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Black Belt Jones
Player Valuation: £25m
Couple of questions lads:
Is it worth the extra to get a 4G phone right now? I want something like a galaxy S3 but £36 a month on 4G through T-mobile sounds a bit stiff. I'm not arsed about having the latest and greatest but do want something good.
I also want to keep my current defy handset for mountain biking as it's a very rugged phone. What's the best way of having an internet-enabled phone (for maps) for occasional use? I was thinking you could just swap the sims over but maybe they would be different and you can't? Can you get a pay as you go sim with a data quota?
Thks - I know nowt about phones really.
Is it worth the extra to get a 4G phone right now? I want something like a galaxy S3 but £36 a month on 4G through T-mobile sounds a bit stiff. I'm not arsed about having the latest and greatest but do want something good.
I also want to keep my current defy handset for mountain biking as it's a very rugged phone. What's the best way of having an internet-enabled phone (for maps) for occasional use? I was thinking you could just swap the sims over but maybe they would be different and you can't? Can you get a pay as you go sim with a data quota?
Thks - I know nowt about phones really.
Please be aware that you don't get 4G on T mobile. They use the EE network, but the speeds are restricted to 3G only. You have to go direct with EE to get 4G
I've used 4G on my iPad mini a few times, and the speeds are variable. My mate gets faster speeds out of using Dual channel on his Galaxy note LTE on the Three network (3G).
Unless you need the speed, 3G should be fine. Web pages won't load faster really, but obviously videos will. Music is too small in terms of file size to be affected much by the speed, unless you're wanting an entire album to whizz down fast. One song at a time will be fine, your album will be loaded on 3G before you've got through the first track anyway.
Why not get a Nexus 4 Sim free:
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_4_16gb
It's £290 with postage. You'll get Google maps on there for free, which has turn by turn directions. You'll get updates as soon as they're released, stock Android, and you can pick up a decent sim only contract for a much lower ongoing cost. Example
£21 Unlimited calls, text and data on T mobile. Over the 2 years thats £129 saving over the deal you're considering.
Virgin also offer great sim only deals, again using the EE network
Top cashback and Quidco will give you some cashback for the sim only offer too.
The sim will be different to your ruggedised phone, but if you're only using the ruggerdised phone occasionally you can get an Ovivo sim. £10 for the sim, and you'll get 100 mins and 100 texts free every month with no need to top up, uses the Vodafone network. If your'e just using the phone for emergencies, it could be the one to go for. With unlimited calls on the T mobile sim only, you could just forward all of your calls to your mountain biking handset when you're out and about
http://ovivomobile.com/sign-up/
If you want to swap the sims over, you just need a sim adapter - Very easy to get hold of
kenada_blue
Welcome to Barcelonaton FC
Mrs got the Galaxy Note 2 on 4G from work (for free).
Was never too impressed with it due to the size. It's waaay too big.
BUT as a business related phone in terms of document editing, building and presentations... It impressive.
Clearly a phone build for a certain market than an every day use phone.
The multitasking and multi app stuff (YouTube videos playing over the home screens,size adjustments etc) is also clever
Was never too impressed with it due to the size. It's waaay too big.
BUT as a business related phone in terms of document editing, building and presentations... It impressive.
Clearly a phone build for a certain market than an every day use phone.
The multitasking and multi app stuff (YouTube videos playing over the home screens,size adjustments etc) is also clever
njligernj
Player Valuation: £15m
I'm holding out for the Zqxurxk XRJ myself.
I know it's big, but once you get used to it it's a blinking ace phone. Almost tempted to ditch my iPhone for it.
My mate has put stock android on it, he said it runs some 230ish processes in the background. After going vanilla he said the battery life is immense.
Any phone you can't use properly with one hand is a no go.
I'm not going to ask what you're doing with the other hand........ :blink:
Bungle
Player Valuation: £90m
DanEFC92
Player Valuation: £90m
Looks alright that, not sure I want to spend £30+pm though.
kenada_blue
Welcome to Barcelonaton FC
Yeah, she was going through its features etc and I was constantly "Oh that's good".
The house has the HTC one x (mine) and the HTC 8x too, so we've a variety of phones and tablets laying about and it still impressed with what it can do.
Yes, it's not the 90's
It's very common. Just check quidco or top cashback first to see if they have a deal on. I know this works for example. Get a mobile phone from T Mobile, they will require a ID when they drop it off. Make sure you're not in, which wasn't actually done on purpose, and eventually they'll take the phone back to base. Then get a phone from the store. Got £100 cash back for doing that, without actually receiving the original phone. I could have taken another deal out online and got cashback, but I wasn't trying to manipulate the system, it was more a case of I found out this can happen by pure accident
I'd avoid Phones4u, I've worked in comms for 13 years and it's generally considered a good thing to avoid any ex Caudwell companies. Carphone are a good company, don't know much about Dialaphone. And any of the networks are ok too.
kenada_blue
Welcome to Barcelonaton FC
The new HTC one is meant to have a ridiculously good display that's higher than the iphone5
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