Looking to get new phone, need input
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Looking to get new phone, need input
I have old "clam" cell phone by LG with AT&T. We have a family plan and pay $90 for 3 of us. I'd like to get something newer, that way I can have Pandora on there, search web, etc.
What do you guys suggest? I think $90 is bit too much. I have 200 text, unlimited nights/weekends, 550 minutes w/rollover minutes. I hardly ever use over 200 minutes.
I'm thinking about getting me "smart phone"
What do you guys suggest? I think $90 is bit too much. I have 200 text, unlimited nights/weekends, 550 minutes w/rollover minutes. I hardly ever use over 200 minutes.
I'm thinking about getting me "smart phone"
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Re: Looking to get new phone, need input
That is actually a pretty good monthly rate, I sell for a phone company, not just cell phones but home services as well. The Samsung galaxy series is great, as are the HTC one series. Stick with a known brand and you will be fine. Personally, I cannot stand the iPhone. But to each their own. But if you do go with that one do the 4s, not the 5
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Re: Looking to get new phone, need input
get the nexus 4. it's going to be around 300 with no contract and a great piece of hardware.
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Re: Looking to get new phone, need input
Anything Android. Apple is ok, but I like the little things that you can do with an Android, that are locked down or need Itunes on an Apple. I used a Windows phone, was not a fan, even worse than an iPhone with needing to install Zune.
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Re: Looking to get new phone, need input
I vote Android, also! I love mine, and it beat my girlfriend's iPhone in every contest we could come up with, so she got out of her contract, and got the exact phone I have.
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Re: Looking to get new phone, need input
I will never own another apple product as long as I live. That's the only input I can offer.
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Re: Looking to get new phone, need input
Wait for the nexus 4. Do not get a different device if you go android. I will give you or whoever a comprehensive list as to why If you want to know specifics. But I have owned almost every android phone from the g1 to the galaxy s 2. Yes that phone is old news but I refuse to buy any device on the market until the nexus 4 is available
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Re: Looking to get new phone, need input
I've heard great things about the Samsung S3, I've messed around with an S2 and it was pretty cool. Personally I'm a blackberry guy, although I know they have some severe limitations and with the two Iphones I've had they've been absolutely terrible so I wouldn't reccomend them.
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Re: Looking to get new phone, need input
i can't really recommend anything cause i'm so biased towards androids but i've had my share of issues with the thing that i can't confidently recommend it but at the same time i hate iphones a lot so i can't recommend those either XD
One of the main issues i've had with both my android phones was that it randomly deleted my photos and i didn't back them up too recently before it happened so i lost a couple months of photos of my daughter so i'll always have that grudge against them.
One of the main issues i've had with both my android phones was that it randomly deleted my photos and i didn't back them up too recently before it happened so i lost a couple months of photos of my daughter so i'll always have that grudge against them.
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I just got an iPhone5. Granted this is the first smartphone I have ever owned and the first new phone I have gotten in 6 years. I have AT&T and LTE is lightning fast compared to 4g. I don't have much to compare to but so far I am incredibly excited and impressed.
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Haha I hate to break it to you... LTE is 4G...
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I'm just a simple person (consumer), I don't know about the technical things in the background that make things work. It's all semantics as far as I'm concerned, what I do know are the actual speeds I have experienced .
When I do a speedtest on 4g I get about 2.91 mb download speed, on LTE I've been anywhere from 15-60mb download speed.
When I do a speedtest on 4g I get about 2.91 mb download speed, on LTE I've been anywhere from 15-60mb download speed.
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ooh... haha, AT&T, right... 3G is based on a technology called HSPA, which allows connections up to 3-ish mbps. Some allow a connection up to 7-8mbps. HSPA+, the updated version, allows higher connections on the same technology and equipment as 3G... but AT&T wanted to make a marketing gimmick due to T-Mobile's "4G" rollout (which was just a super fast HSPA+ network up to 42mbps and higher) and call their HSPA/HSPA+ network 4G as well... however ATT's HSPA+ network only puts out up to like 11mbps tops in most markets. So whether you're connected to HSPA or HSPA+ you'll be on 3G speeds.
LTE is much more advanced than HSPA or HSPA+.
So now you know the technical and are no longer a simple consumer, whether you care or not! muahahaha!
LTE is much more advanced than HSPA or HSPA+.
So now you know the technical and are no longer a simple consumer, whether you care or not! muahahaha!
Re: Looking to get new phone, need input
Nexus 4, November 13 sale date, a very reasonable US$299 for the unlocked version. That's what we mean 'Jelly Bean'. Probably be like $600. in Canada.
Edit. Oh gee I forgot to mention, Nexus 4 is not able to connect to LTE data networks.
Edit. Oh gee I forgot to mention, Nexus 4 is not able to connect to LTE data networks.
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