Recommendations for a phone to replace my ipad please
Well I’m sure there’ll be folk who said I told you so but I’m totally fed up with my ipad 2 3G
Could and should have been a great thing but so many functions are awkward, badly thought out or it just plain can’t do I’ve simply had enough.
Funnily enough I use it all the time but it gets so blasted frustrating I just want to just snap it in two AAAAhhhhhh!!!
Really amazed I haven’t used it as a frizzby…
Decided to get a touch screen phone instead, it won’t be an iphone
Anyone recommend me something good? Decent sound, decent camera, large HD screen, can actually speak to any computer without having to upload
software, USB and SD compatible sure there must be one out there
Get a Windows 8 phone, the Nokia Lumia 920 or 925 are amongst the best camera phones out (until the 41 Megapixel/big lens Lumia 1020 is launched).
I have recently switched to the Lumia 925 from a long succession of Android phones and I absolutely love this operating system*. Clean, simple, very
slick to use and support for file transfer/synchronisation etc. is built in to Windows 7 or Windows 8.
My only real gripe with Windows phones is the lack of notification support, i.e. flashing LED if you have an unread message or email, which I found
very useful on Android, but apart from that it's great. App support is still not quite as good as IOS/Android, but far from bad and getting
better all the time.
* But absolutely hate the Windows 8 interface on a desktop/laptop PC.
quote:Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Well I’m sure there’ll be folk who said I told you so but I’m totally fed up with my ipad 2 3G
Could and should have been a great thing but so many functions are awkward, badly thought out or it just plain can’t do I’ve simply had enough.
Funnily enough I use it all the time but it gets so blasted frustrating I just want to just snap it in two AAAAhhhhhh!!!
Really amazed I haven’t used it as a frizzby…
Decided to get a touch screen phone instead, it won’t be an iphone
Anyone recommend me something good? Decent sound, decent camera, large HD screen, can actually speak to any computer without having to upload
software, USB and SD compatible sure there must be one out there
Does everything I need include talk to my car via Bluetooth obd.
But I like windows 8 as I use it on a tablet for work so I am used to it, and get on with it.
it is a very personal thing so no doubt there will be ios and android supporters all singing the praises for their "brand"
There is no right or wrong, just personal taste, I would suggest a trip to a phone shop and ask to be shown each operating system and base your
decision on what you get on with.
I have had a galaxy S4 for a couple of months now and it is brilliant, as was the S2 I had for 2 years before that.
I dont do contracts, I buy new online and use giffgaff and it works very well.
What do you actually want to do? Why is the iPad frustrating? If you can answer this you will have more joy with the next device.
I have devices from all the major players on my desk my prefrence is android because there is more freedom and you don't need itunes but in all
honesty there is not that mutch difrence. If you go windows phone check that the apps you need exsist.
quote:Originally posted by ceebmoj
What do you actually want to do? Why is the iPad frustrating? If you can answer this you will have more joy with the next device.
I have devices from all the major players on my desk my prefrence is android because there is more freedom and you don't need itunes but in all
honesty there is not that mutch difrence. If you go windows phone check that the apps you need exsist.
I mainly use the pad for watching movies, GPS for the car, has all my music on it for my Bluetooth car stereo, taking photos (camera is lame), playing
games
Need a phone, need to be able to upload photos without internet or extra software, need to be able to transfer any file to it for storage, camera
needs to be very good especially in low light. Has to have good sound in stereo, speakers on the front not the back would be nice. Needs to be memory
expandable using some sort of SD storage. Needs to be able to upload apps other than iTunes ones. Needs a stylus that's accurate, ipad is awful
like wearing welding gloves! Good battery life or a battery that can be swapped out for a charged one.
Looks like you need a Galaxy S3 or S4, The Windows Lumia's are nice enough as well but the apps are a bit thin on the ground yet it's
going to take a year or two for their apps to reach the same level as Android or IOS.
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posted on 7/10/13 at 09:38 AM
Windows Phone! My Nokia Lumia 8209 has been the best phone I have ever had. It is fast, reliable and easy to use. Yes, the App options are not as
extensive as iPhone/Android apps, but there are more and more each day.
Go and have a play in a phone shop and see which system works for you...
HTC + Android is my preference, but then I haven't used Windows 8 yet. Google/Play/Drive/Maps/...etc. and their all pervasive behaviour are no
better than Apple/iTunes/App Store IMHO. If one annoys you the other will too.
I had an i phone for 2 years and apple do your head in. Wife has an 5 and i just couldnt buy into them anymore. Aplle charge you and mess you around
with itunes and everything charged through them. I tried an experia z but wasnt keen now have a HTC one and couldnt recommend it enough. Camera great
the sound is the best of any phone and simply to use. And no more will you be an I Sheep baaaaaaa lol!
quote:Originally posted by Matt159888
I had an i phone for 2 years and apple do your head in. Wife has an 5 and i just couldnt buy into them anymore. Aplle charge you and mess you around
with itunes and everything charged through them. I tried an experia z but wasnt keen now have a HTC one and couldnt recommend it enough. Camera great
the sound is the best of any phone and simply to use. And no more will you be an I Sheep baaaaaaa lol!
Do like the HTC especially the two front speakers but their very expensive sadly
I'm very happy with my galaxy s3, the only thing I could fault it on is that the camera could be better. Ideally I want to have enough
resolution to zoom in and see things I couldn't see when I took the picture, but you can't. Apart from that, it's awesome.
quote:Originally posted by ceebmoj
What do you actually want to do? Why is the iPad frustrating? If you can answer this you will have more joy with the next device.
I have devices from all the major players on my desk my prefrence is android because there is more freedom and you don't need itunes but in all
honesty there is not that mutch difrence. If you go windows phone check that the apps you need exsist.
I mainly use the pad for watching movies, GPS for the car, has all my music on it for my Bluetooth car stereo, taking photos (camera is lame), playing
games
Need a phone, need to be able to upload photos without internet or extra software, need to be able to transfer any file to it for storage, camera
needs to be very good especially in low light. Has to have good sound in stereo, speakers on the front not the back would be nice. Needs to be memory
expandable using some sort of SD storage. Needs to be able to upload apps other than iTunes ones. Needs a stylus that's accurate, ipad is awful
like wearing welding gloves! Good battery life or a battery that can be swapped out for a charged one.
Well that's my main points, not that I'm fussy...
It would apear that you want everything. That's not a bad thing but you will need to accept that the device will be a copromise.
Movies, the HTC one and Samsung Galaxy 4 both have exelent screans.
GPS, google maps are beter than iOS
Camera in low light, nokia then htc one
Games, not mutch in it but ios and android have more than apps than win phone
Sterio speakers htc one
Expandable memory samsung galaxy 4, HTC one can not expand memory.
Stylus, samsung galixy note.
Swapabale batery, samsung, HTC one can't swap batery
To upload photos you will need internet whatever the device
As others have said the new nexus device is not far off but i doubt it will have a stylus or expandable storage. Looks like the samsung note or a
nokia wp8 if you realy want low light photography. Have a goodplay in theshops and see if you realy want theas features
PS my persnonal phone is a HTC one, but it was that or the SG4
posted on 7/10/13 at 12:15 PM
