Shopping for a Smart Phone - Suggestions requested - Ideas?

NorthStar

NorthStar

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I'm in a hunt of tracking the perfect smart phone (touchscreen) now, and for me.

I know nothing!
Only that Apple has some (iPhone - #S Series), Samsung (Galaxy - S# Series), Nokia (Lumia), Nexus (# Series), Blackberry (Z Series). ...LG? ...Panasonic? ...Sony (Ericsson)? ...Others?

Simple things I'm looking for:
- Affordable (less than $500 - from $100 to $500)
- Decent size screen (4 to 5 inches/diagonal - biggest the better)
- Solid design
- Cool factor (looks)
- Fun to navigate (easy too - responsive)
- Great for surfing (Net, WWW - Wide World Web)
- Good for sound (music)
- Good for picture quality (photos & videos)
- Great for Wi-Fi (and distance)
- Long battery life
- Reasonable choice of applications
- Good on-board camera (video too)
- Nice to hold
- Making phone calls & checking emails
- Clear voice & great reception
- And all that cool jazz ... including remote control application (stereo, and multichannel rigs)

Things that I don't need:
- Complexity (operation)
- Cheap build
- Short battery life
- Mickey Mouse design
- Text Messaging
- GPS & SPL meter (mic) & Surround Sound Automatic Room Calibration & EQ System
- Alarm Clock
- Games
- Sports
- Politics
- Economics
- Religions
- Stock Markets (Dow Jones - Nasdaq - Canadian markets - China - Japan - ...)
- Lamps control
- Doors opening (and Locks)
- And all that superfluous jazz ... including advice on what to eat, drink, and where to sleep.

* Can you help me out to sort it out?
 
Iphone 4S or 5 would fit them nicely. I used the Samsung for a while I did liked it however I had some issues with their OS system ( re-boot by itself )

and it was so fragile. I broke the glass and lot of my friends as well. So for now I'm staying away from them for a while until they come out with Aluminum chassis.
 
Oh... I like the HTC one as well.. they have a best speaker system ( Dr.Dre speakers ) and excellent pic quality even at low lights. ( by specs they are actually lowest pixels but the results was excellent )

Only one thing they used to have a problem with their OS system after a year of usage. Hope they got better these days.
 
BlueMcIntosh said:
Iphone 4S or 5 would fit them nicely. I used the Samsung for a while I did liked it however I had some issues with their OS system ( re-boot by itself )

and it was so fragile. I broke the glass and lot of my friends as well. So for now I'm staying away from them for a while until they come out with Aluminum chassis.
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The iPhone 4S is $450 Canadian. ...The 5S is $700 Canadian (over my limit of $500). :)
Paul, how large is the screen of the 4S (diagonal)?

Soooo, the iPhones are built stronger than the Samsung Galaxy S Series?
The Galaxy S3 is also $450 - And the screen is 4.8" in diagonal.

How many here prefer the iPhones over the Galaxies?

Paul, if you break your Galaxy, you don't have a warranty to get it fixed or replaced?

And thx for your feedback so far. :heart:
 
BlueMcIntosh said:
Oh... I like the HTC one as well.. they have a best speaker system ( Dr.Dre speakers ) and excellent pic quality even at low lights. ( by specs they are actually lowest pixels but the results was excellent )

Only one thing they used to have a problem with their OS system after a year of usage. Hope they got better these days.
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Sorry Paul but I just don't have a clue of what HTC stands for? ...HelloTimeCommunication? ;)

OS, Operating System right?
 
NorthStar said:
Sorry Paul but I just don't have a clue of what HTC stands for? ...HelloTimeCommunication? ;)

OS, Operating System right?
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Yes , OS is Operating System and HTC stands for High Tech Computer Corporation. I know you know it :)

NorthStar said:
The iPhone 4S is $450 Canadian. ...The 5S is $700 Canadian (over my limit of $500). :)
Paul, how large is the screen of the 4S (diagonal)?

Soooo, the iPhones are built stronger than the Samsung Galaxy S Series?
The Galaxy S3 is also $450 - And the screen is 4.8" in diagonal.

How many here prefer the iPhones over the Galaxies?

Paul, if you break your Galaxy, you don't have a warranty to get it fixed or replaced?

And thx for your feedback so far. :heart:
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If you break the glass by your own fault no they won't cover it by warranty at all and It cost me $ 200 to change the glass and chip underneath the screen.

Does it has to be Brand New ( You can find the 4S for around $300 ish on Kijiji) ? or Are you able to sign the contract and get a free bee ?
 
BlueMcIntosh said:
Yes , OS is Operating System and HTC stands for High Tech Computer Corporation. I know you know it :)
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No, I did not know Paul, honest to Santa.

If you break the glass by your own fault no they won't cover it by warranty at all
and It cost me $ 200 to change the glass and chip underneath the screen.
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That sucks!

Does it has to be Brand New ( You can find the 4S for around $300 ish on Kijiji) ?
or Are you able to sign the contract and get a free bee ?
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I can exchange my accumulated time ($500 worth of it) for the purchase of a new cell phone.
And isn't it risky to buy a used iPhone? ...Is the $150 saving worth it?

* No contract; I'm just a good customer for the last ten steady years, and with the same phone line company for more than thirty.

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Paul, I don't really need a cell phone, but I would still like to get a newer touchscreen one, before I die.
{The flipper I got right now scares the hell out of all the younger ladies.}

Which ones take the best pictures; iPhones or Galaxies?
And you did not answer my previous question; how large (diagonal) is the iPhone 4S's screen? :)
- Galaxy 3S: made of plastic (cover)?
- iPhone S4: made of metal? ...And the screen (glass) is more impact resistant?
 
BlueMcIntosh said:
Bob.... Did you know you are in Invisible mode ?
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Yes, and I don't like it; I just started using that feature a few days ago because there are some people from other endroits observing stuff.
I simply don't want the suffering I endured at other endroits to infiltrate my life here; so I made this decision in order to help. It goes against my principles but it also protects me up to a certain point; so I am flexible and I adapt to life's mysteries and all that jazz. ...All for the best of course.
- If you want to know the exact fact you can PM me; I always tell it like it is. ...A private matter.

I would normally never use that function as I am a totally open person.
Paul, with time I will disable it, and return to the open soul of the world. :)

For now it is the Holidays, and we all want peace, and forever after, everyone of us.
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NorthStar said:
Yes, and I don't like it; I just started using that feature a few days ago because there are some people from other endroits observing stuff.
I simply don't want the suffering I endured at other endroits to infiltrate my life here; so I made this decision in order to help. It goes against my principles but it also protects me up to a certain point; so I am flexible and I adapt to life's mysteries and all that jazz. ...All for the best of course.
- If you want to know the exact fact you can PM me; I always tell it like it is. ...A private matter.

I would normally never use that function as I am a totally open person.
Paul, with time I will disable it, and return to the open soul of the world. :)

For now it is the Holidays, and we all want peace, and forever after, everyone of us.
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Bob I find this very puzzling & to be honest I just don't believe you have thought of the consequences of the net, example, posting google slogan every other week in the pics thread & so on.
 
Tried to post this last night..seems for me that every night after 8pm AS is unobtainium

Anyway, GO WINDOWS 8 Phone all the way.

Yes, you could get an IPhone or an Android phone and yes, right now they have the lion share of market. But they are OLD technology (yes, they are).

Windows 8 is amazing...not only by itself, but by the way the common interface syncs EVERYTHING..Mail, music, documents, etc...and the phone is fast..

Check out the Nokia 1520 (its almost a tablet) and the 1020 if you want the normal size...Nothing like a 40megapixel camera eh ?

Battery life is awesome I go a day and a half on a charge with HEAVY use...2 or more on light use.

The Smartphone Reinvented Around You | Windows Phone (United States)
 
iPhone. Don't even waste your time with something else. Everything else is a "wanna be" iPhone. If you value simplicity, it just works and a vast amount of apps to choose from (many free), then there is nothing better. If you want to "geek out" and start hacking your phone, spending endless amounts of time on hold with tech support, pulling your hair out with setup, go with something else.

In my companies, the employees who ask for iPhones get iPhones and they just work. No issues. The others who want their 'droids and stuff, seem to be frustrated to no end. We are all going with iPhones now as the standard.

Don't get disillusioned by all these "specs". The iPhone wanna be's like to say their phone has 8 billion mhz and 9 trillon gigabytes and all this rubbish. It's about usability and a great UI. It just works.
 
I use apple computers at work and home so the iPhone is the only way I would ever get just because of the ease of syncing them all together.
 
Mike...That's what I found too...The Android- Cool. There are much more things you can do with Android Operating System.I always like the "Back" button :) and the screen menu you can just keep flip them(without going back and forth on iphone) is a bonus and I really loved the schedule text system. the Bad thing is they are just like Microsoft VS Mac. They tend to be get slow after certain period and takes too much memory to operate it beside the crush OS problem.

Iphone - They are not fancy like the Android and it doesn't have anything special over the Android but they do the job what it suppose to do. Never ever have a crush problem no virus problem. Very stable over the years of usage.

After fooling around with other system last two years and feel good to be back home with my Iphone.:)
 
Mike said:
iPhone. Don't even waste your time with something else. Everything else is a "wanna be" iPhone. If you value simplicity, it just works and a vast amount of apps to choose from (many free), then there is nothing better. If you want to "geek out" and start hacking your phone, spending endless amounts of time on hold with tech support, pulling your hair out with setup, go with something else.

In my companies, the employees who ask for iPhones get iPhones and they just work. No issues. The others who want their 'droids and stuff, seem to be frustrated to no end. We are all going with iPhones now as the standard.

Don't get disillusioned by all these "specs". The iPhone wanna be's like to say their phone has 8 billion mhz and 9 trillon gigabytes and all this rubbish. It's about usability and a great UI. It just works.
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That's because you haven't TRIED and used Windows phones. Tell me...does your company use WINDOWS or MAC ? I am pretty sure you use windows.

If you want a FAD toy,buy an IPHONE..Innovation there died with Steve Jobs. That's why I say, PAST history. And its not about whiz bang MHz, etc. Its about what WORKS and easily integrates with what you are using today.

Tell me...Can you integrate you IPhone with XBOX ? Your Windows PC ? Does it have a REAL office ?

Heheheh...

Sorry..but I have used them all and nothing compares...:-0 Please don't be offended...Lots of people use legacy stuff...LOL
 
We use all Mac's. I switched us to Macs in 2010. Maintaining Windows was a full time job. Viruses and all that. No more. Cloud based computing and storage made the switch easy. Now? Zero - and I mean - zero issues.

We have several Mac servers hosted by a company in Ohio. No issues there either.

The biggest challenge was getting the employees to switch from Windoze to Mac. They liked their Windows. Now? They are buying Mac's personally!
 
Oh, and this is what I'm talking about. Integrating your phone with an xBox? Who cares? Its a phone! This is the stuff the competition has to dream up (which not many really want) to try to take a tiny bite out of Apple's market share.

Apple focuses on ease of usability. Functionality. Reliability. Not silly nonsense for the very few.
 
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