Galaxy S4, Note 2 or iPhone 5?

Which phone shall I buy?

  • Galaxy S 4

    Votes: 22 50.0%

  • Note 2

    Votes: 10 22.7%

  • iPhone 5

    Votes: 12 27.3%
  • Total voters
    44
SethH said:
I briefly had a Nexus 4 and quickly returned it. It's noticeably cheaper built than the others on this list, and it has horrible battery life and voice quality. I found the Nexus 4 inferior to the S3 I'm currently using, and even the iPhone4S I had before.
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It's been very good to me so far.

Depending on what turns you on, in a comparison between this and the iphone the nexus cost £250, does everything the iphone does as well if not better and does more. The iphone is £700, does less, is the worst actual phone of the bunch and ties you into Apple's bullshit.

I'd say the Samsungs are probably good to but I've not had one of those.
 


For business, I voted Note 2. Like others said SPen is where it's at, and the Android market has made nice progress against Apple.
 
I'm upgrading to this:
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Beach Affiliate said:
That makes absolutely zero sense. If you wanted to save cash but have a comparable phone to the S4 or Note 2, just get the S3. It's an insanely good phone.

You can pick one up for $99 with some carriers with a re-up and just a couple hundred bucks straight up.
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I said I'll get the iPhone 5 as a temporary solution, I'll much rather wait for the release of the Galaxy Note 3 (until October?) and use that as my primary phone then.

And as I said, I do only buy an iPhone to fuck around with it and test loads of apps which I have on my list. Having an iOS and Android phone should be good to stay up to date with the latest apps to analyze them.

I just don't want to buy Note 2 or S4 yet when I'm going to buy a Note 3 in October as I would have absolutely no use for 2 Android phones then.
 
Prior to owning Android, I was *not* an Apple fanboi. Android made me one.

My Razr has worst battery life than the iPhone. The native email app didn't work properly and required another app. Even that sucks. Email does not sync very well and the interface sucks. Graphics / screen are not as nice as the iPhone. Compared to the iPhone it just feels old and clunky, not cutting edge and clean. More often than not, I'm fighting with something to make it work as I would expect it to.

Whereas the iPhone just works and works smoothly. It does what I expect, when I expect without patches and additional apps to make it do something as simple as email.

The Asus Transformer pad was also a fail.

Main things I use and have found to work better on iOS:

- Email: Far superior in syncing, reading, layout and general usability.
- TeamViewer: toss up. TV works fine on iOS and Android.
- Apps in general: are much smoother running with less crashing on iOS than on my Razr or the Transformer
- Call quality: iPhone blows aways the Razr
- Camera quality: again, my iPhone 4 (not 4s or 5) destroys the Razr
- Settings: very intuitive and easy to find in iOS. Android can sometimes be a maze to locate the one thing you need to change.
- Newstand: I read most of my magazines and newspapers on the iPad. Not sure Android even has a newstand, so can't compare this.
- Contacts: I hate that Google thinks they need to import every fucking asshole that I've ever dealt with in Gmail. Fuck you Google. I don't need to import that guy that I asked for a link from back in 2007. Abso-fucking-lutely hate Androids handling of contacts.
- Facetime: meh, never used it, don't care.
- Calendar: wash, seems to work fine in either.
- Games: iOS and the App Store destroy Google Play

Android pads can't compare to the iPad. I love my iPad.

Android phones can't compare to the iPhone. I like my iPhone (not love because it's a damn phone)

Am I still willing to try new Android devices like the S4? Yes, but cautiously.

Am I willing to try Windows devices? Again, Yes, but with caution.
 
Mike said:
My Razr ... The Asus Transformer
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This is your entire problem, buying Motorola/Asus products, and expecting them to give you the full experience. If I'm not mistaken the Razr barely made it to ICS and the Transformer was stuck on Honeycomb. Neither OS were ready for market, Jelly Bean is.

Android 4.2 on any Nexus device shits all over Apple, period.
 
Amoxicillin said:
This is your entire problem, buying Motorola/Asus products, and expecting them to give you the full experience. If I'm not mistaken the Razr barely made it to ICS and the Transformer was stuck on Honeycomb. Neither OS were ready for market, Jelly Bean is.

Android 4.2 on any Nexus device shits all over Apple, period.
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The i5 has shitty reception. I miss and lose calls all the time inside my house. Never had the problem with my droid 2.
 
Amoxicillin said:
This is your entire problem, buying Motorola/Asus products, and expecting them to give you the full experience. If I'm not mistaken the Razr barely made it to ICS and the Transformer was stuck on Honeycomb. Neither OS were ready for market, Jelly Bean is.

Android 4.2 on any Nexus device shits all over Apple, period.
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You actually highlighted my other bitch about Android: the multiple flavors of one OS. I don't have the time, nor inclination to figure out which one out of the million plus versions is worthwhile. Jellybean, Honeycomb, Froyo, Ice Cream Sandwich, Fuck Your Couch, etc. etc. Fuck that. Until Android works equally across all variations, Android can go fuck itself in my book.

iOS has one flavor and it works. That's why I'll stick with iOS until something better comes along.

I would like to test a Windows phone. Curious about how well that works.
 
jhoffy22 said:
Windows phone is nice. Only downfall is the app store.
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Second. Writing this from a Nokia Lumia 920, which is hands down the best phone I've ever had the pleasure of using. Haven't tried much of Android prior to Jelly Bean and been had all iPhones except the 4s and 5.

Windows Phone 8 is fast, functional and looks great, but I still have to use my old iphone 4 at least once a day as there are very few useful apps or ports for Windows Phone.
 
Just doing a little research and the Windows phone doesn't support remote desktop connections nor does it have a Teamviewer app.

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Mike said:
You actually highlighted my other bitch about Android: the multiple flavors of one OS. I don't have the time, nor inclination to figure out which one out of the million plus versions is worthwhile. Jellybean, Honeycomb, Froyo, Ice Cream Sandwich, Fuck Your Couch, etc. etc. Fuck that. Until Android works equally across all variations, Android can go fuck itself in my book.

iOS has one flavor and it works. That's why I'll stick with iOS until something better comes along.

I would like to test a Windows phone. Curious about how well that works.
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You missed his point. Him and I both have Nexus devices which are a clean version of Android. No sense or touchwiz crap. In my view you should be comparing Nexus devices to iOS as they are the clean Google certified experience so to speak. They will always have updates first directly from Google. The Nexus line are the models Google intended for other companies Samsung, HTC, to follow.

An iPhone lover's confession: I switched to the Nexus 4. Completely.
 
iPhone is actually pretty terrible. I don't understand how people like it because Android is just worlds above iOS. Like there really is no comparison between the two. iOS is just that bad. If you want headaches, go for iPhone because that's all you'll get.

Take a look at the HTC DNA. It's the best phone out right now imo and has the same specs as the S4 which isn't even out yet.
 
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