New Phone Recommendations?

jdieh1 · #1 01-10-2010, 01:25 AM

Hey guys, I'm in the market for a new mobile phone because the one I have now is old and tired.

So can anyone recommend me a good mobile?

Price isn't a huge concern for me right now. My only criteria is that it has to have heaps of nifty features for me to play around with.

Also it doesn't matter if the phone isn't on the market just yet, I can wait any time up to six months.

I like the iPhone but I don't like how if I buy one now Apple will release a far superior model in 6 months, making mine obsolete...

Post away!

Disraeli Gears · #2 01-10-2010, 01:37 AM

I'd still recommend an iPhone, honsetly. I got one in November, and the thing is amazing! I wouldn't be too worried about apple releasing a superior model- honestly, the 3G isn't a HUGE step up from the 2G, and the 3GS is an even smaller step up from the 3G.

yehongxiang · #3 01-10-2010, 01:48 AM

Go with the iPhone. I won't say that its the perfect phone, but from over 100,000 apps its pretty close to doing everything you need it to.

When it comes to tech stuff, I don't encourage worrying about whether Company X will release something in 6 months time that will make your gear obsolete. Let's face it, at the speed technology is moving, that's bound to happen.

Just buy and enjoy it.

jdieh1 · #4 01-10-2010, 03:39 AM

That's what I'm saying to myself as well but for some reason I have a feeling that the new iPhone will actually be a good upgrade this time around...

Maybe I should just buy a 3GS then sell it before they release the new ones so I can upgrade?

yehongxiang · #5 01-10-2010, 04:06 AM

Thing with Apple is that you never know when they'll release the new ones.

If they DO announce the ETA of iPhone 4G (for lack of a better term), the announcement will probably cause a big drop in the value of the 3GS.

jady · #6 01-10-2010, 09:26 AM

The iPhone is a good phone. You have to be willing to be locked down by Apple as far as using iTunes and the app store or be able/willing to jailbrake it.

I personally love the Android phones. The Nexus just came out, it looks awesome

http://www.google.com/phone?utm_camp...term=nexus%201

FWIW I have owned and hacked almost every kind of phone/device, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, an Ipod Touch, Motorola, Palm, Nokia, etc. and find the Android platform the most open and flexible. It is just a small Linux computer with a java based UI so any Linux Programmer can easily write and distribute their own software with no corperate BS

hover · #7 01-10-2010, 09:43 AM

Google Nexus One. No contest.

Sterling_Bass · #8 01-10-2010, 02:35 PM

Get an iPhone. There won't be any new ones released until June. If you want, you can wait until then to purchase the latest one. Keep in mind, there will always be a new iPhone released every year. Same story goes for all of technology. The Droid on Verizon was supposed to be the greatest Android phone available. Less than four months later, the Nexus One is released with an updated software that is still unavailable on any other Android device. If you decide to get the iPhone 3GS you don't have to worry about it "becoming obsolete." I'm using a first generation iPhone and I can still do 85% of whatever the 3G and 3GS can do. The 3GS is MUCH faster than the original, and you certainly will get a lot out of it.

illidian · #9 01-10-2010, 02:45 PM

iPhone.

Still using an original 2G here. Battery life has me looking to upgrade to next year's model.

MJ5150 · #10 01-10-2010, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jdieh1

Price isn't a huge concern for me right now.

Then the Nexus One from Google is your phone. It is out now, so go get one. For $600 you get it "unlocked".

I honestly don't see a better phone on the market right now. Yeah, I know Apple has 80,000,000,000 applications, but the Android market is growing daily as well. Besides, how many of those Apple apps are stupid farting, burping, and movie or TV show soundboards?

-Mike

mattq · #11 01-10-2010, 03:29 PM

the iphone really is the way to go in my opinion. the one major con about it is still at&t. the rumor is that this summer (when every iphone update occurs) it will be released on other networks including verizon. that would be the bee's knees in my book

jdieh1 · #12 01-10-2010, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattq

the iphone really is the way to go in my opinion. the one major con about it is still at&t. the rumor is that this summer (when every iphone update occurs) it will be released on other networks including verizon. that would be the bee's knees in my book

Guys, I live in Australia. Our iPhones aren't only available on one network like in the US. We can get iPhones locked to Telstra, Optus and Virgin or we can just buy the phone unlocked from Apple.

Just so you know. I must check out the Nexus, sounds interesting

James Hart · #13 01-10-2010, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jdieh1

Just so you know. I must check out the Nexus, sounds interesting

Android is the way to go! The market is growing fast... the Nexus is the statistical top of the game (only just came out today I believe... in the US at least).

boing · #14 01-10-2010, 07:16 PM

It's no accident that every new whiz-bang phone that comes out purports to be The iPhone Killer...and fails.

MJ5150 · #15 01-10-2010, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by boing

It's no accident that every new whiz-bang phone that comes out purports to be The iPhone Killer...and fails.

Are you calling the Droid from Motorola a failure after less than three months of it being on the market?

-Mike

hover · #16 01-10-2010, 07:55 PM

sounds like typical Apple zealotry.

boing · #17 01-10-2010, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJ5150

Are you calling the Droid from Motorola a failure after less than three months of it being on the market?

As an iPhone Killer, yes. I'm also impugning a whole continent.

I thought the Nexus One was the Droid Killer?

James Hart · #18 01-10-2010, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by hover

sounds like typical Apple zealotry.

as a recovered Apple zealot and ex Apple employee... I might have to agree

No offense Boing, The iPhone is an awesome phone, I work closely with 7 guys that have them (and a couple with iTouch). I also work closely with 3 guys with various Android based phones.

They all have strengths and weaknesses over the others. For me, I have a music server running at my house that I listen to about 6 to 10 hours daily... it has an Android app, but no iPhone app. So for my main use of a mobile internet device, Android wins.

ADbassman · #19 01-10-2010, 10:08 PM

Even thought I hate Apple as a company, I still have an iPhone. It was the best phone on the market in my opinion. I don't think it's the miracle machine it's made out to be but, it's pretty cool and very functional.

Absentia · #20 01-11-2010, 05:19 AM

My first generation chocolate seems to be hanging in there, Just threw it across a parking lot last week, still working great.