oldsplice

Sorry to do this, but I need help. I don't want to start off a slanging match.

For the record, I have an iPad Macbook Air, and iPod touch, which I love, but don't think I can justify paying stupid money for an iPhone. Most important thing for me is battery life and camera. At the moment I'm on a sim only tariff with O2. I'd just like some opinions please, as Mr OS is nagging me to go for the 4S, but I'm not sure it's worth it.

addi monster

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i went for the s11 mate, the battery life is fantastic and the camera aint too bad either, all in all i am very very happy with my choice,.
steve

jimmyinrugby

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...Silly question,iPhone 64gb all the way !! I just sold one on here for 500 quid,brand new un-opened,cost 700 !! Great camera on the 4s and o2 still do simplicty i tariff ! Go and treat yourself !

oldsplice

£700??? Are you mad???

I don't even use my full quota on my £10 sim! If I did go for 4S, it would be the cheapest one.

justin_watson

With the new ICloud facility it would be wise to get an iPhone so all your devices stay linked to share apps, photos etc, that's my opinion but I'm sure you have just stoked the anti iPhone brigade back up

dpb

Your already stitched up like a kipper , why stop

oldsplice

Did you mean 'kipper'?


Was that sent from an iPhone?

jimmyinrugby

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Well what about the poor mans version,I think still around 450..

lordharding

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Use get a iPhone 4s

Then your life will be complete
If you don't and get a plastic copy iPhone wanaby you will always wonder why the millions of iPhone users smile and enjoy their machines

Chip

£700

For a phone that has a crap battery life, looks plasticky,has slow CPU speeds,too small a screen etc etc. But if, like the rest of the sheep your taken in by the Apple hype then buy one if it makes you happy.

bioforger

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yes yes but its an iphone!!! £700 hahah what a fackin sheep.

Boro

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I watched a recent episode of Gadget Show earlier and the iPhone 4S came out best of the most recent smartphones for battery life, but came second overall to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. So might be worth considering that?

Personally, if your life is filled with Apple stuff, why stop there, go for the iPhone and if you want a good PAYG sim, check out giffgaff, you can get 250mins, unlimited texts and unlimited data for a tenner a month >>> http://www.best-payg-deals.co.uk

hux309

Galaxy Nexus

500

If you have all the other apple stuff, go for it!

I wouldn't but that is me, I don't have anything apple and I hate full touchscreen phones, I use a HTC with 47 buttons as it is what suits me best

Cannon Fodder

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For the sake of balance try outright purchasing a Samsung Galaxy S2 or Nexus, you'll find there isn't a great deal of difference in the price.

I've been looking at outright purchasing either a 4S, S2 or Nexus but I'm in all honesty going for a 4S as it'll be easy to move all my apps, music, contacts etc and easy to synch between my iPad, iPhone and desktop.

But there's no doubt the Samsung offerings are very good and if I hadn't of spent so much on apps & music with Apple then the choice might be a lot harder to make.

oldsplice

It's just that Mr OS is trying to bully me into getting a 4S, because his son has just got one, so all of a sudden, they're the greatest thing since sliced bread!

According to my calculations.......(but I'm crap at sums ), the battery life on a Galaxy is better than the 4S. For the record, at the moment I've got an Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro, which I hate with a passion! The battery life is dire!

andy97

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The iphone is nowhere to be seen in the GSM arena rankings compared to the Samsung or Sony Ericsson.

I am looking at the Samsung Galaxy Note as a stop gap before quad core android phones arrive next year (3 days away)

If you can hang fire for a few weeks you will get to know what the next wave of smart phones will have. 12m pixel cameras, multi core processors, super high res screens, and better battery life, allegedly

salsa-king

Just bought a Samsung Galaxy ACE @ £119 at CarFone W-House... put my TESCO (o2) Sim in it very pleased.. so far.


Just couldn't justify £400+ on an iPhone.

The Samsung seems to do all i need... plentyof Apps and I can speak my TXT into it. It does facebook too

oldsplice

That's exactly it! ^^^

jimmyinrugby

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For the record.....FACT...The battery isn't crap,it doesn't look cheap and plastic whatsoever!! And if you use it right,its fast...For people who have one try this...Press the home button fast (button at bottom) you will see all the apps you have open,clich and hold the first one till you delete all the open apps..
FACT,people you slate the iPhone can't afford one,what's 700 quid,I have had two iPhone 4s's as I dropped my first one of a mutli storey car park by mistake,so I went and bought one sim free untill the Halifax coughed up the 700 quid,no worries!

Beastie

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i have both an iphone 4 and a samsung galaxy S2.

The iphone outperforms the Galaxy S2 for battery life and wireless reception. Then apart from advantage of facetime on the iphone thats the key differences.

Of course Galaxy S2 has bigger screen and opens flash.

I have both, but if i chose one it would be the iphone all the way, as it is better all rounder.

bioforger

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lol cant afford one? more like have the sense to buy something which is better and 200 quid cheaper, baaaaaaaaaaa, sheep.

jimmyinrugby

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And just to be a nit picker,people who use the Tesco sim card's ARE cheap skates,they offer no network services like call waiting,diversion etc as the network doesn't support it,why ?..It sits on the old o2 network !!! So these sim cards are for the cheap wanna be's with a 10 quid phone !!

Cannon Fodder

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This is going the way of these threads with the usual posts being made.

To the OP:

It really comes down to personal choice; try both flavours of smartphone and see what you prefer.

dpb

quite right , iv just swopped out my tesco sim for a cashback voda deal 600 mins texts and t'inernet

5.75 a month




T mob would been 2.13 a month , but i fancied the voda passport ( if its not a lie )

Cannon Fodder

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And if you don't mind the iPhone 4 there are some good deals on these as well, same with the S2 as they aren't the whizz bang current offerings.

dpb

oldsplice , id get what i got , ericsson ray 240 quid , im sure its not as slick as an iphone

but its half the price , and unless you want to sharedeal online you really dont NEED anything else ,

jimmyinrugby

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At least I am right on something for once lol
But in my opinion an iPhone is the way to go to the OP as she has Apple stuff so iCloud will work a treat !

jimmyinrugby

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For battery life I have two of the below,one fitted to my other car and one in the glovebox as a back up in my everyday car,battery lasts about 2 weeks,works where no other fancy phone works,no camara,it won't make you a cup of tea or tell you whatever whenever but it will work anytime !
http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/Nokia-6310...d=p3286.c0.m14

Ian

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i went from a iphone to a galaxy s2. it would take me alot to go back again