bitflipper

It's amazing that Lewis and Clark found their way to the West Coast with out an iPhone 5.  :-)

Fortunately, the natives had one and could point the way. The Siri tribe were especially helpful.

does anyone (besides me) watch Big Bang Theory?  there's an episode where Raj "falls in love" with Siri.  I LOVED the ending to that one!

It's amazing that Lewis and Clark found their way to the West Coast with out an iPhone 5.  :-)

Fortunately, the natives had one and could point the way. The Siri tribe were especially helpful.

Pocahontas must have been on this trip with them then, because I can't see a man asking for directions.  

bluzdog


I think I've decided the iPhone. Hmmmm.....4S or 5? I don't like the idea of the lightning connector for some reason.

Rocky

Well that is just the thing mate, there exists no real big difference between the 4, the 4s, and the 5.  Siri, ok, and maybe better graphics and faster chips as you progress through the 3.

The big problem, is the ios was a lot nicer, and way more privacy oriented, and not so tied into twitter and facebook when I first got my iphone, which must have been around ios 3 or 4.

ios 6 is terrible.

I think you are deciding to go with the iPhone 5, and honestly, I am not sure if that is the greatest decision.  IMHO, before you do this, you owe it to yourself to give the windows phones a good look.

Android sucks..   I plain, "do not like android."  Mostly because I can not stand google as a company, but believe me, the innovation factor from Apple has lagged, and lagged badly since the passing of Steve Jobs.

If you like, want, or need a lot of apps, then there is not even a question, windows phone, at the current moment in time, will not work at all.

I had an iphone and did not like it.

I have an SIII now and I do like it.

I just talked to my daughter who has an iphone. She said that she and her husband have a shared plan and they pay 176 dollars a month, 450 shared minutes, 20 dollar data plan (unlimited, they were "grandfathered in" to the unlimited plan). I have the same sort of thing on my Blackberry but I am pretty sure I will lose it if I leave RIM, which I am going to do... My other daughter is visiting from Germany. She has an HTC and said it costs her 20 euros a month for everything because their laws are different. I really don't like spending so much on a cell plan but I guess there is no alternative. I use AT&T because I get coverage pretty much everywhere, especially when I get out in rural areas. I hope I can keep my 6,000+ rllover minutes...

So... data plans, texting plans (I don't text unless I have to). Is everything pretty much equal whether I go with the iphone, HTC, or S3 ?? Of course I will want to use some sort of interface and cardslider... are there any considerations in those areas that might unplesantly surprise me... I really know nothing about any of it. Quality is important, not dropping calls is very important, price comes after but does matter to me.

Thanks,

J

I haven't tried this service, but I heard about it recently. I'll just leave this link right here:https://ting.com/ You can even compare it with your current price plan.

Thanks Mike, I just got back from my local AT&T store. That's the plan with 6 gig shared that I'm going with. They couldn't set me up with a phone because their system was down. I think they talked me out of the iphone in favor of the Galaxy S4.

Rocky

Well I was thinking about trying the HTC One when my upgrade comes up in May but apparently it has a fixed battery that you cannot switch. That sucks for heavy users who don't get a chance to recharge during the day. I ended up spending $90 on a bulky charging case for my iPhone, I don't want to have to do that again if I get another phone. Maybe the S4 is a possibility after all. Or maybe I'll just stick with my iPhone. Dammit, why do I always feel like I have to upgrade anyway? 

Linear Phase


You are 1000% better off WITH an iPhone.  Do not even trust or believe this Samsung fad.

well, you buy what you like but all the evidence stacks up against this comment...Samsung currently outsells Apple 2:1 and Android installed base has grown to more than 3x that of ios, and Android was recently voted "easiest to use" over ios.. an os that has not substantially changed in 6 years...mebbe HTC will overtake Samsung..who knows and who cares.. Android is currently unstoppable.
 
my ipad was the single most useless thing i have ever purchased.... absolutely everything else in my house will talk to each other and share media... Blackberry, Samsung phone, Sony TV, Sharp DVD player, HP computer, Dell laptop.... and then there is the iPad...sulks in the corner like the fat kid that nobody wants to have on their team..

Oh yeah......My phone can be a TV remote.LOL.

Rocky

Linear Phase

Mystic38

Android is currently unstoppable. 

 

Incorrect.  Android is actually growing more slowly than Windows phone.  If Windows Phone continues to grow like this, it will overtake both Android and Apple within 5 years.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/04/26/windows-phone-strengthens-third-place-position-against-iphone-android/

hardly,
 
1.  windows grew its market share by all of 1.9% year on year..
2.  if windows continues to grow like this it will be at 15.1% of the market in 5 years...
3. android grew at 1.4% year on year
4. windows is growing at 0.5%/year faster than android
5. if these trends continue, Windows will overtake android in about 90 years..
 
gotta love statistics!