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| Thread ID: 137353 | 2014-06-27 01:27:00 | Smartphone suggestions | ninox (17264) | PC World Chat |
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| 1378028 | 2014-06-27 01:27:00 | The time has come to move on from my 10yr old Nokia "muesli bar". I'm looking for a smartphone < $400. Main uses will be phone, texting, email, some GPS, and ..... Am OS neutral, happy to tinker with Android - very comfortable with Win 8.1. Prefer 4 - 4.5" screen, not a phablet. I'd welcome feedback on possible models, merits of parallel import suppliers v chain stores and anything else relevant. Thanks |
ninox (17264) | ||
| 1378029 | 2014-06-27 01:32:00 | Nokia Lumia 520 or 620 :thumbs: | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1378030 | 2014-06-27 04:23:00 | Nokia Lumia 520 or 620 :thumbs: Eww no. Anything other than Jokia. In the $400 price range you are probably better off looking at a large selection of Samsungs, baring in mind that the cheaper you go the crappier the phones get and the further north of $400 you go be better features and more reliable and easier to use they get. FTR - MS is moving towards installing a version of Android on Nokia phones after the craptacular sales of Windows OS on Nokia phones. www.nzherald.co.nz |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1378031 | 2014-06-27 04:31:00 | Eww no. Anything other than Jokia. In the $400 price range you are probably better off looking at a large selection of Samsungs I personally would not touch any Samsung phone in that price range. Loaded with junk. :yuck: |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1378032 | 2014-06-27 04:34:00 | I personally would not touch any Samsung phone in that price range. Loaded with junk. :yuck: Fair enough. I won't argue with that :thumbs: On that note I'd suggest to the OP to only look at phones north of $400 |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1378033 | 2014-06-27 04:35:00 | Have a look at LG Optimus various in the bracket you said on Pricespy. I'm very happy with my P768. Good value for $$ |
Ofthesea (14129) | ||
| 1378034 | 2014-06-27 04:44:00 | S3 mini | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1378035 | 2014-06-27 04:53:00 | S3 mini + 1 |
smithie 38 (6684) | ||
| 1378036 | 2014-06-27 05:00:00 | If you shop around you might get close to a Nexus 5 for that, for android it's one of the better choices. As for all the "junk" on a samsung phone - it's mostly a matter of personal preference. I like the samsung touchwiz interface, am quite impressed with the camera app - and can safely ignore the samsung store and apps without it having any impact on the experience in general. It's really not that bad. I have a galaxy S3 and for comparison I also have a nexus 7 with stock android. Both are smooth & responsive and not drastically different to use. I understand the attraction of the stock interface without bloatware, but if the extra manufacturer additions don't have a noticeable impact on performance then there's not much of an issue. Saying it's loaded with junk makes it sound like there's no room left. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1378037 | 2014-06-27 06:16:00 | I have the Samsung Trend Plus, which costs about 1/2 the price of the S3 mini yet both look similar and only appears to be a bit lower spec'd - it seems mainly in internal storage and the camera's functions. Since your needs appear to be non intensive (i.e. no camera/video use, gaming, music, multi app tasking) the Trend may suit... As for Touch Wizz... not too bad - but I use custom launchers/home screen apps (lifehacker.com) (action launcher pro, (www.talkandroid.com) smart launcher pro 2 (www.phonearena.com), sub launcher, nova, metro, etc) to quickly switch to alter the entire interface with plenty of customization and category grouping, drawer -sliders, icon packs, themes, app - widget pop-ups, etc. |
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