New smartphone, not iphone?

Think s5 is waterproof, pretty sure there's a sony also.
Liking the big buttons on the windows phones, not so many apps. though if that's your game.

bravheart said:

Think s5 is waterproof, pretty sure there's a sony also.
Liking the big buttons on the windows phones, not so many apps. though if that's your game.

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It's waterproof until the poxy plastic cover over the charging connector snaps off .....It might last a week if you are lucky!

Ye that silly plug cover is useless ,,one one mine snapped of after a month

marcot said:

It's waterproof until the poxy plastic cover over the charging connector snaps off .....It might last a week if you are lucky!

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Sony is similar, mine lasted till I dropped it.

Found the S5 Samsung is pretty strong ,other than its over heating problems but think Ive sorted that now ,,stick it my back pocket ,have sat on it with no damage

I've tried various middle to expensive smartphones in an attempt to come away from my tiny Nokia old phone (which I absoulutely LOVED and still love btw). Last one I tried was an iPhone 5C. I absolutley loathed it with a passion. No idea why anyone would buy Apple, you have no control whatsoever over what's going on, etc, etc. Anyhoo, I now have a Moto G, which I got for £130. It does everything the iphone does just much much easier and more user friendly. Android keyboards are soooooo much better to use than iphone. Only thing I would like better is that the camera is pretty poor for a modern smartphone, only 5mp.

Anyway, if you don't mind the size, why not try the Moto X? All the reviewers love it, even above the iphone and it's camera is apparently decent. I can't cope with a biggish phone so for now I'm sticking with the Moto G, camera's just about adequate for my purposes.

DaveGrohl said:

Anyhoo, I now have a Moto G, which I got for £130. It does everything the iphone does just much much easier and more user friendly.

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That's the way to go - get the best value sim-only deal you want and put the sim into this phone.
Job's done!

J B said:

That's the way to go - get the best value sim-only deal you want and put the sim into this phone.
Job's done!

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Yeah Sim only is good. The other thing with SIm only especially if you are on a monthly no contract one is that they'll want to keep you after a while so you are in a stronger negotiating position if you have your own phone.

I have a nexus 5 and pay £5 per month for 800 mins, loads of texts and 1gb. If I do go over it doesn't cost a fortune. 10 years ago I was paying £25 month for similar or less. I don't expect smartphones to last much beyond 18 months though now.

Anyone on a sim only deal, I have a nokia 830 smartphone 4g if for sale if anyone interested. locked on EE.

I'm in same boat upgrade time as well have 2 iPhones work and personal thinking of ditching my personal one on Vodafone UK for the LG G3 android phone need to keep running at least 1 iphone for the shared photostream photos and FaceTime for family reasons as I live in Ireland so to need to be able to share the kids growing up with dad and brother in the UK found an app called IFTTT that allows me to sync my photos from android to my shared photos in the iCloud so hoping this will help so going to give it a go been apple for last 4 years. Jst can't justify spending £180 to upgrade to iphone 6 to keep the monthly cost down where I am at present.

Tristan

I use all three types of smart phones and really don't have a strong preference. I like the iPhone because it is easy and I now know where everything is, just about. Don't like iTunes or transferring files with it from SD cards etc.
Like current Android very much and googles choice of hardware. My wife's Nexus5 is impressive and she loves it, while she couldn't get on with a Windows phone at all.
I've inherited her Windows phone, which now has completely updated software and I must say that I like it. Bigger screen than 4s and painless to use. Syncs with Apple and Android Calendar and my email accounts automatically and has the most important apps for me, which are Dropbox, Evernote, a good browser, good camera, plus storage on an SD card. Migration of contacts is the simplest I've seen.
Good camera is increasingly important, as well as easy export or sync with your desktop/laptop storage. All the phones will now sync with their respective cloud storage over WiFi.

Buying the handset and going for a Sim only contract has been the way to go for me. Treated with respect, and contrary with other's experience, I find that mid to high end smart phones last at least three years before the battery gives out and needs replacing. My iPhone 4s has had three years constant use and is as good as new and holds its charge as well as new, although the Mophi juice pack has packed up after two years. The only reason it is in the cupboard at the moment is that I decided to try the Nokia 820 ex-wife's phone out and can't quite get round to swapping back yet.

Mobile phones are flipping amazing technology. Get whatever suits your priority. I like a mix of adequate battery for a day's use, good signal, larger screen than iPhone 4s, good camera, available accessories like cases that protect screen corners from drops, that kind of thing.

The phone that I would buy tomorrow would be the Nexus5. Or maybe an iPhone 6. Or a high end Nokia.
Luckily I don't have to choose. Or rather, I can choose from day to day from a representative selection of fairly current hardware running the very latest software and I like them all for what they do and how. Having lived through the period where there was nothing but land lines and the home phone was a party line, shared with a house a mile away, and call boxes where you has to press button A to connect or B to get money back, and where anything but local calls meant talking to a lady at the exchange, to where we are now, I can't be anything but highly impressed with it all.

Was sent a sim only deal last week- unlimited calls and texts, and 2gb data a month, 30 day contract, for £8.50 a month with EE. Takes some beating. My phone is covered by the house insurance should something happen to it, and it does more than everything i need. Cant see me back on a contract in a hurry.

Ha ha, like it JP!!

They still sell the IPhone 5s, i like mine it does the job and not too big,

Sony z 3 is far better than iphone , battery life is double and it holds signal better

Forage Trader said:

Sony z 3 is far better than iphone , battery life is double and it holds signal better

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Sony z3 compact is a relatively sensible size.

Best battery life smartphone.

Waterproof.

Dustproof.

Put on a £20 casemate double skin cover and a £10 ultra shield gorilla glass screen protector and you're set.

DrDunc said:

Put on a £20 casemate double skin cover and a £10 ultra shield gorilla glass screen protector and you're set.

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What happens if you don't?
I had always been very careful with my iPhone screen protectors but ended up buying a cheap second hand phone when I lost mine. This had a cracked screen and never really bothered me.
This made me wonder why I had always made such a fuss about screen protectors so when I got my new iPhone I just didn't bother at all. Especially as a new screen is probably cheaper in the long run.
Months down the line of the phone being in a farmers hands and the screen is still fine. No scratches on it.

I had a Z3 Compact for a week, really liked the phone but I couldn't cope with the sharp cornered and edged shape of it. It was digging into my leg all day long. Finally settled on a Moto G, far nicer shaped phone and nice to hold due to the rubber back and slight curve to its shape. I really don't get why Sony make such angular phones, they'd sell loads more if they saw sense.