Best SmartPhone - Your opinions?

[Gixxer]

If you were in the market for a new smartphone, which one would you buy and why... and which phone is the best available and why... in your opinion?

[PorscheBoy]

I'm apple centric so is my house, so my opinion is biased, but just in case iPhone 5S coz it does what is says on the tin and it's not a blackberry !

[Quadrotor]

Sony Z1 because its just an awesome phone, 20.7 Mega Pixel camera. Waterproof. I have actually been snorkeling with mine. Android platform. Also as PorscheBoy said, its not a Blackberry :)

[Ade_Law]

Money no object. HTC one. Great screen, great speakers, great camera,

If you like toying and customising, best flag ship for the money too. nexus 5 (£300 from Google play then 18quid a month sim only from three)

Best value (still kicks an iphone sideways other than camera) moto g. Make sure you get the 16gb version tho and it lacks NFC

If you have small hands then the htc one mini is the only 4 inch phone that is 720p also has great speakers but lacks NFC.

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[Ade_Law]

[QUOTE=Ade_Law;1082649]Money no object, HTC one. Great screen, great speakers, great camera,

If you like toying and customising, best flag ship for the money too. nexus 5 (£300 from Google play then 18quid a month sim only from three)

Best value (still kicks an iphone sideways other than camera) moto g. Make sure you get the 16gb version tho and it lacks NFC

If you have small hands then the htc one mini is the only 4 inch phone that is 720p also has great speakers but lacks NFC.

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[Gixxer]

Do people still buy blackberry phones? :hopelessness:

[PorscheBoy]

Heard you the first time. iPhone would have only sent it once....lol

[Ade_Law]

Nah was my bad, hit the wrong button.

Tapatalk is crap why can't the would just use Google+ communities 😬

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[Gixxer]

[QUOTE=PorscheBoy;1082657]Heard you the first time. iPhone would have only sent it once....lol[/QUOTE]

Providing Apple gave you permission to send it at all :biggrin:

[Quadrotor]

Slightly off topic

@PorscheBoy, This just made me LOL.

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[JWhitby]

Are you after a contract phone or PAYG?

For PAYG and value for money I think it is pretty hard to beat the Moto G. I've just bought a Moto G 16Gb from Tesco for £129, really good phone for the price. Great screen, good speed and battery life, just the usual shoddy camera on a cheap phone, but for taking proper pictures I already have a DSLR so no problems. I'm very impressed with it and would recommend one to anyone on a budget (I have a Heli addiction to support...)

[Gixxer]

I'm just looking for opinions on the actual phones... contract or PAYG.

I've been reading up on them and the HTC one and Galaxy S4 seem to come out on top... just wondered what other people's opinions were.

[Ade_Law]

Wouldn't bother with the s4 personally. HTC one kicks it.

The nexus 5 kicks them both tho. Its a lot cheaper especially if you buy it outright and go sim only.

As stock its much plainer than the htc or Samsung but it provides a great base to work from for your own custom ui using various apps themes etc from the play store.

Its also a lot easier to run a custom ROM and switch around than other phones because it's a nexus.

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[Ritchieme]

Nexus 5 from the play store

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[Gixxer]

[QUOTE=Ade_Law;1082683]Wouldn't bother with the s4 personally. HTC one kicks it.

The nexus 5 kicks them both tho. Its a lot cheaper especially if you buy it outright and go sim only.

As stock its much plainer than the htc or Samsung but it provides a great base to work from for your own custom ui using various apps themes etc from the play store.

Its also a lot easier to run a custom ROM and switch around than other phones because it's a nexus.

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Yeah, the Nexus 5 is supposed to be a bit of a beast but I've been comparing specs on the S4 and the HTC one, and to be honest, the only advantage I can see that the HTC has over the S4 is its aluminium chassis, and apart from low light photos, the S4 seems to beat it in just about every department.