are and in doing so you will save a couple of hundred quid. In terms of simple free I have said that you will save one hundred pounds which is not to be sniffed at is it? More if you went for a one x which (I belive you think better than the S3 anyway). These are not inconsiderable savings especially when it would appear to be a better phone.

You will find that dpi and ppi are completely different things

Apple have come out with this retina nonsense and all of a sudden the ppi is all important the power of persuasion. It is a total load of tosh, what is it the perfect amount from 11 inches from the eye or something similar as if that is some sort of new standard.

All top ends phones have sufficient ppi to produce clear text but have far better high res screens.

Don't be fooled by Apple speak look at the screens on phones and see which is better that's what counts and in doing so you will see that there are far better screens than the iphone.

Okay so take in the fact that I spend £120 a year on my phone for 250 Mins, Unlimited Texts and Internet.

You are saying i can save a couple of hundred quid, so where can i get a Samsung Galaxy S3 (Unlocked) for £420 for the years contract atleast matching the allowance I have?

People say contracts are cheaper but I have yet to find that to be the case, your just paying it up rather than in one go.

EDIT: As for the phone I find the S3 and One X both to big but i would be interested in the apparent S3 Mini if it matches the hardware of the S3 but smaller.

Not quite sure of your maths there what is it your asking me?

I've said the S3 is available for 400 or less so that on the same giffgaff gaff contract saves you £100.

However most people take out contracts and as I said the savings are double this, although we don't yet have 5 pricing yet.

So I am not sure what your asking me?

You said contracts will save you a couple of hundred quid which i took to mean (£200).

If i was to buy an iPhone 5 at launch for £500 combined with my £10 / month SIM my total cost over the year will be £620.

Could I get a contract for a Galaxy S3 with atleast the same allowance for £200 cheaper which would be £420 over the year?

Also you say the Galaxy S3 is available for under £400, where?

(This doesn't take into account that you get £100 more when selling an iPhone compared to its Android equivalents of the same year. Samsung Galaxy S vs iPhone 4)

Now that I can agree on! You are right it is down to personal choice, but yes my iphone 4 screen was a massive improvement on my 3G, but at the time the 3G seemed fine. Now it just looks awful.

Ya cannot currently get a brand new S3 simfree for under £400, preowned maybe after some scutty weirdo has been rubbing it against their grubby ears and face.

Another thing that annoys me is that reviewers are biased towards Apple devices. When they review Apple products they always gush about the good things and never highlight any of the limitations, make a note when it isn't much of an upgrade on the previous model or compare to devices from competitors. Yet when devices from other manufacturers are reviewed, they always do these things.

I find sites like Anandtech to do very good neutral reviews off all their products but yes some sites are biased in either direction i think.

Well we know phone contracts are as a rule are 2 years so the basis of my saving of 200 was over that period. Based upon at least £10 a month saving if not more and not including any up front cost for the 5.

Your point is based from a personal point of view and the majority of people are unlikely to stump up £500 for a phone I think.

But some free over 12 months I get my S3 for £400 (cheaper for an X) which saves me £100 on the 5 then twelve months from now we are back to square one with the new versions so over 2 years which way point £200 saved.

The S3 is out there for the cost I quoted however does need to be looked for and timed right. In work right now so bit difficult but as an example I have seen as new guaranteed from amazon for £369. Also quick check shows it here for £410

http://www.digitalrev.com/product/sa...MTAwMDg2MA_A_A

Even taking into consideration that most people get their phone on a contract over 24 month the cheapest i can see is Three which is £31 over 24 months totaling £744.

The iPhone 4S (which currently retails at £499) can be had on the same contract at £29, there is no reason the iPhone 5 wont be available in a similar pricing.

When O2 had exclusivity then yes the iPhone was much more expensive on contracts than the equivalent Android handset but that doesn't seem to be the case now.

Your having a laugh on both those counts I can get the S3 much cheaper than that on contract, and you will be disappointed if you think the 5 on contract will come in at that price not including up front fees.

Try this
http://www.mobiles.co.uk/samsung-gal...ItemId=lxrwlil

iphone 5 will be at least £35 a month and there will be a £200 plus upfront fee to get it for that price on launch.

Not with unlimited data which is what i was comparing.

Oh sorry didn't realise we were looking for contracts just for your use

I think you get my point regardless of you setting the criteria you want to avoid the obvious

They do supply me with an iPhone and an iPad. I have a personal iPhone because I can share all my iPhone specific apps and data between all devices so I don't need to take two phones with me everywhere.