Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Sun Aug 11, 2013 4:10 am  

Not sure if anyone is interested here, but recently the CRTC (Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission) passed new rules in regards to Canadian mobile phone options. Long story short, companies here (Bell, Rogers, Telus etc) are to have maximum contracts of 24 months, previously it had been 36. This has resulted in phone prices being more expensive and same as plans

Iphone 5 is currently $249.99 on a 2 year contract where I work (Rogers) and plans start at $75 a month, which gives you Unlimited Canada Wide Calling, Unlimited Texting, Call Display, Voicemail and 250mb data.

Big shock for us canucks!

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:15 pm  

Currently looking into upgrading my ageing Iphone 3gs. I suppose it does everything I need of it but the battery life is starting to suffer and it is getting a bit slower. My sister has an s4 but I'd be worried about cracking the large screen and it also seems like it has so many features that I would never need.

02 refresh seem to have some decent deals at the moment and I'm thinking of an s3 or maybe an s3 mini which would be around the same size as the iphone but the specs are a bit lower than the full size s3. Anyone any experience with the mini and the large s3 to compare?

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:21 am  

Google have just dropped the price of the Nexus 4. Can get a 16gb model for £199 from the google store. Has anyone got one of these? worth getting? seems a very good price.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:00 am  

Nexus 4 for the money is a bargain!
I have 8Gb and it's done fine. Plenty memory unless you want to load it with films and music.
Love mine. Fast, great screen, up to date OS...but battery not brilliant, but that's the same for most phones nowadays.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:46 pm  

The battery on my 3 year old 3gs is awful, so as long as it's better than that I'm Happy.

Is it any good for GPS as a sat nav for instance? I'm looking at the 16gb version, I have a 16gb Iphone and it's filled with music so this would probably end up the same.

I was looking into getting an s3/s4 on contract but at £200 for a 16gb model it seems like a very good deal.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:59 am  

Sat Nav, BBC Iplayer, Games, You Tube, Facebook, Whatsapp, Ebay,....everything works fast & as it should.

It looks good too...all glass...no plastic.

Buy it

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Tue Sep 03, 2013 1:48 pm  

Ordered one last night , £210 including delivery for a phone with such spec seems unbelievable. Going to have to wait atleast a week or 2 for it to arrive though but I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

8gb version sold out yesterday in the us and I don't think it's too far behind over here.

[TimperleySaint]

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:00 am  

Anyone else got issues with 3 network this morning? Either normal network and/or 3/4g?

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:06 pm  

I just don't get people moaning about battery life.
Until such time as battery technology improves, the solution is simple, carry spare batteries.
I have a Samsung Galaxy and the thin plastic back, which incidentally is very resilient, can be removed in the blink of an eye and a fresh battery inserted in seconds.
I carry two spares with me, they cost peanuts on ebay.
Also, why people persist with phones that are restrictive and not user friendly baffles me.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:18 am  

Stand-Offish wrote:

I just don't get people moaning about battery life.
Until such time as battery technology improves, the solution is simple, carry spare batteries.
I have a Samsung Galaxy and the thin plastic back, which incidentally is very resilient, can be removed in the blink of an eye and a fresh battery inserted in seconds.
I carry two spares with me, they cost peanuts on ebay.
Also, why people persist with phones that are restrictive and not user friendly baffles me.

Some phones don't allow you to swap out batteries that easily.